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ProfessorTimothy Sumner

Professor of Experimental Astrophysics

Department of Physics - Faculty of Natural Sciences

Orcid identifier0000-0002-3572-600X
  • Professor of Experimental Astrophysics
    Department of Physics - Faculty of Natural Sciences
  • 020 7594 7552 (Work)
  • 1108, Blackett Laboratory, South Kensington Campus, United Kingdom

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

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  • AWARD
    Outstanding Achievement Award for LISA Pathfinder
    1 Feb 2017
    European Space Agency
  • EXTERNAL COMMITTEE
    1 Feb 2011 - 1 Feb 2014
  • EXTERNAL COMMITTEE
    1 Jan 2011 - 1 Jan 2014
  • EXTERNAL COMMITTEE
    1 Jan 2011 - 1 Jan 2014
  • EXTERNAL COMMITTEE
    1 Jan 2010 - 31 Dec 2012
  • MEMBERSHIP OF A PROFESSIONAL BODY
    1 Jan 2003
    2003-01-01 - COSPAR
  • EXTERNAL COMMITTEE
    1 Jan 2002 - 1 Jan 2004
  • EXTERNAL COMMITTEE
    1 Jan 2000 - 1 Jan 2005
  • COLLABORATION
    Imperial College London, SISSA Italy, SA Saclay, OA Padova, MPI Garching, NOA Athens, IfA Edinburgh, IoA Cambridge, DSRI Copenhagen, IdA Tenerife, IdF Cantabria Santander, MPI Heidelberg, IA Paris, IAS Orsay, Leiden University, Cardiff University, OA Bologna
    1 Jan 1997 - 1 Oct 2002
    ELAIS (1997 - 2002) - Infra-red observational astronomy using the ISO satellite
  • COLLABORATION
    Stanford University, Imperial College London, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, University of Birmingham, University of Strathclyde, University of Jena, ZARM Bremen, IHES France, University of Trento, JPL, PSI Zurich, ONERA Chatillon, PTB
    1 Jan 1989
    STEP (1989 - Present) - Satellite Test of the Equivalence Principle to 1 part in 10(18). European PI.
  • COLLABORATION
    University of Edinburgh, University of Sheffield, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Imperial College London, ITEP-Moscow, LIP-Coimbra, Occidental, Texas A&M, UCLA, University of Rochester.
    1 Oct 1987 - 1 Oct 2003
    UKDMC (1987-2003) - Direct dark matter searches at the Boulby mine. Projects inclduing NaI, NAIAD, DRIFT, and ZEPLIN-I, ZEPLIN-II.
  • COLLABORATION
    University New South Wales, IAS Frascati, University of Tubingen, Imperial College, Case Western Reserve University
    1 Jan 1987 - 1 Jan 1989
    SN1987A (1987-1989) - High-energy gamma-ray (50-1000MeV) observations of SN1987A using a balloon-borne instrument.
  • COLLABORATION
    University of Leicester, University of Birmingham, Mullard Space Science Laboratory, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, RGO Cambridge, Imperial College
    1 Jan 1984 - 31 Dec 1990
    ROSAT UK WFC (1984-1990) - Flight Hardware for the ROSAT soft x-ray camera.
  • MEMBERSHIP OF A PROFESSIONAL BODY
    1 Jan 1980
    1980-01-01 - Institute of Physics
  • RESEARCH STUDENT SUPERVISION
    350um observations with SHARK2
    Khan SA
  • RESEARCH STAFF
    Bewick A
  • RESEARCH STUDENT SUPERVISION
    Charge Management System for LISA and LISAPF
    Hollington D
  • RESEARCH STUDENT SUPERVISION
    Detecting Cosmic Gravitational-wave Background with LISA
    Tang C-J
  • RESEARCH STUDENT SUPERVISION
    Development of a Two Phase Xenon Detector for Use in Direct Dark Matter Searches
    Davidge DCR
  • MEMBERSHIP OF A PROFESSIONAL BODY
    Royal Astronomical Society
  • RESEARCH STUDENT SUPERVISION
    GaAs as a detector for dark matter particles and x-rays
    Grant SM
  • COLLABORATION
    IAS Orsay, Caltech, University of Birmingham, ZARM Bremen, ONERA Chatillon, NPL Teddington, Technical University Dresden, University of Missouri, IEEC Barcelona, Nanjing University, Purple Mountain Observatory, Imperial College London, University of Western Australia, Humbolt University Berlin, Leibniz University
    ASTROD (2003 - 2011) - A space mission to test general relativity
  • COLLABORATION
    Imperial College London, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, University of Edinburgh, LIP-Coimbra, ITEP Moscow
    ZEPLIN-III (2003 - 2011) - Direct dark matter search using an advanced two-phase xenon time projection chamber detector. PI and Spokesperson from initiation until 2010.