Roberto Abraham
{{short description|Canadian astronomer}}
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| birth_place = Manila, Philippines
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| field = Astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology
| work_institution = University of Toronto
| alma_mater = University of British Columbia
| thesis_title = Imaging of BL Lac Objects
| thesis_year = 1992
| thesis_url = https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/252/4/482/1085685
| doctoral_advisor = Ian M. McHardy and Roger Davies
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| known_for = Observational cosmology, galaxy evolution, first galaxies
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| website = {{URL|http://www.astro.utoronto.ca/~abraham/Web/Welcome.html}}
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Roberto Abraham, FRSC (born 12 Apr 1965) is a Canadian astronomer and is Professor of Astronomy at the University of Toronto and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
Education
Abraham received a Bachelor of Science from the University of British Columbia in 1987 and a PhD from Oxford University in 1992, working under the supervision of Ian M. McHardy and Roger Davies.
He did post-doctoral work at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge and the Royal Greenwich Observatory.[http://www.astro.utoronto.ca/~abraham/Web/About_Me.html Abraham's departmental biography page]
Career
Abraham's career has been notable for his contributions via non-parametric statistics to galaxy morphological classification, especially at high-redshift and early work on the Hubble Deep Field.[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1996MNRAS.279L..47A Galaxy morphology to I=25 mag in the Hubble Deep Field, 1996, MNRAS, 279 L47] He was one of the leaders of the "Gemini Deep Deep Survey"[http://www.gemini.edu/node/18 Gemini Observatory - the Gemini Deep Deep Survey] which led to several notable results on early galaxies including the evolution of elliptical galaxies and why a lot of them appear so remarkably old.Casey Kazan; [http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2011/06/the-early-universe-puzzle-why-do-galaxies-in-the-early-universe-appear-old-a-galaxy-classic.htm The early universe puzzle]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, The Daily Galaxy (June 15th 2011).
He is currently a co-principal-investigator on the Dragonfly Telephoto Array telescope, which images ultra-low surface brightness galaxies at visible wavelengths of light.{{Cite news|url=http://www.dunlap.utoronto.ca/instrumentation/dragonfly/|title=Dragonfly - Dunlap Institute|work=Dunlap Institute|access-date=2018-10-15|language=en-US}}
Abraham was the President of the Canadian Astronomical Society from 2016 to 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://casca.ca/?page_id=681|title=Past Officers and Directors of the Society - CASCA|website=casca.ca|language=en-US|access-date=2018-10-15}} He currently serves the astronomical community by participating on the James Webb Space Telescope Advisory Committee{{Cite web|url=https://jwst.stsci.edu/about-jwst/history/jwst-advisory-committee-jstac|title=JWST Advisory Committee (JSTAC)|website=jwst.stsci.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-10-15}} and is Honorary President of the Toronto Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada.{{Cite web|url=https://rascto.ca/content/rasc-toronto-centre-organization|title=RASC Toronto Centre Organization {{!}} RASC Toronto|website=rascto.ca|language=en|access-date=2018-10-15}}
Awards and recognition
- 2005 – University of Toronto Faculty of Arts & Science Outstanding Teaching Award {{Cite web|url=http://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/faculty-staff/awards/ota-recipients|title=OTA: Recipients — Site|website=www.artsci.utoronto.ca|language=en-us|access-date=2018-10-15}}
- 2011 – Canadian Astronomical Society P.G. Martin {{Cite web|url=https://casca.ca/?page_id=574|title=Martin Award - CASCA|website=casca.ca|language=en-US|access-date=2018-10-15}}
- 2015 – Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada{{Cite news|url=http://www.dunlap.utoronto.ca/u-of-ts-abraham-becomes-new-fellow-of-the-royal-society-of-canada/|title=U of T's Abraham becomes new Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada - Dunlap Institute|work=Dunlap Institute|access-date=2018-10-15|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|url=https://rsc-src.ca/en/search-fellows|title=FELLOWS DIRECTORY {{!}} The Royal Society of Canada|website=rsc-src.ca|access-date=2019-11-05}}
- 2017 – Canada Council Killam Research Fellowship {{Cite web|url=http://killamlaureates.ca/scholar-profile/roberto-abraham-using-the-dragonfly-array-telescope-for-new-discoveries|title=Roberto Abraham - using the Dragonfly Array telescope for new discoveries {{!}} Killam Laureates|website=killamlaureates.ca|access-date=2018-10-15}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.astro.utoronto.ca/~abraham/Web/Welcome.html University of Toronto - Prof. Roberto Abraham]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070716062423/http://odysseus.astro.utoronto.ca/ggs-blog/?page_id=35 Gemini Genesis Survey Blog]
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Category:21st-century Canadian astronomers
Category:Canadian cosmologists
Category:Academic staff of the University of Toronto
Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
Category:University of British Columbia Faculty of Science alumni
Category:Filipino emigrants to Canada
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