Speaker: Dr. Mark G. Allen (CNRS, Chargé de Recherche, Centre

Speaker:
Dr. Mark G. Allen (CNRS, Chargé de Recherche, Centre de donnees Astronomiques de
Strasbourg).
Short bio:
Dr. Mark G. Allen is a CNRS research scientist at the observatoire astronomique de
Strasbourg. He has 13 years of experience implementing e-Science projects in
Astronomy within the Strasbourg Data Centre (CDS) and EC funded European Virtual
Observatory (Euro-VO) projects. He is the chair of the International Virtual Observatory
Alliance (IVOA) Committee for Science Priorities. As Euro-VO project scientist he has
engaged and coordinated astronomical data centres, software engineers and scientists
in the development and use of the Virtual Observatory framework. He obtained his PhD
in Astronomy and Astrophysics from the Australian National University in 1998. After a
postdoctoral position at the Space Telescope Science Institute (1998-2001) he joined the
Observatoire de Strasbourg and became a CNRS research scientist in 2004. In 2015 Dr.
Allen will take up the Directorship of the CDS.