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Ian Paul Griffin

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British astronome

United KingdomScientistsBorn 1966 · age 60
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Ian Paul Griffin is a New Zealand astronomer, discoverer of minor planets and a public spokesman upon scientific matters. He is currently the Director of Otago Museum, Dunedin, New Zealand.

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Dr. Ian P. Griffin at the Space Telescope Science Institute. NASA imageDr. Ian P. Griffin at the Space Telescope Science Institute. NASA image

Awards 2

2015The Prime Minister's Science Communication Prize
Companion of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Connected to Ian 3

Siouxsie WilesAlso won The Prime Minister's Science Communication PrizeNgahuia Te AwekotukuAlso won Companion of the Royal Society of New ZealandAshley BloomfieldAlso won Companion of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Scientists from United Kingdom 3

Grenville Turner39.2Daniel Joseph Bradley39.2Gordon Douglas Rowley39.2

About this person

Ian Paul Griffin is a New Zealand astronomer, discoverer of minor planets and a public spokesman upon scientific matters. He is currently the Director of Otago Museum, Dunedin, New Zealand. Griffin was the CEO of Science Oxford, in Oxford, United Kingdom, and the former head of public outreach at NASA's Space Telescope Science Institute.

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
living
Dates
Born 1966 · age 60
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10 languages

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