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T h e U n i v e r s i t y o f H o n g K o n g q u e n t i n p @ h k u . h k M o b i l e : + 8 5 2 5 6 9 9 1 6 6

CurriculumVitaeQuentinAndrewParker

2018

08Fall

FromResearchandTeachingtoAcademic&ScientificLeadership

Autumn

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WHOIAM

IfIweretotrytosummarizemyselfintermsofwhoIamandhowIoperateviaaseriesofsound-bitesitwouldbethis:

• Enthusiastic,goodhumoured,motivated,focusedandpassionate;seizingopportunitydecisivelyandwithastronglyentrepreneurialapproach

• HighlyarticulateinbothwrittenandspokenEnglishandbi-lingual(French)

withahighlydevelopedmulti-culturalandinterdisciplinaryperspective

• Rigorouslyacrossdetailandforensicattentiontodetailwithbothbigpictureandmarginalgainsapproachleadingtohigh-levelorganizationalsuccess

• Collegiate,pastoral,motivating,inclusive;willingtohelpothersandwith

strongempathy

• Robustandprofessionalunderdifficultcircumstances;convincingandpersuasive

• Abilitytobuild,organiseanddelivercapacityacrossmultipleendeavours

• Curious,strategic,agile,reflectiveandactionorientedbutwithanopen

mindedapproachwithwillingnesstosupportnovelandvisionaryideas

• Demonstratedexcellenceinresearchleadershipandstronglycollaborative

• Basepositivecharacterofhonesty,integrityandgenerosity

• Comfortableandrespectfulinallenvironmentsandateverylevelfromchattingwiththecleanertochairingexecutivemeetingsandhostinginternationaldelegations

• Highlyinternationalinoutlookandexperienceandhighlyevidencebasedin

approachandimplementationSomeofthisevidenceiselucidatedbelowbutcanbeexpandedinmoredetailinafullportfolio.Thisshoulddemonstrateclearlymycredentials,aptitudeandcapacitytofulfillaseniorrole

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CurrentPositionAssociateDean(Global),FacultyofScience,HongKongUniversity;Director,LaboratoryforSpaceResearch;memberacademicsenate Academic Qualifications BSc (Honours), 1982; PhD 1986, St. Andrews University, UK

Employment history & Current employment

Higher/SeniorScientificOfficer RoyalObservatoryEdinburgh1986-1992;1996-2002Astronomer/SeniorAstronomer Anglo-AustralianObservatory1992-1995;1996-1999*Lecturer/SeniorLecturer MacquarieUniversity/AAO2002-2003;2004-2006AssociateProfessor MacquarieUniversity/AAO2007-2009Professor/DirectorMQAASAstro#MacquarieUniversity/AAO2010-2015Professor/HoDPhysicsTheUniversityofHongKong2015-2016Professor/Assoc.Dean(global)TheUniversityofHongKong2017-*(onspecialleavefromtheRoyalObservatoryEdinburghinaparallelappointment)#MQAAAstro:TheMacquarieResearchcentreinAstronomy,AstrophysicsandAstrophotonics

Mainareasofdisciplinary/sub-disciplinaryandinterdisciplinaryresearchexpertise

Wide-field, multi-wavelength astronomical surveys, Planetary Nebulae and late stagestellar evolution, Space Science, Supernova remnants, Galactic archaeology, low-surfacebrightness galaxies, galaxy redshift surveys, Astronomical instrumentation particularlynarrow-bandfilters,multi-objectfibre-basedspectroscopysystemsandintegralfieldunits,scienceeducationandpedagogy(highschoolandtertiary),Chinesebronzeantiquitiesandinterdisciplinarystudies.

Eight-yearresearchgranttrackrecordhastotalvalue:~51M$HKD(~$8.87MAUD)inastronomicalinstrumentation,astrophysicsresearchandscienceeducationUGCT&L(HK): 2017-2020CIsParker,Knothe,Lee,$3.314MHKDRGC(HK)17304018: 2018-2021 CIsParker,Zijlstra,Gesicki,$520KHKDRGC(HK)17300417: 2017-2020CIsParker,Zijlstra,Frew$520KHKDRGC(HK)17326116: 2016-2018CIsParker,Frew,Bojicic$540KHKDPDFaward(HKU): 2016-2020CIsParker,KwokandWu$1MHKDPDFaward(HKU):2017-2021CIsLee,Parker,Knothe$1MHKDARCLEI40100052: 2014 CIsColless,+Parkeretal.$350KHKDOLTTeachinggrant: 2013-2016 CIsMulligan,Parker,Hedberg,Cody$15MHKDMQAAAstrocentre: 2011-2015 CIParker,$1.85MHKDGuttenbergChair: 2013 CIParker$650KHKD(Strasbourg,France)ARCLE130100198: 2013 CIsB-Hawthorn,Croom,Parker+$2MHKDARCDP120103751: 2012-2014 CIsIreland,Parker,Bedding$2.13MHKDARCDP120104416: 2012-2013 CIsFreeman,Parker,B-Hawthorn$1.7MHKDARCLE120100023: 2012 CIsBessell,Dopita,Parkeretal$1.1MHKDARCLE110100030: 2011-2012 CIsParkeretal.ARC+MQ/AAOfor$4.8MHKDARCFS100100019: 2010-2013 CIsParkeretal.ARC+MQ/AAOfor3.1MHKDARCLP0989264: 2009-2011 CIsParkeretal.$677Kcash,$9.6MHKDinkindNASAROSES/Spitzer: 2008-2010 CIsCohen,Parker,Hora,Green$1.8MHKDMQSN/MQRDG: 2008-2010 CIParker$384KHKD

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Five-yearResearchPublicationTrackRecord Inthelast5yearsIhave81refereedjournalarticlesandam1st,2ndor3rdauthorfor16ofthese(NASA ADS abstract service http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abstract_service.html). My totalpublicationscomprise539papers,articlesandcircularswith254inreferredjournalsand>14335citations(40%increasein3years)withan‘h’indexof57asshowngraphicallybelow(resultsforOctober10th2018).Googlescholargivesmeah-indexof62and>16000cites.

Researchsupervisionandmanagement Iamsupervising4PostDoctoralFellowsand4PhDstudents(includingoneatMQ).Since2005, as primary supervisor I have had 11 PhD, 3 Masters and 6 honours studentcompletions(100%graduationsuccess)withmanymoreasadjunct/associatesupervisor.IamleadingandmanagingtheLaboratoryforSpaceResearch(LSR)wherewearecurrentlyundergoingexpansion.WehaverecentlysignedseveralimportantMoUs(e.g.withNanjing,Padova-CISAS)andareengaginginkeysatelliteprograms(DAMPEandHKUNo.1satellite).

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TeachingMetrics:EvidenceofsustainedcontributionstostudentlearningovertimeAwarded several university and national teaching awards at both undergraduate andpostgraduatelevelatMacquarieUniversity.Thiswaspartiallyduetoconsistentlyveryhighscores fromTeachingEvaluationandDevelopmentScheme(TEDS)over the last10years.ThisiscontinuingatHKUwheremyscoresforteachereffectivenessin2016/17was86/100(c.f.averageforthePhysicsdepartmentof72).Thisclearlytestifiestohigh-level,consistentandon-goingteachingachievementasperceivedbythestudentsthemselves.Afewrecentfeedback comments fromHKU students include: “What awonderful, engaging, interestingandinspiringteacher”; “verycaptivatingteaching-cangettheattentionofthestudentsveryquickly”;“Reallycaptivatingandinterestinglectures”,myHKUSCNC1113students(2016).Fellowoflearnedacademiesorsocieties

• FellowoftheRoyalAstronomicalSociety(1988-)• FellowoftheAstronomicalSocietyofAustralia(1994-)• MemberoftheInternationalAstronomicalUnion(1995-)• MemberoftheOrientalCeramicsSocietyofHongKong(2015-)

Invitedkeynote/plenary/reviewspeakeratinternationalconferencesandworkshopsSince2010attended18majorconferences/workshopswith13asinvitedreviewer/speaker

• InvitedreviewatAsymmetricPNIVconferenceinUK,June2010.• ContributedspeakerinternationalSupernovaconference,Sydney,June2011• InvitedreviewspeakerIAUSymposium283onPlanetaryNebulae,Tenerife,July2011• ReviewspeakerLatephasesofstellarevolution,Macquarie,December2011,SOCchair• ContributingspeakerAPNVI,Mexico,November2013andmemberSOC• ContributingspeakerASASydney,July2014(andSOCchairandLOCchair)• InvitedspeakerEGAPSmeeting,GrazAustria,September2015• Invitedspeaker11thPacificRimConference,December2015,HongKong• InvitedspeakerWorkPlansPNmeeting,LorentzCentre,Leiden,Holland,January2016• Invitedspeaker18thand19thPHSKmeetings,PolyU.2015,HKU2016• Contributingspeaker(asonSOC)ofIAUSymposium323,BeijingOctober2016• Invitedspeaker,KAVLI10thAnniversarymeeting,Beijing,May2017• Invitedspeaker,BeltandRoadforumofHangzhou,HongKong,August22nd2017• Invitedspeaker,“withonehadwavingfree”,PortDouglas,Australia,October2017• Contributingspeaker(asco-chairofSOC),“APNVII”,HongKong,Dec2017• Invitedhonoraryspeaker,Lobstereyetelescopemeeting,Shenzen,January2018• Invitedspeaker,PHSK,Macau,GuangzhouPhysicssocietiesmeeting,Macau,July2018Peerreviewedfacilityaccesswon2010-2018–totalaccesscostsvalue$22MHKD

• 10nights6-10mtimeMagellan,Gemini,Grantecan&ESOVLT $5.6MHKD• 16nights4mtime CTIO&AAT $2.9KHKD• 162nights2mtime ANU2.3m&SAAO1.9mtelescopes $9.8MHKD• 205hoursradio AustraliaTelescopeCompactArray $600KHKD• 70+hoursHubbleandHerschelspacetelescopes $3.0MHKD• 3hours DirectorsDiscretionarytimeSALT10m$100KHKD

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ProfessionalPrizesandAwardsforresearch,teachingandleadership($4.55MHKD)

• MQDivisionalawardforexcellenceinundergraduateteaching2007$180K• MQViceChancellorsawardforexcellenceinPhDsupervision2008$180K• MQHighlycommendedforUniversityInnovationsinLearningandTeaching2009• MQShortlistedforUniversityInnovationsAwardinResearch&Engineering2010• MQRecipientofUniversityInnovationsawardsforExcellenceinResearch2011$120K• Australian“ALTC”citationforexcellenceinundergraduateLearning2011$360K• MQViceChancellorsawardforexcellenceinundergraduateTeaching2012$360K• PrestigiousGutenbergProfessorialChair,Strasbourg,France2013$3.2M• MQUniversity“JimPiper”awardforexcellenceinResearchLeadership2014$120K• HKUSino-Britishfellowship2018$25KCurrent/recentseniorresponsibilities(includingfinancialmanagement&advising)

• AssociateDean(Global)FacultyofScience,HKU(2017-)• Director,LaboratoryforSpaceResearch,HKU(2018-)–wasassociateDirectorprior• MemberofHKUAcademicSenate(2016-)• ChairHKUSciencefacultycommitteeonglobaldevelopment&engagement(2017-)• ChairHKUDisciplinaryCommittee(2018-)• MemberHKUrankingscommittee(2017-)• MemberHKUVicePresident’s(Global)committee(2017-)• MemberHKUdisciplinarycommittee(2015-)• MemberFacultyTeachingandLearningQualityCommittee(2016-)• InternationalmemberofSouthAfricanTelescopesUsercommittee(2015-)• HeadofHong-Kong/AAO/StrasbourgHαPlanetaryNebulaeproject:HASH(2015-)• HeadoftheDepartmentofPhysics,HKU(2015-2016)• HeadofdatamanagementgroupofinternationalRadialVelocityExperiment(RAVE)• HeadoftheIPHASPlanetaryNebulaeTeam(20researchersin5countries)• ExternalPhDexaminer(e.g.ManchesterUniversity,UK2010,2011,Bristol,Marseille)• Regularrefereeofpapersintopastronomyjournals(e.g.MNRAS,ApJ,A&A,AJ)• MemberofexecutivecommitteeofthePhysicalSocietyofHongKong(2015-2017)• CIforKOALAIntegralfieldunitinstrumentattheAAO(2011–2015)• MemberofMacquarieUniversityTeachingExcellenceAcademy–2012-2015• Memberof6DFScienceAdvisoryCommittee2002-2015• TechnicalassessorfortimeonAnglo-AustralianTelescope2002–2015• ARCinternationalreaderandlaureate,DPandlinkageassessor(2004–2015)• DirectorofMQAAAstroresearchcentreandchairofexecutiveboard(2011-2015)• MemberMacquarieUniversityresearchcentreassessmentpanel(2012–2015)• Directorof$2.4MARClinkagesciencepedagogyproject“SpacetoGrow”(2009-2014)

Externalbenchmarkingofstanding• Iamcurrentlyranked37thofallHKUresearchersaccordingtoGoogleScholaroutof

3493academics.Thisplacesmeinthetop1.1%atatop30globaluniversity(QSandTHErankings2018).