Dr Brian Boyle completed his PhD at the University of Durham in the UK.  He held positions at the University of Edinburgh; the Anglo-Australian Observatory; the University of Cambridge; was Director of the Anglo-Australian Observatory (1996 to 2003) and Director of CSIRO Australia Telescope (2003 to 2009) before his appointment to CSIRO SKA Director in February 2009.  Dr Boyle has published more than 300 papers in astronomy.
His primary research interests are in the fields of quasars, active galaxies and cosmology.  While at the AAO he led the 2dF QSO redshift survey program, and is currently involved in the Australia Telescope Large Area Survey (ATLAS).  He plays a major role both nationally and internationally in the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) program; a project to build the world’s largest cm-wavelength radio telescope.

Dr Brian Boyle is the recipient of a number of awards including: