From Fellow to Faculty: John Antoniadis

[one_half]Former Dunlap Fellow, John Antoniadis, joined the Institute in October 2014. He left the Dunlap in 2017 and is currently on the scientific staff of the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy.

What were the highlights of your stay at the Dunlap Institute?

As a Dunlap Fellow, I enjoyed exploring new research ideas, but also having the opportunity to work with novel instruments. I also appreciated coordinating the Summer Undergraduate Research Program and working with colleagues from both the Dunlap and the U of T’s Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics.

What drew you to UofT and the Dunlap?

When I first heard about the Institute and the Dunlap Fellowship, I thought it would be a great opportunity to work closely with long-time collaborators and get some hands-on experience on astronomical instrumentation. In retrospect, the most attractive part of working at Dunlap was having the freedom and the means to pursue my own scientific interests and develop as an independent scientist.

How was your stay at the Dunlap helpful in your advancement into your current position?

Being able to develop and be recognized as an independent scientist, and developing some key administrative skills certainly played an important role in advancing to my current position.

As an organization, what would you say are the Dunlap’s strengths?

Dunlap has all the components that make a scientific organization stand out. Great talent and people, great vision and great management. Over the past few years, Dunlap has rapidly evolved into one of the most important hubs for astronomical research in North America. Certainly the best is yet to come!

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Antoniadis Polanyi Prize — *Dr. John Antoniadis recieving the 2016 Polanyi Prize in Physics from John Polanyi.*

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