Chris Rizos

Professor and Head of School,
School of Surveying & Spatial Information Systems
University of New South Wales
Room Number: EE Building 422
Ph: +61 2 9385 4205
Fax: +61 2 9313 7493
Mob: 0405-848889
Email: c.rizos@unsw.edu.au

B.Surv. (Hons.1), University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 1975.

Ph.D., University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 1980.

Brief Biography:

Chris Rizos is a graduate of the School of Surveying, The University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia; obtaining a Bachelor of Surveying in 1975, and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1980 in Satellite Geodesy. Chris joined the academic staff of the School of Surveying in 1987, and was promoted to Professor in 2001. Chris is currently the Head of the School of Surveying & Spatial Information Systems, UNSW. Chris has been researching the technology and high precision applications of GPS since 1985, and has published over 350 journal and conference papers. Chris established the Satellite Navigation and Positioning Lab at UNSW in the early 1990s - Australia's premier academic R&D group for GNSS and wireless positioning technology and applications. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Navigation, a Fellow of the International Association of Geodesy (IAG), and is currently Vice President of the IAG. He is also Science Manager of Program 1 "Integrated Positioning & Mapping Systems" of the Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information.

Interests:

Reading, cooking, travelling and networking with friends and colleagues around the world.