AE VAUGHAN CV

CURRICULUM VITAE

NAME

Alan Edward Vaughan

ADDRESS

School of Mathematics, Physics, Computing and Electronics
Macquarie University
NSW 2109
Australia

PRESENT POSITION

Senior Lecturer in Physics, Macquarie University

BIRTH

27th December 1946, Sydney, NSW, Australia

DEGREES

1967 BSc(Hons), University of Sydney (Second Class Honours Division I)
1974 PhD, University of Sydney

MEMBERSHIP

Fellow of the Astronomical Society of Australia.

POSITIONS HELD

1974-1975 Temporary Senior Tutor at the University of Sydney
1975-2007 Senior Tutor/Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Physics at Macquarie University.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

My teaching has included a full range of units in Physics and Astronomy,
several of which I have fully developed.
I have conducted in-service training courses for teachers of the astronomy
option in the HSC physics syllabus.
As part of the teaching in astronomy I established a small optical astronomical
observatory on the campus which has been used for small research projects as well.

COMMUNITY EDUCATION IN ASTRONOMY

In 1988 I started the Macquarie University Foundation for Astronomy to
foster education in astronomy. Through the Foundation I have conducted
Astronomy Open Nights twice a year since 1988 with an average attendance
of over 1000 people. I have also conducted bus tours to various observatories
in country NSW and an annual weekend School of Astronomy at the University.
Funding obtained through Foundation activities will allow the extension of the
University Observatory to become a public - access educational observatory.

POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS

PhD Students:

J Lim (1991)
N Tasker (2000)
K McDonnell (current))

MSc Students:

T Getts (2003)
R Lipka (2001)

Honours Students:

I have supervised 14 honours students .

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

I have undertaken the usual administrative duties expected of academic staff at
a university. In addition I have administered the Foundation for Astronomy and
organised all of its activities. In 1995, and again in 2007, I was Chairman of the local organizing
committee of the annual meeting of the Astronomical Society of Australia.

OUTLINE OF RECENT AND CURRENT RESEARCH

I participated in the first successful searches for pulsars in the Southern
Hemisphere during the late 1960's and early to mid 1970's, using the Molonglo
Radio Telescope operated by the University of Sydney. From the mid 1970's to
the early 1980's I was a colleague in the search for celestial transient events at
radio frequencies, showing that very few if any of these events in fact occur.
Since the early 1980's I have observed active stars at radio frequencies at
Molonglo, Parkes and the Australia Telescope Compact Array at Narrabri
in order to determine the emission processes at different radio frequencies.
I have been involved in following up the PMN survey at
4850 MHz, producing an atlas of the southern sky at this frequency.
My most recent work has involved the measurement of stellar proper motions by
scanning old photographic plates and deriving star positions. I have also been
observing planetary nebulae at radio-frequencies.

PUBLICATIONS OF ALAN VAUGHAN

PAPERS

1. Turtle, A.J. & Vaughan, A.E., "Discovery of two Southern Pulsars"
Nature, 219, 689 (1968).
2. Turtle, A.J. & Vaughan, A.E., "Positions of Four Pulsars",
Nature, 219, 845 (1968).
3. Large, M.I. & Vaughan, A.E., "Dispersion and Pulse Length of Pulsating
Radio Source PSR1749-28", Nature, 220, 43 (1968).
4. Large, M.I., Vaughan, A.E. & Mills, B.Y., "A Pulsar Supernova Association?",
Nature, 220, 340 (1968).
5. Large, M.I., Vaughan, A.E. & Wielebinski, R., "Pulsar Search at Molonglo
Radio Observatory", Nature, 220, 753 (1968).
6. Wielebinski, R., Vaughan, A.E. & Large, M.I., "Clustering of Pulsars along
the Galactic Plane", Nature, 221, 47 (1969).
7. Vaughan, A.E. & Large, M.I., "Pulsar Observations at Molonglo",
Proc. Astron. Soc. Austr., 1, 5, 220 (1969).
8. Large, M.I., Vaughan, A.E. & Wielebinski, R., "Some Further Pulsar
Observations at the Molonglo Radio Observatory", Astrophys. Lett., 3, 123 (1969).
9. Vaughan, A.E., Large, M.I. & Wielebinski, R., "Three New Pulsars",
Nature, 222, 963 (1969).
10. Large, M.I., Vaughan, A.E. & Wielebinski, R., "Highly Dispersed
Pulsar & Three Others", Nature, 223, 1249 (1969).
11. Vaughan, A.E. & Large, M.I., "Five New Pulsars", Nature, 225, 167 (1970).
12. Large, M.I. & Vaughan, A.E., "A Search of the Galactic Plane for High
Dispersion Pulsars", Mon. Not. R. astr. Soc., 151, 277 (1971).
13. Vaughan, A.E. & Large, M.I., "Improved Data for Eight Molonglo Pulsars",
Mon. Not. R. astr. Soc., 156, 25P (1972).
14. Vaughan, A.E. & Large, M.I., "Discovery of Three Pulsars",
Mon. Not. R. astr. Soc., 156, 27P (1972).
15. Large, M.I. & Vaughan, A.E., "A New Pulsar-Supernova Association",
Nature Phy. Sci., 236, 117 (1972).
16. Vaughan, A.E. & McAdam, W.B., "Position of PSRO833-45",
Nature Phy. Sci., 241, 138 (1973).
17. Vaughan, A.E., Disney, M.J. & Nicholson, P., "Accurate Positions
and Optical Studies in Nine Southern Pulsar Fields", Mon. Not. R. astr.
Soc., 168, 361 (1974).
18. Vaughan, A.E., "A Dedicated Variable Star Observatory",
Proc. Astron. Soc. Austr., 4, 29 (1980).
19. Large, M.I., Vaughan, A.E., Durdin, J.M. & Little, A.G.,
"The Molonglo Observatory Transient Event Recorder", Proc. Astron.
Soc. Austr., 5, 569 (1984).
20. Vaughan, A.E. & Large, M.I., "A Search for Radio Pulses from
GBS0526-66", Astrophysical Letters, 25, 159 (1987).
21. Nelson, G.J., Robinson, R.D., Slee, O.B., Ashley, M.C.B., Hyland ,
A.R., Tuohy, I.R., Nikoloff, I. & Vaughan, A.E., "Simultaneous Optical,
Infrared and Microwave Observations of the Flare Star AT Mic",
Mon. Not. R. Astr. Soc., 220, 91 (1986).
22. Vaughan, A.E. & Large, M.I., "Observations at 843MHz of Quiescent
Emission from the Flare Star AT Mic", Mon. Not. R. Astr.
Soc., 223, 399 (1986).
23. Slee, O.B., Nelson, G.J., Innis, J.L., Stewart, R.T., Vaughan, A.E. &
Wright, A.E., "The Active Radio Star HD36705", Proc. Astr. Soc.
Aust., 6, 312 (1986).
24. Vaughan, A.E. & Large, M.I., "A Search for 843 MHz Radio Emission from
Active Stars, Proc. Astron. Soc. Austr., 6, 319 (1986).
25. Slee, O.B., Nelson, G.J., Stewart, R.T., Wright, A.E., Jauncey, D.L.,
Heisler, L.H., Bunton, J.D., Vaughan, A.E., Large, M.I., Peters, W.L. &
Ryan, S.G., "A Very Intense Long-Lasting Radio Flare on HD32918",
Mon. Not. R. Astr. Soc., 227, 467 (1987).
26. Slee, O.B., Nelson, G.J., Stewart, R.J., Wright, A.E., Jauncey, D.L.,
Bunton, J.D. & Vaughan, A.E., I.A.U. Circular No. 4226 (1986).
27. Slee, O.B., Nelson, G.J., Stewart, R.T., Wright, A.E., Innis, J.L.,
Ryan, S.G. & Vaughan, A.E., "A Microwave Survey of Southern Active Stars",
Mon. Not. R. Astr. Soc., 229, 659 (1987).
28. Vaughan, A.E. & Large, M.I., "Observations of Active Stars at 843 MHz",
Proc. Astron. Soc., 7, 42 (1987).
29. Slee, O.B., Nelson, G.J., Stewart, R.T., Wright, A.E., Jauncey, D.L.,
Vaughan, A.E., Large, M.I., Bunton, J.D., Peters, W.L. & Ryan, S.G.,
"Outstanding Stellar Microwave Flares in 1986", Proc. Astron. Soc.
Aust., 7, 55 (1987).
30. Beasley, A.J., Large, M.I. & Vaughan, A.E., "843 MHz Emission from
the Active Star AB Dor", Proc. Astron. Soc. Aust., 7, 46 (1987).
31. Wright, A.E., Slee, O.B., Nelson, G.J., Stewart, R.T., Jauncey, D.L.,
White, G.L., Vaughan, A.E., Lim, J., Large, M.I., Bunton, J.D., Thompson, K.,
Coates, D.W., Innis, J.L., Peters, W.L., Ryan, S.G., Robinson, R.D., Cropper, M.,
Allen, D.A., and Page, A.A., "The Australian Radio Star Survey", Proc. Astr. Soc.
Aust., 7, 159, (1987).
32. Lim, J., Nelson, J.G. & Vaughan, A.E., "A Multi-Purpose, Multichannel
Radiospectrograph for the Parkes Telescope", Proc. Astr. Soc.
Aust., 7, 197 (1987).
33. Large, M.I., Beasley, A.J., Stewart, R.T. & Vaughan, A.E., "Continuum
Radio Spectrum of the Flare Star AT Mic", Proc. Astr. Soc.
Aust., 8, 123 (1989).
34. Amy, S.W., Large, M.I. & Vaughan, A.E., "A Search for Transient
Events at 843 MHz", Proc. Astr. Soc. Aust., 8, 172 (1989).
35. Griffith, M., and 40. other authors.including Vaughan, A.E.,
"The Parkes-MIT-NRAO Southern Sky Survey at 4850 MHz", Proc. Astr.
Soc. Aust., 9, 243, (1991).
36. Vaughan, A.E., "A Planetarium and Observatory Complex for Sydney",
Proc. Astr. Soc. Aust., 9, 338 (1991).
37. Beer, S. H. & Vaughan, A.E., "Two new Planetary Nebulae and an AGN
in the Galactic Plane", Pub. Astr. Soc. Aust., 16, no. 2, 134 (1999).
38. Fresneau, A., Vaughan, A.E. & Argyle, R, W., "Collisional Dynamics of
Stellar Systems in the Northern and Southern Coalsack Regions",
Astron. J., 125, 1519 (2003).
39. Kane, S. R. & Vaughan, A.E., "Radio Observations of the Supernova
Remnant Candidate G312.5-3.0", Mon. Not. R. Astr. Soc., 344, 625 (2003).
40. Fresneau, A., Vaughan, A.E. & Argyle, R, W., "Density Wave Streaming
Motions in Stars along the Sagittarius Spiral Arm", Astron. J., 130, 2701 (2005).
41. Parker, Q. A., Acker, A., Frew, D. J., Hartley, M., Peyaud, A. E. J.,
Ochsenbein, F., Phillipps, S., Russeil, D., Beaulieu, S. F., Cohen, M., Köppen, J.,
Miszalski, B., Morgan, D. H., Morris, R. A. H., Pierce, M. J. & Vaughan, A.E.,
"The Macquarie/AAO/Strasbourg H-Alpha Planetary Nebula Catalogue",
Mon. Not. R. Astr. Soc., 373, 79 (2006).
42. McDonnell, K. E., Vaughan, A.E. & Wardle, M., "A Search for OH 6 GHz
Maser Emission towards Southern Supernova Remnants", arXiv:0704.2271 (2007).

BOOK

43. Ogrim, O. and Vaughan, A.E., "Quantities and Units in Science",
Science Press, (1977).