Prof. Anna Moore

Professor Anna Moore serves as the Director of the Institute for Space at the Australian National University and holds the distinguished title of Vice Chancellor’s Entrepreneurial Professor. Professor Moore previously led the Advanced Instrumentation and Technology Centre at Mount Stromlo Observatory. Her accolades include the 2025 Jackson-Gwilt Medal, the 2024 Chancellor’s Award for Distinguished Service, and multiple awards for leadership and innovation in space and diversity.

Moore co-invented the Echidna optical fibre positioning system, revolutionizing highly multiplexed spectroscopic surveys on large telescopes. Her pioneering research also established Antarctica as a premier site for ground-based astronomy. Additionally, she co-led the Palomar Gattini-IR project, producing the largest area infrared transient sky survey to date, and established Australia’s largest multidisciplinary space institute.

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