What is the birthdate of this Vice-Chancellor of the Australian National University, who was also part of the High-Z Supernova Search Team?
High-Z Supernova Search Team The High-Z Supernova Search Team was an international cosmology collaboration which used Type Ia supernovae to chart the expansion of the universe. The team was formed in 1994 by Brian P. Schmidt, then a post-doctoral research associate at Harvard University, and Nicholas B. Suntzeff, a staff astronomer at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) in Chile. The original team first proposed for the research on September 29, 1994 in a proposal called "A Pilot Project to Search for Distant Type Ia Supernova" to the CTIO Inter-American Observatory. The original team as co-listed on the first observing proposal was: Nicholas Suntzeff (PI); Brian Schmidt (Co-I); (other Co-Is) R. Chris Smith, Robert Schommer, Mark M. Phillips, Mario Hamuy, Roberto Aviles, Jose Maza, Adam Riess, Robert Kirshner, Jason Spiromilio, and Bruno Leibundgut. The original project was awarded four nights of telescope time on the CTIO Victor M. Blanco Telescope on the nights of February 25, 1995, and March 6, 24, and 29, 1995. The pilot project led to the discovery of supernova SN1995Y. In 1995, the HZT elected Brian P. Schmidt of the Mount Stromlo Observatory which is part of the Australian National University to manage the team.
Donald Kurtz Donald Wayne Kurtz (1948 – ) is an astronomer known for his research into asteroseismology. He completed his PhD in astronomy at the University of Texas in 1976 before moving to Cape Town, where he became a professor at the University of Cape Town. After 25 years in South Africa, he moved to the United Kingdom where he now teaches at the University of Central Lancashire. Kurtz is best known for discovering oscillations in what are now known as rapidly-oscillating Ap (roAp) stars. but has made many contributions to the study of oscillating stars and was President of the International Astronomical Union Commission on Variable Stars. He is also well-known in his field for his public presentations and his advice to scientists on how to present their research well.