Michael Andrew "Mike" Dopita (28 October 1946 – 22 December 2018) was an Australian astronomer.
Education and career
Dopita studied physics at
Wadham College, Oxford. He worked at the
Australian National University from 1975, most recently as Professor Emeritus at the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics. He served as Treasurer of the
Australian Academy of Science from 2008 and was a member of its Council from 2004 to 2008. He was president, Division VI,
International Astronomical Union, from 1994 to 1997 and was a council member of the
Astronomical Society of Australia between 1993 and 1996. He was an Inaugural Federation Fellow of the
Australian Research Council
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, 2001.
Until 2015 he was
editor in chief
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of the scientific journal
Astrophysics and Space Science and author with Dr Ralph Sutherland of ''Astrophysics of the Diffuse Universe''.
Dopita published over 650 research papers in refereed scientific journals.
Awards and recognition
Dopita was the 1983 winner of the
Pawsey Medal. He was elected
Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 1996. He was appointed a
Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the
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See also
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Eurasian Astronomical Society
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References
External links
Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories rsaa.anu.edu.au
Mike Dopita's home page
Members of the Eurasian Astronomical Society
2018 deaths
Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science
1946 births
Members of the Order of Australia
Alumni of Wadham College, Oxford
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