Robert Martin Adam (born 13 September 1955) is the director of the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) radio-telescope in South Africa.
He has worked as a consultant to the governments of Namibia and Chile, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa.
[6] Adam obtained a BSc (Hons) degree with distinction in chemistry and the Percy Gordon Memorial Award for the top honours student from the University of Cape Town in 1978.
While serving his sentence, he obtained BSc (Hons) and MSc degrees in theoretical physics, both with distinction, through the University of South Africa (UNISA).
He received the UNISA national scholarship awarded to the top masters student at that university, to do a PhD in theoretical nuclear physics.
After a short period of working with Professor Harry Fiedeldy, his PhD supervisor, he was awarded a post-doctoral fellowship by the Vrije Universiteit (Amsterdam).
[2] In 1979, while in London after his initial studies, Adam became a member of the African National Congress (ANC), then banned by the Apartheid regime.
[2] Adam worked towards South Africa being awarded the contract to build and run the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) Telescope.