Alec Thomson

Alec is a radio astronomer working at the SKA Observatory. His research has focused on using large scale radio telescopes to study magnetic fields in the Universe. He is particularly interested in our home Galaxy, the Milky Way, and how the magnetised material between the stars structured, and how those structures influence how our Galaxy has evolved over time. Alec also works on the techniques of radio astronomy, and is really interested in building software tools which can be used by the astronomy community to handle the 'big data' challenges presented by our next generation telescopes.

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