Stephen Eales is a professor of astrophysics at Cardiff University, where he is currently head of the Astronomy Group. In 2015, he was awarded the Herschel Medal from the Royal Astronomical Society for outstanding contributions to observational astrophysics. He also writes articles and books about astronomy.
Research
His main research field is the new field of submillimetre astronomy, in particular using submillimetre observations to investigate the origin and evolution of galaxies. He has led a number of large submillimetre observing programmes. In particular, with Loretta Dunne he led the Herschel ATLAS the largest survey of the extragalactic sky carried out with the Herschel Space Observatory.
Bibliography Origins – how the planets, stars, galaxies and the universe began (Springer 2007 ). Planets and Planetary Systems (textbook) (John Wiley and Sons 2009, )
References
Footnotes
Sources Winners of RAS medals in 2015 Smoking Supernovae and Dusty Galaxies, Sky and Telescope 2004 The Final Frontier, Astronomy Now, 1997, Vol. 11, No. 6, p. 41 Cool dust and baby stars, Physics World, Volume 26, 1 Pilbratt, G. et al. 2010, Herschel Space Observatory – an ESA facility for far-infrared and submillimetre astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 518, L1