Jaymie Mark Matthews (born 1958 in Chatham, Ontario) is a Canadian astrophysicist, asteroseismologist, and popularizer of science.

Education and career

Matthews received, from the

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution ...

, in 1979 his bachelor's degree and from, the

University of Western Ontario The University of Western Ontario (UWO), also known as Western University or Western, is a Public university, public research university in London, Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land, surrounded by resident ...

's department of astronomy & astrophysics, master's degree in 1982 and doctoral degree in 1987. He was a postdoc at the

University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public university, public research university with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, it is British Columbia's oldest university. The university ranks a ...

(UBC) from 1988 to 1990 and ''Attaché de recherche'' at the Université de Montreal from 1990 to 1992. At UBC, Matthews has held the position of assistant professor from 1992 to 2000, associate professor from 2000 to 2008, and full professor from 2008 to the present. He is the principal investigator for the

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’s MOST project, a space telescope project yielding observations in asteroseismology and in detection of visible-light signatures from extrasolar planets. He has been a member of several Canadian scientific committees and has been an invited speaker at many international scientific meetings. Matthews has made frequent appearances in the news media. He "posed in multiple guises (from a superhero flying in the ozone layer to an X-ray version of Austin Powers) in the

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documentary series "Light: More Than Meets The Eye"."

Honours and awards

*Canadian Association of Physicists Education Medal, 2002 *Officer of the Order of Canada, 2006 *Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, 2012 *Just Desserts Award from the UBC Alma Mater Society & Alumni Association, 2002 *UBC Killam Faculty of Science Teaching Award, 1999

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Matthews, Jaymie 1958 births Living people Canadian astrophysicists Science communicators University of Toronto alumni University of Western Ontario alumni University of British Columbia faculty

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