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    January 8th, 2009

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    Hello.  I’m new around here and I thought I should introduce myself.  My name is Arfon Smith and I’m the latest addition to the Galaxy Zoo team.  I’ve been appointed to the role of technical lead and I’m looking forward to working with Chris in Oxford on some really exciting new stuff for future versions of Galaxy Zoo.

    Galaxy Zoo is a great project and a perfect fit for my two main interests, Astronomy and Software.  I have a PhD in Astrochemistry from The University of Nottingham where I studied the role that dust has to play in a variety of astrophysical environments.

    More recently I have been working as a software developer at The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute (Human Genome Project) near Cambridge.  At Sanger, I’ve been working on web applications to support the high-throughput sequencing of DNA.  It’s been a great experience but I’m really looking forward to being back in the astronomical community.

    Anyway, that’s about all for now!  For those of you interested, I’ll be blogging about some more technical aspects of the software development process going on behind the scenes at Galaxy Zoo.  Look out for updates soon!

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  • 20 Comments

    Take a look at some of the responses we have had to this article.

    1. Pat
      Jan 8th

      Welcome to the Zoo Arfon and looking forward to reading your blog posts. :) I have a running joke with my husband Brian about dust. :)

    2. Hanny
      Jan 8th

      Hi Arfon and welcome to the zoo! ;)

    3. Alice
      Jan 8th

      Welcome to the zoo Arfon, looking forward to passing everyone’s technical problems on to you (come to think of it I have had one of those e-mailed to me today . . .). I hope you enjoy working with us!

    4. Waveney
      Jan 8th

      Hi Arfon, I am sure we will meet soon… ;-)

    5. Jules
      Jan 8th

      Welcome to the Zoo Arfon. Come and visit us on the forum sometime. :)

    6. fluffyporcupine
      Jan 9th

      Welcome to the zoo Arfon!

    7. Graham Dungorth
      Jan 9th

      Glad to see you Arfon and welcome.

    8. ElisabethB
      Jan 10th

      Hi Arfon,
      glad to have you onboard !

    9. EdV
      Jan 11th

      Hi Arfon, great to have you here!

    10. weezerd
      Jan 11th

      A technician! Welcome! I wish you all successes, or failing that, a fair share of good luck!

    11. Lovethetropics
      Jan 11th

      Welcome to the Zoo, sir. You will love it here.

    12. Adrianus V
      Jan 11th

      Hi Arfon,

      Welcome to the zoo. Mmmm, Astrochemistry. Are you going to discover life in other galaxies? :-)

    13. Thomas J
      Jan 11th

      Hi, Arfon, I wish you the best success with your projects.

      Welcome to the Zoo

    14. lizardly
      Jan 12th

      Welcome aboard!

    15. Joseph K. H. Cheng
      Jan 12th

      Hello, Arfon. A warm Welcome to you.

    16. Arfon
      Jan 14th

      Thanks everyone for your kind comments!

      Pat – my wife also teases me about the dust. I tell her it’s important though!

      Adrianus V – Live in other galaxies? Hmm, I’m sure there must be…

    17. DancesWithWords
      Jan 14th

      Good to have you on board. Maybe this new adventure prove to fruitful and rewarding.

    18. Half65
      Jan 17th

      I know I’m late but …
      Welcome to the zoo.

    19. jessica cleland
      Feb 17th

      Hi just saw site on BBC looking forward to seeing galaxy pictures.

    20. php
      Feb 17th

      how can you do this to us? you tease us with the fact that dust actually has a role to play and then leave us hanging there, as though particles of dust ourselves, just wondering ……

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