Michael Garrett

Who is Michael Garrett?

Professor Michael Garrett is the General Director of the Dutch astronomy research foundation ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy.

He was born in Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, Scotland, and brought up in nearby Saltcoats, on the west coast. He went to St. Mary's and St. Andrew's RC schools. He graduated with first-class honours at the University of Glasgow, and did a PhD at the University of Manchester.

In 2003 he became director of the Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe, and in 2007 director of ASTRON. Garrett is Professor of radio astronomy techniques at the University of Leiden. His research interests in astronomy are broad, covering a wide range of astrophysical objects, near and far. Garrett is one of 14 winners of the 2013 IBM Faculty Award. He has published over 80 papers in refereed journals and many other conference articles.