David Parkinson

Principal Researcher · Cosmology and Astrophysics
Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI), Daejeon, Republic of Korea
davidparkinson@kasi.re.kr

Appointments

• 2017–present — Principal Researcher, Centre for Theoretical Astrophysics, KASI, Daejeon.
• 2018–present — Professor, Astronomy and Space Science, University of Science and Technology (KASI campus), Daejeon.
• 2010–2017 — University of Queensland, Brisbane:
  • ARC Future Fellow (2014–2017)
  • Lecturer (2012–2013)
  • Postdoctoral Researcher (2010–2012).
• 2004–2010 — Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Sussex, Brighton. Tested cosmological models and designed future dark energy surveys.

Education

• PhD, 2004 — University of Portsmouth, Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation. Thesis: Acceleration in the early and late universe. Advisor: Bruce A. Bassett.
• MPhys Astrophysics, 2001 — University of Edinburgh. First class honours.

Selected publications

• Parkinson et al. (2012), “The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: Final data release and cosmological results,” Physical Review D 86, 103518.
• Blake et al. (2011), “The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: Mapping the distance–redshift relation with baryon acoustic oscillations,” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 418, 1707–1724.
• Square Kilometre Array Cosmology Science Working Group et al. (2020), “Cosmology with Phase 1 of the Square Kilometre Array Red Book 2018: Technical specifications and performance forecasts,” Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia 37, e007.
• Hobson, Jaffe, Liddle, Mukherjee & Parkinson (2010), Bayesian Methods in Cosmology.