Education
University of New South Wales.
University of New South Wales.
She was involved with Project Phoenix (a Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence experiment) and influential in the establishment of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Australia Centre, created at the university in 1995. She died following a seven-year battle with an inoperable brain tumour. Bobbie was born in Junee, New South Wales.
She attended the University of Newcastle, where she received her Bachelor of Science
She earned her Doctor of Philosophy at the University of New South Wales with a thesis entitled "The Corona Australis Complex" in 1989. Other published papers include: - Seth Shostak, Ron Ekers, Roberta Vaile, 1996.
A Search for Artificial Signals from the Small Magellanic Cloud The Astronomical Journal 112, 164-166. A memorial garden at the University of Western Sydney was dedicated to Bobbie in 1999, and there is a park/reserve in Camden, New South Wales (at 34°03′33″South 150°42′42″East), named after her.
A minor planet, 6708 Bobbievaile, was also named after her (Wikipedia reference).