A Brief CV

Education and career history

2014 -- present: Professor, University of Victoria
2008 -- 2014: Associate Professor, University of Victoria
2003 -- 2013: Canada Research Chair (Tier II)
2003 -- 2008: Assistant Professor, University of Victoria
2000 -- 2003: ESO fellow, Chile
1997 -- 2000: PhD, Astronomy, Cambridge University
1993 -- 1997: MPhys, Physics with Space Science and French, University of Kent

Honours, fellowships and awards (selected)

2021: CASCA Martin Award
2020: REACH Silver medal for research
2020: President of the Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA)
2019: Kavli Lecturer, Cambridge University
2018: JSPS Visiting Fellow, U. Tokyo
2018: Vice President of the Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA)
2016: CAASTRO Visiting Fellow, University of Western Australia
2015: Elected member of the Royal Society of Canada's College for New Scholars
2014: Royal Society of Canada Rutherford Memorial medal in physics
2009: Faculty of Science excellence in research award
2007: NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement
2005: Science Fellow, Niels Bohr Cosmology Centre, Copenhagen
2004: Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Ovenden lecturer
2004: American Astronomical Society Annie Jump Cannon award
2001: Royal Astronomical Society PhD thesis prize (runner-up)

Summary of publications (April 2021)

178 co-authored papers in peer reviewed journals (complete list)
46 first author papers in peer reviewed journals
Total citations: 11,138
H-index: 54
31 papers with > 100 citations, 9 papers with > 200 citations

Biographical summary

Sara Ellison received her PhD in 2000 from the University of Cambridge. After a postdoctoral fellowship at the European Southern Observatory in Chile, she moved to the University of Victoria in 2003 to take up a Canada Research Chair where she has been a full professor since 2014. Sara has received numerous research honours and awards including the Annie Jump Cannon Award from the American Astronomical Society, the Peter Martin Award from the Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA) and the Rutherford medal in physics from the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. She has also served in a number of prominent community roles, including as President of CASCA. In 2015 she was elected to the Royal Socity of Canada's College of new scholars. A strong believer in work-life balance, Sara is a keen sportswoman (particularly active in triathlons), traveller (with a current tally of 64 countries) and has written a best-selling guide book about snorkelling around Vancouver Island.