Dr Grant Hampson

Biography

Dr Grant Hampson has been with CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science (CASS) for the past 13 years. His passion is to design and build world class radio astronomy instrumentation.During Grant’s time with CSIRO he has led many radio astronomy instrumentation programs to completion:Parkes Radio Telescope – Pulsar Digital Filter Bank (PDFB),The Australia Telescope – Compact Array Broad Band (CABB) upgrade,Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) – both Mark-1 and Mark-II systemsGrant now leads an international research team on the design and implementation of the SKA Low Correlator and Beamformer. This includes the Auckland University of Technology (AUT) and The Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON).Grant has pioneered many major developments (ASKAP Mark-II PAF, Domino, Optical circuits, Architecture) and enjoys working at the cutting edge of processing, memory and communications technology. Grant likes to work with industry to reduce operational costs (power consumption, cooling of electronics) and capital costs (procurement, assembly and verification).This has led to a career focused on the design and construction of radio astronomy telescopes.

Research Interest

Astronomical and Space Instrumentation