Dr Michael Hobson

Michael Hobson is a staff fellow and director of studies in natural sciences (physical) at Trinity Hall, Cambridge University. He graduated from the university with a first class honours in natural sciences and was awarded a PhD from the Astrophysics Group of the Department of Physics.
While working as a post-doctoral researcher at Cambridge, he became interested in cosmology and, in particular, making observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background - the `afterglow' of the big bang. There, he also began working on astronomical image reconstruction techniques, and was involved in producing the most detailed map of the CMB up to that date.
Following his research fellowship, he was elected to a full staff fellowship at Trinity Hall, where he teaches physics and mathematics to undergraduates, and was also awarded a 5-year advanced fellowship by the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council to continue his reseach in cosmology at the Astrophysics Group in Cambridge. Michael began working on the CCTV images in 1999 and was awarded a 3-year NESTA Fellowship to pursue this work in October 2000.