Anna Scaife
Anna Scaife | |
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Anna Scaife discusses the Square Kilometre Array for the World Economic Forum in 2017 | |
| 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 (2019) |
| 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 | research |
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. She is the co-director of Policy@Manchester. She was awarded the Jackson-Gwilt Medal by the Royal Astronomical Society in 2019 in recognition of her contributions to astrophysical instrumentation.