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Professor Richard McDermid leads an active research group studying stellar population dynamics in galaxies to understand their formation and evolution throughout the lifetime of the Universe. His group pioneered the use of combining orbital dynamical models with chemical and age information of stellar populations, unveiling the assembly history of galaxies and exploring connections to our own Milky Way. He is the Director of the Macquarie University Astrophysics and Space Technologies Research Centre and a leader of the Macquarie Node of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for All-Sky Astrophysics in 3 Dimensions. Professor McDermid has over 20 years of experience combining astronomical research with instrumentation development for major optical telescopes. He has led or participated in major international research collaborations such as SAURON, Atlas3D, SAMI, and SDSS-IV MAGPI. He has played key roles in developing new instrumentation for major observatories, particularly using integral field spectroscopy and adaptive optics. His current project involves MAVIS, a revolutionary new instrument that provides near-diffraction limited optical imaging and integral field spectroscopy for the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope. Additionally, he is actively involved in various academic committees and has served on the ARC College of Experts. He has received numerous awards for his contributions to teaching and research in astronomy.
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