Quentin PARKER

Hong Kong University • Director, Laboratory for Space Research

Professor Quentin A Parker, PhD, BSc (hons), FRAS, FASA. Quentin joined Hong Kong University in 2015 as Head of Physics. He was Associate Dean of the Science Faculty (2017-2020) and is Director of the Laboratory for Space Research https://www.lsr.hku.hk/ (2017-present). Prior he worked at the Royal Observatory Edinburgh (1986-1992), Anglo-Australian Observatory (AAO; 1992-1999), University of Edinburgh (1999-2002) and in a joint position with the AAO and Macquarie University (2002-2015). He has strong interest in the Chinese Space program and the NewSpace economy. He contributes regularly to various fora, including TV, radio and newspaper articles and has published more than 600 papers/articles with ~24,400 citations and a h-index of 71.

Events

International Astronautical Congress 2025

29 September - 3 October 2025

Sydney, Australia

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