Michael Dopita

Michael Andrew "Mike" Dopita (28 October 1946 – 22 December 2018) was an Australian astronomer.

Dopita studied physics at Wadham College, Oxford.

[1] He worked at the Australian National University from 1975, most recently as Professor Emeritus at the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics.

He served as Treasurer of the Australian Academy of Science from 2008 and was a member of its Council from 2004 to 2008.

[4] Dopita published over 650 research papers in refereed scientific journals.