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CURRICULUM VITAE


Name Christopher Michael Livingstone FLYNN
Date and Place of Birth 26 April 1962, Hobart, Australia
Citizenship Australian
Present Position Researcher, Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University

Permanent Address



Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing,
Swinburne University,
Hawthorn, 3122, Victoria,
Australia
Phone: +61 (0)3 9214 5532

cflynn@astro.utu.fi

www.astro.utu.fi/~cflynn/





EDUCATION


1974-1979

Kooringal High School, Wagga Wagga,
New South Wales, Australia

1980-1983

The Australian National University,
Canberra, Australia
Awarded B.Sc.(Hons), in Applied Mathematics, May 1984

1984-1989

Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories,
Institute of Advanced Studies,
The Australian National University

July 1989

Completed Ph.D. Thesis :The Galactic Force Law and the Thick Disk. Awarded 1990.


SCHOLARSHIPS


1983

Australian National University Summer Scholarship

1985-8

Australian National University Postgraduate Scholarship


DOCENTSHIP


25/10/1996

Docent of Astronomy, University of Turku



POST-DOCTORAL POSITIONS


1989-1991

Alexander von Humboldt Fellow,
Astronomisches Rechen-Institut,
Heidelberg, Germany

Dec 1991-Aug 1993

Danish NSRC and NBI Fellow,
Niels Bohr Institute,
Copenhagen, Denmark.

Oct 1993-Dec 1993

Alexander von Humboldt Fellow,
Astronomisches Rechen Institut,
Heidelberg, Germany

Jan 1994-May 1994

Visiting Fellow,
Institute for Advanced Study,
Princeton, USA

Aug 1994-Jan 1996

Visiting Fellow,
NORDITA,
Copenhagen, Denmark


POSITIONS AT TUORLA OBSERVATORY


1996-1999

Research Fellow

1999
Research Associate (tenured)

2000-2001
Professor and Acting Director

2002-2007

Academy of Finland Senior Researcher

2008-2012

Research Associate (tenured)



STUDENT SUPERVISION



1997-1998
Eira Kotoneva M.Sc. thesis
1997-2001
Johan Holmberg
Ph.D. thesis (Lund University)
1999-2003
Eira Kotoneva
Ph.D. thesis
2001-2007
Rami Rekola
Ph.D. thesis
2002-2003
Janne Holopainen
M.Sc. thesis
2003-2007
Janne Holopainen
Ph.D. thesis
2002-2005
Chris Thom
Ph.D. thesis (Swinburne University)
2003-2008
Luca Casagrande
Ph.D. thesis
2006-2010
Esko Gardner
Ph.D. thesis
2008-
Sarah Bird
Ph.D. thesis
2009-
Juliet Datson
Ph.D. thesis


GRANTS AWARDED


1997-2000

"Hipparcos and Galactic Chemical Evolution" 
c. 85,000 euros
Academy of Finland

2001-2004

"Space Based Studies of Dark Matter"
c. 140,000 euros        
ANTARES - Tekes/Academy of Finland

2002
Senior Researcher salary
c. 20,000 euros
Academy of Finland

2002
Visitor grant to Prof. Brad Gibson
c. 4,000 euros
Academy of Finland

2003
PhD grant from CIMO for Luca Casagrande
c. 8000 euros

2004
PhD grant extension from CIMO for Luca Casagrande
c. 6000 euros

2003-2005
"Baryonic matter in disk galaxies"
120,000 euros
Academy of Finland

2005-2008
"Marie Curie Fellowship for Dr. Laura Portinari"
circa 150,000 euros
European Union

2007-2008
"Dwarf galaxies go to work"
105,600 euros
Academy of Finland

2008-2009
PhD grant from CIMO for Sarah Bird
10,800 euros




INTERNATIONAL POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY


1999-2006
Finnish Astrophysics Representitive,
Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics (NORDITA), Copenhagen

1998-
Member-at-Large  
European Space Agency Satellite GAIA

2001-2007
IAU Commission 33 on Structure and dynamics of the Galactic system, Advisory Board



PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS


1996-
Royal Astronomical Society
1998-
International Astronomical Union