Russell Gough

Russell Gough (M'85) was born in Rockhampton, Australia, in 1951. He received the B.Sc., B.E. (Hons. I), and M.Eng.Sc. degrees from The University of Sydney, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, in 1973, 1975, and 1980, respectively. In 1981, he joined the Max-Plank Institut for Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany, where he was involved with a number of projects, including a 30-GHz dual-beam radiometer for the 100-m-diameter Effelsberg radio telescope. In 1983, he joined the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Epping, N.S.W., where he was primarily responsible for the design and construction of cryogenically coolable low-noise amplifiers for the Australia Telescope. From 1989 to 1993, he worked in an operational capacity at the Australia Telescope Compact Array, Narrabri, N.S.W., Australia. Since 1993 he has been involved in the design and construction of several new centimeter and millimeter-wave receiver systems for Australian and international telescopes.