Mike Edmunds

Mike (Michael) Edmunds is a British astrophysicist, known for his research on the interpretation of the chemical composition of the Universe and the origin of interstellar dust.

Mike Edmunds
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
Known for
  • Origins of interstellar dust
  • Antikythera Mechanism Research Project
AwardsGeorge Darwin Lectureship (2005)
Scientific career
FieldsAstrophysics,
InstitutionsEmeritus Professor of the University of Cardiff

Education

He received his undergraduate degree and his doctorate from the University of Cambridge.

Career

He has lived and worked in Wales for over 35 years. He is an Emeritus Professor and former Head of the School of Physics and Astronomy at Cardiff University in Wales.[1] He has served on many committees and panels of the UK Research Councils, The Royal Astronomical Society and the Institute of Physics. He was formerly a member of the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council.

Research

His main areas of research have been in the determination and interpretation of the chemical composition of galaxies and the Universe. He has also worked on the origin of interstellar dust.[2] In later years, he has focused on the history of astronomy and science within society.

Antikythera Mechanism Research Project

He heads the Antikythera Mechanism Research Project[3]: an international collaboration investigating the extraordinary astronomical machine dating from around the 200 BC, discovered by sponge divers over a century ago, off the Greek island of Antikythera.[4]

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gollark: And future government policy, since they tend to meddle lots with this stuff. This is quite hard.

References
  1. Homepage: University of Cardiff.
  2. An elementary model for the dust cycle in galaxies.
  3. Antikythera Mechanism Project team
  4. An Initial Assessment of the Accuracy of the Gear Trains in the Antikythera Mechanism
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