| 词条 | Timothy John O'Brien |
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| honorific_prefix = | name = Tim O'Brien | honorific_suffix = | birth_name = Timothy John O'Brien | image = | image_size = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|03|31}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | other_names = | residence = | citizenship = | nationality = | fields = | workplaces = University of Manchester Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics Liverpool John Moores University | patrons = | education = | alma_mater = University College London (BSc) University of Manchester (PhD) | thesis_title = A model for the remnant of the recurrent nova RS Ophiuchi (1985) | thesis_url = http://www.librarysearch.manchester.ac.uk/MU_VU1:BLENDED:44MAN_ALMA_DS21157973630001631 | thesis_year = 1990 | doctoral_advisor = Franz Daniel Kahn[1][2] | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = Multi-Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network (MERLIN)[3] | influences = | influenced = | awards = Kelvin Prize (2014) | spouse = | partner = | children = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = {{URL|http://proftimobrien.com}} | footnotes = }}Timothy John O'Brien (born 31 March 1964) is a British astronomer, currently working at the University of Manchester as Professor of Astrophysics. He often appears on the BBC.[4][5] Early life and educationHe was born in Littleborough, Greater Manchester. He grew up in Castleton, Greater Manchester in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale.[6] He has a younger sister (born 1965) and a younger brother (born 1967). He attended school in Rochdale.[7] He studied Physics and Astrophysics at University College London. He studied for a PhD at the University of Manchester from 1985-88. Career and researchHe taught at the University of Liverpool in the 1990s.{{fact|date=April 2018}} He began working at the University of Manchester in 1999 where he is currently Associate Director of the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics. He is also Director of Teaching & Learning in the University's School of Physics & Astronomy. From 2009-2015, he taught the first year undergraduate course in Astrophysics.[8] His research is primarily in the area of novae (thermonuclear explosions on white dwarf stars in binary star systems) and includes both theoretical work and observations using telescopes around the world and in space working across the electromagnetic spectrum. BroadcastingHe has appeared on Stargazing Live on BBC Two and The Infinite Monkey Cage on BBC Radio 4.[9][10] Personal lifeHe is married to Professor Teresa Anderson (born 1 December 1962).[11] He lived for a time in Macclesfield. He lives in south Manchester. References1. ^{{cite journal|last1=Dyson|first1=James E.|authorlink1=James Dyson (physicist)|last2=Lynden Bell|first2=Donald|authorlink2=Donald Lynden-Bell|title=Franz Daniel Kahn. 13 May 1926 -- 8 February 1998: Elected F.R.S. 1993|journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society|volume=45|issue=0|year=1999|pages=255–267|issn=0080-4606|doi=10.1098/rsbm.1999.0017}} {{Authority control}}2. ^{{MathGenealogy|id=217790}} 3. ^{{cite journal|last1=Healy|first1=F.|last2=O'Brien|first2=T. J.|last3=Beswick|first3=R.|title=eMERLIN imaging of γ-ray nova V959 Mon's surprising evolution|journal=Journal of Physics: Conference Series|volume=728|year=2016|pages=042002|issn=1742-6588|doi=10.1088/1742-6596/728/4/042002}} 4. ^Newsround February 2016 5. ^BBC Inside Science February 2016 6. ^Rochdale January 2014 7. ^Cheshire Magazine August 2016 8. ^Astrophysics 9. ^EuroScience Open Forum 2016 10. ^Newsround February 2017 11. ^Wife External links
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