Peter Tuthill (astronomer)

Peter G. Tuthill
Born (1967-01-18) 18 January 1967 (age 57)
Sydney, Australia
NationalityAustralian
EducationChurchill College, Cambridge
Alma materUniversity of Queensland, Australian National University
Known forAperture Masking Interferometry, Sydney University Stellar Interferometer
AwardsEureka Prize for Scientific Research
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
Astronomy
InstitutionsUniversity of Sydney, University of California, Berkeley
Doctoral advisorJohn E. Baldwin

Peter G. Tuthill (born 18 Jan 1967) is an Australian astronomer who has pioneered the science of high-angular resolution astronomy, leading the development of aperture masking interferometry and astronomical optical interferometry. He is a professor of astrophysics at the School of Physics at the University of Sydney[1] and was Director of the Sydney Institute for Astronomy (SIfA) of School from 2010 to 2015.

  1. ^ "University of Sydney faculty page". Archived from the original on 2023-02-20. Retrieved 2023-02-20.