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Robert Minchin
NationalityBritish
EducationReading School, Penglais School
Alma materCardiff University, University of Wales (PhD 2001)
Durham University (MSci 1997)
Scientific career
FieldsRadio Astronomy
InstitutionsStratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, Arecibo Observatory, Cardiff University, Cornell University, Universities Space Research Association
ThesisProperties of galaxies found in a deep blind neutral hydrogen survey (2001)
Doctoral advisorMike Disney

Radio astronomer Robert Minchin shared photos of people putting wooden and metal storm shutters over the control room windows [at Arecibo Observatory] … But around 11:05 p.m. Tuesday, Minchin said he'd lost power. “Will be tweeting by SMS if network stays up,” he said. As of Thursday afternoon, that was the last message he'd sent.

— Washington Post (22 September 2017)[1]

I am a Senior Scientist with USRA at NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA),[2][3] having previously worked for USRA and Cornell University at Arecibo Observatory, and at Cardiff University on HIPASS and other surveys for extra-galactic neutral hydrogen. I was first author on the paper announcing the discovery of the dark galaxy candidate VIRGOHI 21 in 2005[4][5][6][7][8] and a follow-up paper carrying out high-resolution synthesis imaging of it using the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope in 2007.[9] I have also been involved in the discoveries of methanimine in Arp 220 in 2008[10][11][12] and of a nuclear outburst in NGC 660 in 2013.[13][14][15] I lead the Arecibo Galaxy Environment Survey, which discovered a giant bridge of hydrogen between galaxies in 2014[16][17] and a large ring of gas close to the Triangulum Galaxy in 2016.[18]

I have also been quoted in the media commenting on research at Cambridge University on the possibility of "tepid" dark matter,[19] on the funding problems at Arecibo Observatory[20][21], on the opening of the Five hundred metre Aperture Spherical Telescope[3][22] and on the science being done with Arecibo.[23][24] I was interviewed for Tom Scott's YouTube channel in 2017,[25] and for the Astronomical Society of the Pacific's Mercury magazine in 2018[26] and 2019.[3]

All contributions to Wikipedia are my own and do not reflect the views of my employers or funding agencies.

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References

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  1. ^ Sarah Kaplan (22 September 2017). "Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico's famous telescope, is battered by Hurricane Maria". Washington Post.
  2. ^ "Contact". SOFIA Science Center. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  3. ^ a b c Steve Murray (2019). "On the FAST Track". Mercury (magazine). 48 (3). Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
  4. ^ "Astronomers find star-less galaxy". BBC. 23 February 2005.
  5. ^ Stuart Clark (23 February 2005). "Astronomers claim first 'dark galaxy' find". New Scientist.
  6. ^ "Forscher entdecken Galaxie ohne Sterne" (in German). Der Spiegel. 23 February 2005.
  7. ^ Paul Halpern; Paul Wesson (27 July 2006). Brave New Universe: Illuminating the Darkest Secrets of the Cosmos. National Academies Press. pp. 121–122. ISBN 0-309-10137-9.
  8. ^ John Johnson (26 February 2005). "Cosmos' Missing Matter Could Be in Their Sights". Los Angeles Times.
  9. ^ Stuart Clark (20 June 2007). "'Dark galaxy' continues to puzzle astronomers". New Scientist.
  10. ^ "Hallan moléculas básicas para la vida en una galaxia lejana a 250 millones de años luz". El Mundo (in Spanish). 8 February 2008.
  11. ^ "Arecibo telescope finds critical ingredients for the soup of life in a galaxy far, far away". Cornell Chronicle. Cornell University. 14 January 2008.
  12. ^ Rainer Kayser (21 January 2008). "Der Kosmos lebt". Der Tagesspiegel (in German).
  13. ^ Tia Ghose (7 January 2013). "Monster Black Hole Burp Surprises Scientists". Space.com.
  14. ^ Jason Koebler (7 Jan 2013). "Burst Brighter Than Supernova Discovered in Far Off Galaxy". US News and World Report.
  15. ^ Renato Sansone (8 January 2013). "Un'enorme esplosione nel nucleo di una galassia lontana". MeteoWeb (in Italian).
  16. ^ Paul Rodgers (10 August 2014). "Hydrogen Bridge Is 20 Times Longer Than The Milky Way". Forbes.
  17. ^ Becky Ferreira (7 August 2014). "Colliding Galaxies Left a Stream of Gas 2.6 Million Light Years Long". Motherboard. Vice Media.
  18. ^ Tomasz Nowakowsk (12 May 2016). "Giant hydrogen cloud spotted around the Triangulum Galaxy". Phys.org.
  19. ^ Zeeya Merali (6 February 2006). "'Tepid' temperature of dark matter revealed". New Scientist.
  20. ^ Nadia Drake (10 June 2016). "With Earth's Largest Telescope Threatened, Its Homeland Rallies". National Geographic.
  21. ^ Radio telescope in Puerto Rico faces funding cuts. China Central Television (Television production). 7 April 2016.
  22. ^ Emily Benson (26 September 2016). "Biggest radio telescope on Earth ready to receive alien signals". New Scientist.
  23. ^ Mark Williamson (December 2016). "Upgrading Arecibo". Physics World (Focus on: Astronomy and Space Science). IOP Publishing.
  24. ^ Mark Williamson (8 September 2017). "Arecibo: Funding cuts threaten future of giant radio telescope". PE Magazine. Institute of Mechanical Engineers. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  25. ^ Scott, Tom (8 May 2017). How The Arecibo Telescope Could Help Save The World. YouTube (YouTube video).
  26. ^ Steve Murray (Winter 2018). "Arecibo Endures". Mercury. 47 (1).
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