Curriculum vitae

Niall Deacon

1. Personal Details

Name: Niall Robert Deacon

Nationality: UK

Date of birth: February 1982

Languages: English (native speaker), Dutch (level B1)

2. Employment

2020- Interim Coordinator, Office for Astronomy Education, Haus der Astronomie, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany

2017-2019 Postdoctoral Researcher, Department for Planet and Star Formation, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany

2014-2017 Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Astrophysics Research, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK

2011-2014 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department for Planet and Star Formation, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany

2009-2011 Low-Mass Stars & Brown Dwarfs Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, USA

2006-2009 Postdoctoral Researcher exploiting Galactic Plane surveys, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

3. Education

2003-2006 PhD in Astrophysics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK - Thesis Cool dwarfs and their mass function from infrared surveys

1999-2003 Master of Physics with First Class Honours in Astrophysics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

1993-1999 Linlithgow Academy, Linlithgow, Scotland, UK

4. Awards

2003-2006 PPARC Postgraduate Scholarship

2002 Royal Society of Edinburgh Robert Cormack Undergraduate Research Prize

2001 Royal Society of Edinburgh Robert Cormack Undergraduate Summer Research Scholarship

2001 Ramsay Prize for Astrophysics 3

5. Research Interests

Low mass stars and brown dwarfs

The Initial Mass Function

Nearby stars

Survey astronomy

Astrometry

Survey modelling

White Dwarfs

Publications: see separate list

6. Teaching/Supervising Experience

150 hours in total of tutoring experience (1st year Physics, 1st year Astronomy, 3rd year Electromagnetism, 3rd year Galaxies)

7. Observing Experience

2009 One night LIRIS spectroscopy on WHT

2008 Three nights ISIS spectroscopy on WHT

2007 Two nights low res spectroscopy on TNG

2006 Seven nights UVEX observing on the INT

8. Public Understanding Activities

2004-2005 Researcher in Residence, Linlithgow Academy

2001-2002 SciFUN at Technopolis demonstrator

9. Interests

Follower of Falkirk FC (from a distance now)

Playing Football and Cricket (E=MCC most improved player 2006)

Pub quizzer (Edinburgh University University Challenge Team Captain 2002)