
Robert Minchin
Phone: (650) 604-2196
Fax: (650) 604-1984
Mailing Address:
SOFIA Science Center
NASA Ames Research Center
Mail Stop N232-12
P.O. Box 1
Moffett Field, CA 94035
SOFIA focus areas/responsibilities:
Instrument scientist for FIFI-LS and tertiary instrument scientist for GREAT
Research interests:
Ordinary galaxies and their interstellar medium
Gas outside of galaxies
Education:
PhD: Cardiff University 2001, (PhD Advisor Mike Disney)
MSci Durham University 1997
Professional Experience:
2018 - present: Sr Scientist, Astronomy, SOFIA Science Center (USRA)
2015 – 2018: Group Lead for Radio Astronomy, Arecibo Observatory (USRA)
2011 – 2015: Staff Scientist, Arecibo Observatory (USRA)
2008 – 2011: Staff Scientist, Arecibo Observatory (Cornell)
2005 – 2015: Postdoc, Arecibo Observatory (Cornell)
2001 – 2005: Postdoc, Cardiff University
Highlight publications:
“Can the Discrepancy between Locally and Globally Derived Neutral Hydrogen Mass Functions be Explained by a Varying Value of M⋆?”
Minchin R. F., 2017, ApJ, 847, 49
“The Arecibo Galaxy Environment Survey. III. Observations Toward the Galaxy Pair NGC 7332/7339 and the Isolated Galaxy NGC 1156.”
Minchin R.F. et al., 2010, AJ, 140, 1093
“HIDEEP - an extragalactic blind survey for very low column-density neutral hydrogen.”
Minchin R.F. et al., 2003, MNRAS, 346, 787.