Matthew R. Bate
See also my Publications List.
Personal:
Education:
Doctor of Philosophy in Astronomy, 07/1996
(Thesis supervisor: Cathie J. Clarke)
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Institute of Astronomy,
University of Cambridge,
United Kingdom.
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| Bachelor of Science with Honours (1st Class) in Physics, 05/1992
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Massey University,
New Zealand.
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Bachelor of Science in Physics and Computer Science, 05/1991
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Massey University,
New Zealand.
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Employment:
| Long-term Positions:
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| Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics
| 11/2005 - Present
| School of Physics, University of Exeter, U.K.
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| Reader in Theoretical Astrophysics (equiv. US professor)
| 10/2004 - 10/2005
| School of Physics, University of Exeter, U.K.
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| Lecturer (equiv. US assistant professor)
| 03/2001 - 09/2004
| School of Physics, University of Exeter, U.K.
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| Post-doctoral:
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| Postdoctoral Research Assistant
| 10/1998 - 02/2001
| Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, U.K.
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| Scientific Staff
| 10/1995 - 09/1998
| Theory Group, Max-Planck Institut für Astronomie, Germany
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| Pre-doctoral:
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| Research Assistant
| 03/1992 - 09/1992
| Department of Physics, Massey University, N.Z.
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| Summer Research Assistant
| 12/1991 - 02/1992
| Department of Physics, Massey University, N.Z.
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| Teaching Assistant
| 03/1991 - 11/1991
| Department of Physics, Massey University, N.Z.
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| Summer Research Assistant
| 11/1990 - 02/1991
11/1989 - 02/1990
| Department of Computer Science, Massey University, N.Z.
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Teaching Experience:
| Lecturing:
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| PHY2021 Electromagnetism I
| 10/2011 - present
| 22 1-hour lectures.
| University of Exeter, UK
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| PHY2004 Scientific Programming in C
| 10/2003 - 01/2006
| 22 2-hour labs.
| University of Exeter, UK
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| PHY3144 Galaxies and Observational Cosmology
| 10/2003 - 01/2006
| 22 1-hour lectures.
| University of Exeter, UK
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| PHY2214 Classical Theory of Fields
| 01/2002 - 05/2006
| 22 1-hour lectures.
| University of Exeter, UK
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| PHY3145 Topics in Theoretical Physics
| 10/2001 - 01/2006
| 11 1-hour lectures on Relativistic Quantum Mechanics, Accretion Discs.
| University of Exeter, UK
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| Star Formation Graduate Lectures
| 10/1999 - 11/1999
| 8 1-hour lectures.
| Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, UK
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| Supervision of Graduate Students:
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| Supervision of PhD students
| 2014 -
| Michael Jones
| University of Exeter, UK
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| 2013 -
| Ben Lewis
| University of Exeter, UK
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| 2007 - 2010
| Farzana Meru
| University of Exeter, UK
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| 2006 - 2009
| Ben Ayliffe
| University of Exeter, UK
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| 2003 - 2007
| Chris Reeves (Joint)
| University of Exeter, UK
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| 2002 - 2005
| Stuart Whitehouse
| University of Exeter, UK
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| Joint supervision of 6 PhD students
| 1996 - 2001
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| Max-Planck Institut für Astronomie,
& Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge
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| Course and Laboratory Supervisions (Tutorials):
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| 1st Year Problems Class
| 10/2012 - 03/2014
| 71-146 students, weekly
| University of Exeter, UK
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| Undergraduate Tutorials
| 10/2013 - present
| 2 groups of 4 or 5 students, weekly
| University of Exeter, UK
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| 10/2011 - 03/2012
| 4 groups of 5 students, weekly
| University of Exeter, UK
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| 10/2001 - 05/2004
| 3 groups of 4 students, weekly
| University of Exeter, UK
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| Undergraduate Supervisions in Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics
| 10/1999-12/1999 10/2000-12/2000
| 3 groups of 2 students, 4 1-hour supervisions for each group
| Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, U.K.
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| Laboratory Supervisor and Tutor for Third-year Undergraduate Physics
| 02/1992 - 09/1992
| Approximately 10 students, 3 hours per week during term
| Department of Physics, Massey University, N.Z.
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| Laboratory Tutor for First-year Undergraduate Physics
| 02/1991 - 11/1991
| Groups of approximately 15 students, 3 hours per week during term
| Department of Physics, Massey University, N.Z.
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Other Experience:
| Scientific Organising Committees:
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| Formation and Early Evolution of Very Low Mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs
| ESO, Garching, Germany, 10/2011
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| The Origin of Stellar Masses (Chair)
| Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, 10/2010
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| CONSTELLATION School on Numerical Astrophysics and its Role in Star Formation
| Cardiff, UK, 01/2009
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| The Early Phase of Star Formation
| Ringberg, Germany, 08/2006
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| Second Annual Meeting of the European Star & Planet Formation Network (ESFON)
| Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Spain, 10/1999
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| First Annual Meeting of the European Star & Planet Formation Network (ESFON)
| Heidelbergy, Germany, 10/1998
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| Local Organising Committees:
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| First Annual Meeting of the European Star & Planet Formation Network (ESFON)
| Heidelbergy, Germany, 10/1998
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| Secretary:
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| European Star & Planet Formation Network (ESFON)
| 10/1998 - 09/2000
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Academic Awards:
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European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant, 2013
European Young Investigator Award (EURYI), 2005
Philip Leverhulme Prize, U.K., 2003
Cambridge Commonwealth Trust Scholarship, University of Cambridge, U.K., 1992-1995
William Georgetti Memorial Scholarship, N.Z., 1992-1995
Massey Summer Research Scholarship, Massey University, N.Z., 1991/1992
Massey Scholar, Massey University, N.Z., 1991
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Professional Associations:
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American Astronomical Society, member since 1994
British Interplanetary Society, member since 1996
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Research Interests:
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Star Formation: fragmentation, binary and multiple star formation, massive star formation, formation of stellar clusters
Accretion Phenomena: accretion discs, evolution of binary and multiple systems under accretion from an infalling envelope
Protoplanetary Discs: disc formation in binary and multiple systems, evolution of discs in binary systems, dust-gas interactions
Planet Formation: gas giant planet formation, planet/disc interactions, migration
Molecular Clouds: structure, turbulence
Computational Hydrodynamics: Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH), ZEUS grid-based magneto-hydrodynamics code; radiation hydrodynamics, magnetohydrodynamics, dusty fluids,
comparisons between SPH and grid-based codes
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List of Publications
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