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{{Short description|British astrophysicist}}
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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Mike Edmunds
| birth_name = Michael G Edmunds<!-- if different from "name" -->
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1949}}<ref name="Edmunds" />
| birth_place = [[Dewsbury]], Yorkshire, UK<ref name="Edmunds" />
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| nationality = British
| fields = [[Astrophysics]],
| workplaces = Emeritus Professor of the [[Cardiff University
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| alma_mater = [[University of Cambridge]]
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* Origins of interstellar dust
* [[Antikythera Mechanism Research Project]]
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| awards =[[George Darwin Lectureship]] (2005)
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'''Mike (Michael) Edmunds FAS [[Fellow of the Institute of Physics|FInstP]] [[Learned Society of Wales|FLSW]]''' is a British [[astrophysicist]], known for his research on the interpretation of the chemical composition of the Universe and the origin of interstellar dust.
==Early life==
He was born in [[Dewsbury]], Yorkshire, UK in 1949. His father’s job with the railways took him to many locations in the UK, so Edmunds grew up in several locations, moving with his parents.<ref name="Edmunds" /> When Edmunds was 12, his family settled in [[Woking]], Surrey, where he started at the local grammar school.
==Education==
He received his undergraduate degree in physics in summer 1971 and proceeded to gain his doctorate, also from the [[University of Cambridge]].
He has lived and worked in Wales for over 45 years, having settled there after receiving his doctorate in Cambridge, England.
He has lived and worked in Wales for over 35 years. He is an Emeritus Professor and former Head of the School of Physics and Astronomy at [[Cardiff University]] in Wales.<ref>[https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/people/view/913927-edmunds-michael ] Homepage: University of Cardiff.</ref> He has served on many committees and panels of the UK Research Councils, [[The Royal Astronomical Society]] and the [[Institute of Physics]]. He was formerly a member of the [[PPARC|Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council]].▼
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Beginning in May 2022, he was appointed as chair of Royal Astronomical Society for a two year term.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/2522071-cardiff-academic-named-president-of-the-royal-astronomical-society |title=Cardiff academic named President of the Royal Astronomical Society |work=Cardiff University News |date=25 May 2021 |access-date=24 September 2024 }}</ref>
===Research===
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===Antikythera Mechanism Research Project===
He heads the [[Antikythera Mechanism Research Project]]:<ref>[http://www.antikythera-mechanism.gr/project/team/academic/mike-edmunds] Antikythera Mechanism Project team</ref> an international collaboration investigating the extraordinary astronomical machine dating from around the 200 BC, discovered by sponge divers over a century ago, off the Greek island of [[Antikythera]].<ref>[http://esoads.eso.org/abs/2011JHA....42..307E] An Initial Assessment of the Accuracy of the Gear Trains in the Antikythera Mechanism</ref> He discussed this with [[Jim Al-Khalili]] when he was a guest on the [[BBC Radio 4]] programme [[The Life Scientific]] in 2024.<ref name="Edmunds">{{cite web |title=The chemical make-up of galaxies and decoding the Antikythera Mechanism
|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001yhzp |work=BBC The Life Scientific |date=24 April 2024 |access-date=24 September 2024}}</ref>
==References==
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