Professor Cathryn Trott
BSc (Hons), PhD, FASA, FAIP
Special responsibilities – Board Deputy Chair, Chair of the Nomination Committee (part of 2023/24), a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee and the Board’s representative on AAL’s Science Advisory Committee (ASAC).
Professor Cathryn Trott is an ARC Future Fellow and Chief Investigator and Node Leader for the ARC Centre of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics in 3D. She leads the Epoch of Reionisation project at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research at Curtin University, and is the current spokesperson for the international Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) Epoch of Reionisation Collaboration, and a member of the MWA Board.
Cathryn is heavily involved in planning for the future Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project, and serves on the Australian SKA Science Advisory Committee. She is a Past President of the Astronomical Society of Australia, and currently serves on the ASA Executive. She has received several awards, including the 2020 Australian Academy of Science Nany Millis Medal.