Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics

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The NRC Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics (NRC-HIA) is the leading Canada centre for astronomy and astrophysics.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Facilities
* 3 Plaskett Fellowship
* 4 See also
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## History

Named for the Nobel laureate Gerhard Herzberg, it was formed in 1975 as part of the National Research Council of Canada in Ottawa, Ontario. The NRC-HIA headquarters were moved to Victoria, British Columbia, in 1995 to the site of the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory.

## Facilities

NRC-HIA also operates the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory outside of Penticton, BC and the Canadian Astronomy Data Centre as well as managing Canadian involvement in the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, Gemini Observatory, James Clerk Maxwell Telescope, the Square Kilometre Array, and the Atacama Large Millimeter Array, as well as Canada's national astronomy data centre.[1]

* The institute is also involved in the development and construction of instruments and telescopes.
* Members of NRC-HIA are currently involved in The Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey.
* Members of NRC-HIA are currently involved with Pan-Andromeda Archaeological Survey.

The current director, as of 2013,[2] is Gregory Fahlman.

## Plaskett Fellowship

The Plaskett Fellowship is named after John Stanley Plaskett and is awarded to an outstanding, recent doctoral graduate in astrophysics or a closely related discipline. Fellows conduct independent research in a stimulating, collegial environment at the institute in Victoria, BC, Canada. Expertise in observational astrophysics is the norm, but some theoreticians were also among this distinguished group of astronomers. The past Plaskett Fellows are listed below.

Name | Position held | current position

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Rucinski, Slavek | 1975–77 | Retired; formerly Professor, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics and Associate Director, David Dunlap Observatory, University of Toronto
Poeckert, Roland | 1977–79 | Unknown
Pritchet, Christopher | 1978–81 | Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy (former Chair), University of Victoria
Lawrie, David | 1978–80 | Director, Sensing and Exploitation Department, Aerospace Corporation
Quintana, Hernán | 1979–81 | Professor, Department of Astronomy (former Chair), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Massey, Philip | 1980–83 | Astronomer, Lowell Observatory
Mochnacki, Stefan | 1980–82 | Professor, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto
Harris, Hugh | 1980–82 | Astronomer, U.S. Naval Observatory
Stryker, Linda | 1981–83 | Emeritus Professor, Arizona State University
Olszewski, Edward | 1982–84 | Astronomer, Steward Observatory
Yee, Howard | 1982–84 | Professor, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto
Stetson, Peter | 1983–84 | Principal Research Officer, NRC-HIA
Campbell, Bruce | 1983–87 | Financial consultant
Smith, Graeme | 1984–86 | Professor, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Lick Observatory
Stauffer, John | 1984–86 | Research Scientist, Spitzer Science Centre
Welch, Douglas | 1986–88 | Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy (former Chair), McMaster University
Ratnatunga, Kavan | 1986–88 | Senior Research Scientist, Carnegie-Mellon University
Westpfahl, David | 1986–88 | Professor, Department of Physics, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Crabtree, Dennis | 1986–89 | Astronomer, NRC-HIA
Durand, Daniel | 1986–89 | Research Council Officer, NRC-HIA
Bolte, Michael | 1987–90 | Professor, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Lick Observatory
Friel, Eileen | 1988–90 | Executive Officer, Astronomical Sciences, National Science Foundation
Pierce, Michael | 1988–91 | Professor, University of Wyoming
Ellingson, Erica | 1989–92 | Associate Professor, Astronomy and Planetary Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder
Garnavich, Peter | 1991–94 | Professor, Astrophysics / Cosmology Physics, Notre Dame University
Riegler, Michael | 1991–93 | Program Manager, Word Business Unit, Microsoft Corporation
Abraham, Roberto | 1991–94 | Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Toronto
Smecker-Hane, Tammy | 1992–95 | Assistant Professor, Physics and Astronomy, University of California Irvine
Côté, Patrick | 1994–97 | Senior Research Officer, NRC-HIA
Marzke, Ronald | 1994–97 | Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, San Francisco State University
Courteau, Stéphane | 1996–99 | Professor, Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queen's University
Côté, Stéphanie | 1997–99 | Group Leader, Canadian Gemini Office NRC-HIA
Lavezzi, Tracey Ellen | 1997–99 | Los Alamos National Laboratory
Barton, Elizabeth | 1999–2001 | Assistant Professor, Physics and Astronomy, University of California Irvine
van Zee, Liese | 1999–2001 | Assistant Professor, Astronomy, Indiana University
Fulbright, Jon | 1999–2002 | Research Associate, Johns Hopkins University
Sawicki, Marcin | 2001–04 | Professor, Astronomy and Physics, Saint Mary's University
Fiege, Jason | 2002–04 | Assistant Professor, Physics and Astronomy, University of Manitoba
Willott, Christopher | 2002–06 | Astronomer, Canadian Astronomy Data Centre, NRC-HIA
Johnson, Jennifer | 2002–05 | Assistant Professor, Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University
Peng, Eric | 2004–07 | Faculty Research Fellow, Department of Astronomy, Peking University
Geha, Marla | 2006–07 | Assistant Professor, Astronomy, Yale University
Matthews, Brenda | 2004–08 | Astronomer, Millimetre Astronomy Group, NRC-HIA
Onken, Chris | 2005–08 | Deputy Gemini Scientist, Australian Gemini Office
Puzia, Thomas H. | 2006–10 | Associate Professor, Institute of Astrophysics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Peng, Chien-Yi | 2007–10 | Scientific Programmer, Giant Magellan Telescope
Schnee, Scott | 2009–2010 | Assistant Scientist, National Radio Astronomy Observatory
McConnachie, Alan | 2008–11 | Instrumentation Scientist, NRC-HIA
Mann, Rita | 2010–present | Current Fellow, NRC-HIA
Fraser, Wesley | 2011–present | Current Fellow, NRC-HIA

## See also

* Atacama Large Millimeter Array
* Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope
* Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory
* Gemini Observatory
* James Clerk Maxwell Telescope
* Square Kilometre Array
* Thirty Meter Telescope

## References

1. ↑ "NRCC - NRC Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics". http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/rd/nsi/index.html. "We operate Canada's national observatories and a national astronomy data centre"
2. ↑ http://www.iau.org/administration/membership/individual/3815/

## External links

* National science infrastructure (NRC Herzberg)
* Herzberg Astrophysics Researchers

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