Background
Fabian, Andrew Christopher was born on February 20, 1948 in Redhill, Surrey, England. Son of John Archibald and Daphne Monica (Kinkead) Fabian.
Fabian, Andrew Christopher was born on February 20, 1948 in Redhill, Surrey, England. Son of John Archibald and Daphne Monica (Kinkead) Fabian.
Bachelor of Science, Kings College, London, 1969. Doctor of Philosophy, University College, London, 1972. Master of Arts, Cambridge University, England, 1986.
He has been Director of the Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge since 2013. He was a Royal Society Research Professor at the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge from 1982 to 2013, and Vice-Master of Darwin College, Cambridge from 1997 to 2012. He was the President of the Royal Astronomical Society from May 2008 through to 2010.
He is an Emeritus Professor of Astronomy at Gresham College, a position in which he delivered free public lectures within the City of London between 1982 and 1984.
He was also editor-in-chief of the astronomy journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. He was educated at King"s College London (Bachelor of Science, Physics) and University College London (Doctor of Philosophy).
His current areas of research include galaxy clusters, active galactic nuclei, strong gravity, black holes and the X-ray background. He has also worked on X-ray binaries, neutron stars and supernova remnants in the past
Much of his research involves X-ray astronomy and high energy astrophysics.
He is author of over 1000 refereed articles and head of the X-ray astronomy group at the Institute of Astronomy.
Member of Royal Astronomical Society (president 2008), International Astronomical Union.
Children: Alexei Nicholas, Jo Catherine. Married Carolin Susan Crawford, March 2, 1991. 1 child, Samuel Timothy.
