Bryan Malcolm Gaensler (born 4 July 1973) is an Australian astronomer and former Young Australian of the Year, currently based at the University of Sydney. He is best known for his work on magnetars, supernova remnants and magnetic fields.
Gaensler was born in Sydney, Australia. He attended Sydney Grammar School on an academic scholarship, and then studied at the University of Sydney from where he was awarded a perfect grade of 100 for his honour...
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Bryan Malcolm Gaensler (born 4 July 1973) is an Australian astronomer and former Young Australian of the Year, currently based at the University of Sydney. He is best known for his work on magnetars, supernova remnants and magnetic fields.
Gaensler was born in Sydney, Australia. He attended Sydney Grammar School on an academic scholarship, and then studied at the University of Sydney from where he was awarded a perfect grade of 100 for his honours thesis, and henceforth graduated with a B.Sc. with first class honours in physics (1995), followed by a PhD in astrophysics (1999).
From 1998 to 2001, Gaensler held a Hubble Fellowship at the Center for Space Research of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 2001 he moved to the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory as a Clay Fellow. In 2002, he took up an appointment as an assistant professor in the Department of Astronomy at Harvard University where he was also the Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Astronomy & Astrophysics...
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