Anna Scaife | |
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Born | Anna Margaret Mahala Scaife 20 May 1981 |
Education | Loreto Grammar School |
Alma mater | University of Bristol (MPhys) University of Cambridge (PhD) |
Known for | Big data astrophysics |
Awards | Jackson-Gwilt Medal (2018) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Radio astronomy |
Institutions | University of Manchester University of Cambridge Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies University of Southampton |
Thesis | Observing the cosmic microwave background with the Very Small Array (2007) |
Doctoral advisor | Keith Grainge |
Website | www |
Anna Margaret Mahala Scaife (born 20 May 1981) is a Professor of Radio Astronomy at the University of Manchester and Head of the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics Interferometry Centre of Excellence.[1] She is the co-director of Policy@Manchester.[2] She was awarded the 2019 Royal Astronomical Society Jackson-Gwilt Medal in recognition of her contributions to astrophysical instrumentation.