Rob Fender | |
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Alma mater | University of Southampton (BSc) Open University (PhD) |
Awards | Philip Leverhulme Prize (2005) Herschel Medal (2020) |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | University of Oxford |
Thesis | Multiwavelength behaviour of Cygnus X-3 and related objects (1996) |
Doctoral advisor | Jocelyn Bell Burnell |
Robert P. Fender is a British astrophysicist. He is Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Oxford. [1]
Fender earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Southampton. [2] His doctorate was awarded by the Open University in 1996. [2] He was Head of Astrophysics at Oxford from 2019 to 2024. [1]
Fender was a Philip Leverhulme Prize winner in 2005, and was the 2020 recipient of the Herschel Medal. [3] [4] [5]