Brian_John_Boyle
Brian J. Boyle
Scottish astrophysicist
Brian J. Boyle is a Scottish astrophysicist based in Australia since 1996. His primary research interests are in the fields of quasars, active galaxies and cosmology.
He has been involved in science-direction setting in Australia for over 15 years, contributing the mid-term review in 2000,[1] leading the development of the Australian Astronomy Decadal Plan 2006-15[2] and facilitating the development of the Optical and Radio Astronomy Investment Plan for the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy[3] in 2007.[4]
He was awarded the Centenary Medal for services to Australian Astronomy in 2003 and elected as a fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2006.[5][6]
Boyle is currently CSIRO SKA Director as well as the Project Director for the Australia–New Zealand SKA bid.[7] In these roles he plays a major part both nationally and internationally in the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) program; a project to build the world's largest cm-wavelength radio telescope.