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Professor of Image Science, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge
Professor Craig Mackay is the Professor of Image Science in the Institute of Astronomy at the University of Cambridge. His research interests focus on the development of ultra-low light imaging detector systems for a wide range of applications including astronomy. He continues to be involved at the very leading edge of innovative astronomical instrument development. He was a member of the team who designed and built the Faint Object Camera for the Hubble Space Telescope and he has published over 190 research papers.
Professor Mackay leads a research team working on a new technique that allows Hubble quality imaging from the ground called Lucky Imaging.
In 1985 he set up a company (AstroCam Ltd) to apply ultra-low light imaging technology to a variety of other applications including DNA sequencing, protein electrophoresis, electron microscopy, x-ray imaging and many other fields. He holds a number of patents in fields including electrophoresis and x-ray imaging. The company merged with two others and was ultimately sold to PerkinElmer Life Sciences.
