Professor Kevin Pimbblet

Kevin is an experienced British-Australian observational astronomer and applied data scientist, having worked in multiple research intensive institutions across two continents.

He read his PhD at the University of Durham (Collingwood College) and, following more than a decade in Australia, returned to the UK in 2014. He was the inaugural Director of the Centre of Excellence for Data Science, AI and Modelling (DAIM) at the University of Hull and now Head of the School of Digital and Physical Science (covering Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, and DAIM).

His core research interests cover a number of modern astrophysical topics and issues in the umbrella areas of extra-galactic astronomy and astrophysics, large-scale structure of the Universe and cosmology, along with allied and applied sciences.