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Robert Minchin
NationalityBritish
Education Reading School, Penglais School
Alma mater Cardiff University, University of Wales ( PhD 2001)
Durham University ( MSci 1997)
Scientific career
Fields Radio Astronomy
Institutions Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, Arecibo Observatory, Cardiff University, Cornell University, Universities Space Research Association
Thesis Properties of galaxies found in a deep blind neutral hydrogen survey (2001)
Doctoral advisor Mike Disney

Radio astronomer Robert Minchin shared photos of people putting wooden and metal storm shutters over the control room windows [at Arecibo Observatory] … But around 11:05 p.m. Tuesday, Minchin said he'd lost power. “Will be tweeting by SMS if network stays up,” he said. As of Thursday afternoon, that was the last message he'd sent.

—  Washington Post (22 September 2017) [1]

I am a Senior Scientist with USRA at NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), [2] [3] having previously worked for USRA and Cornell University at Arecibo Observatory, and at Cardiff University on HIPASS and other surveys for extra-galactic neutral hydrogen. I was first author on the paper announcing the discovery of the dark galaxy candidate VIRGOHI 21 in 2005 [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] and a follow-up paper carrying out high-resolution synthesis imaging of it using the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope in 2007. [9] I have also been involved in the discoveries of methanimine in Arp 220 in 2008 [10] [11] [12] and of a nuclear outburst in NGC 660 in 2013. [13] [14] [15] I lead the Arecibo Galaxy Environment Survey, which discovered a giant bridge of hydrogen between galaxies in 2014 [16] [17] and a large ring of gas close to the Triangulum Galaxy in 2016. [18]

I have also been quoted in the media commenting on research at Cambridge University on the possibility of "tepid" dark matter, [19] on the funding problems at Arecibo Observatory [20] [21], on the opening of the Five hundred metre Aperture Spherical Telescope [3] [22] and on the science being done with Arecibo. [23] [24] I was interviewed for Tom Scott's YouTube channel in 2017, [25] and for the Astronomical Society of the Pacific's Mercury magazine in 2018 [26] and 2019. [3]

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References

  1. ^ Sarah Kaplan (22 September 2017). "Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico's famous telescope, is battered by Hurricane Maria". Washington Post.
  2. ^ "Contact". SOFIA Science Center. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  3. ^ a b c Steve Murray (2019). "On the FAST Track". Mercury (magazine). 48 (3). Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
  4. ^ "Astronomers find star-less galaxy". BBC. 23 February 2005.
  5. ^ Stuart Clark (23 February 2005). "Astronomers claim first 'dark galaxy' find". New Scientist.
  6. ^ "Forscher entdecken Galaxie ohne Sterne" (in German). Der Spiegel. 23 February 2005.
  7. ^ Paul Halpern; Paul Wesson (27 July 2006). Brave New Universe: Illuminating the Darkest Secrets of the Cosmos. National Academies Press. pp. 121–122. ISBN  0-309-10137-9.
  8. ^ John Johnson (26 February 2005). "Cosmos' Missing Matter Could Be in Their Sights". Los Angeles Times.
  9. ^ Stuart Clark (20 June 2007). "'Dark galaxy' continues to puzzle astronomers". New Scientist.
  10. ^ "Hallan moléculas básicas para la vida en una galaxia lejana a 250 millones de años luz". El Mundo (in Spanish). 8 February 2008.
  11. ^ "Arecibo telescope finds critical ingredients for the soup of life in a galaxy far, far away". Cornell Chronicle. Cornell University. 14 January 2008.
  12. ^ Rainer Kayser (21 January 2008). "Der Kosmos lebt". Der Tagesspiegel (in German).
  13. ^ Tia Ghose (7 January 2013). "Monster Black Hole Burp Surprises Scientists". Space.com.
  14. ^ Jason Koebler (7 Jan 2013). "Burst Brighter Than Supernova Discovered in Far Off Galaxy". US News and World Report.
  15. ^ Renato Sansone (8 January 2013). "Un'enorme esplosione nel nucleo di una galassia lontana". MeteoWeb (in Italian).
  16. ^ Paul Rodgers (10 August 2014). "Hydrogen Bridge Is 20 Times Longer Than The Milky Way". Forbes.
  17. ^ Becky Ferreira (7 August 2014). "Colliding Galaxies Left a Stream of Gas 2.6 Million Light Years Long". Motherboard. Vice Media.
  18. ^ Tomasz Nowakowsk (12 May 2016). "Giant hydrogen cloud spotted around the Triangulum Galaxy". Phys.org.
  19. ^ Zeeya Merali (6 February 2006). "'Tepid' temperature of dark matter revealed". New Scientist.
  20. ^ Nadia Drake (10 June 2016). "With Earth's Largest Telescope Threatened, Its Homeland Rallies". National Geographic.
  21. ^ Radio telescope in Puerto Rico faces funding cuts. China Central Television (Television production). 7 April 2016.
  22. ^ Emily Benson (26 September 2016). "Biggest radio telescope on Earth ready to receive alien signals". New Scientist.
  23. ^ Mark Williamson (December 2016). "Upgrading Arecibo". Physics World (Focus on: Astronomy and Space Science). IOP Publishing.
  24. ^ Mark Williamson (8 September 2017). "Arecibo: Funding cuts threaten future of giant radio telescope". PE Magazine. Institute of Mechanical Engineers. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  25. ^ Scott, Tom (8 May 2017). How The Arecibo Telescope Could Help Save The World. YouTube (YouTube video).
  26. ^ Steve Murray (Winter 2018). "Arecibo Endures". Mercury. 47 (1).
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