Name Kate Brooks | Role Astronomer | |
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Kate J. Brooks is an astronomer at the CSIRO Australia Telescope National Facility. Current Deputy Head of Operations, she is responsible for CSIRO's three telescopes (Parkes, Narrabri, Murchison). With over 40 refereed publications to her name, she has developed a strong reputation in the field of galactic star-forming regions.
Brooks is a strong supporter of young women scientists and early career researchers, and as a result she is a member of the inaugural steering committee for the Societies Chapter on Women in Astronomy.
Career
Deputy Head of Operations of the Australia Telescope National Facility
Honorary Associate, School of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Sydney
Vice President – The Astronomical Society of Australia
Editorial Board Member – PASA Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
2011-2013 President of Council of Astronomical Society of Australia
2011 Executive officer for CSIRO telescope ASKAP
2004 CSIRO Boulton Fellow
1998 – 2003 European Southern Observatory, University of Chile