Roberto Abraham | |
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Born | 12 April 1965 |
Alma mater | University of British Columbia |
Known for | Observational cosmology, galaxy evolution, first galaxies |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology |
Institutions | University of Toronto |
Thesis | Imaging of BL Lac Objects (1992) |
Doctoral advisor | Ian M. McHardy and Roger Davies |
Website |
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Roberto Abraham, FRSC (born 12 Apr 1965, Manila, Philippines) is a Canadian astronomer and is Professor of Astronomy at the University of Toronto and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
Abraham received a Bachelor of Science from the University of British Columbia in 1987 and a PhD from Oxford University in 1992, working under the supervision of Ian M. McHardy and Roger Davies. [1]
He did post-doctoral work at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge and the Royal Greenwich Observatory. [1]
Abraham's career has been notable for his contributions via non-parametric statistics to galaxy morphological classification, especially at high- redshift and early work on the Hubble Deep Field. [2] He was one of the leaders of the "Gemini Deep Deep Survey" [3] which led to several notable results on early galaxies including the evolution of elliptical galaxies and why a lot of them appear so remarkably old. [4]
He is currently a co-principal-investigator on the Dragonfly Telephoto Array telescope, which images ultra-low surface brightness galaxies at visible wavelengths of light. [5]
Abraham was the President of the Canadian Astronomical Society from 2016 to 2018. [6] He currently serves the astronomical community by participating on the James Webb Space Telescope Advisory Committee [7] and is Honorary President of the Toronto Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. [8]
Roberto Abraham | |
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Born | 12 April 1965 |
Alma mater | University of British Columbia |
Known for | Observational cosmology, galaxy evolution, first galaxies |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology |
Institutions | University of Toronto |
Thesis | Imaging of BL Lac Objects (1992) |
Doctoral advisor | Ian M. McHardy and Roger Davies |
Website |
www |
Roberto Abraham, FRSC (born 12 Apr 1965, Manila, Philippines) is a Canadian astronomer and is Professor of Astronomy at the University of Toronto and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
Abraham received a Bachelor of Science from the University of British Columbia in 1987 and a PhD from Oxford University in 1992, working under the supervision of Ian M. McHardy and Roger Davies. [1]
He did post-doctoral work at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge and the Royal Greenwich Observatory. [1]
Abraham's career has been notable for his contributions via non-parametric statistics to galaxy morphological classification, especially at high- redshift and early work on the Hubble Deep Field. [2] He was one of the leaders of the "Gemini Deep Deep Survey" [3] which led to several notable results on early galaxies including the evolution of elliptical galaxies and why a lot of them appear so remarkably old. [4]
He is currently a co-principal-investigator on the Dragonfly Telephoto Array telescope, which images ultra-low surface brightness galaxies at visible wavelengths of light. [5]
Abraham was the President of the Canadian Astronomical Society from 2016 to 2018. [6] He currently serves the astronomical community by participating on the James Webb Space Telescope Advisory Committee [7] and is Honorary President of the Toronto Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. [8]