Fabian was
Gresham Professor of Astronomy at
Gresham College, a position in which he delivered free public lectures within the
City of London between 1982 and 1984. He was
editor-in-chief of the astronomy journal
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society from 1994–2008. His areas of research include
galaxy clusters,
active galactic nuclei, strong
gravity,
black holes and the
X-ray background. He has also worked on
X-ray binaries,
neutron stars and
supernova remnants in the past. Much of his research involves
X-ray astronomy and high energy
astrophysics. His notable achievements include his involvement in the discovery of
broad iron lines emitted from
active galactic nuclei, for which he was jointly awarded the
Bruno Rossi Prize. He is author of over 1000 refereed articles and head of the X-ray astronomy group at the Institute of Astronomy.
Awards and honours Fabian was awarded the
Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics by the
American Astronomical Society in 2008, the
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 2012, and the
Kavli Prize for Astrophysics in 2020. In 2016 he was elected as a foreign associate of the
National Academy of Sciences and awarded the
Bruce Gold Medal by the
Astronomical Society of the Pacific. In August 2020 Fabian was a guest on the
BBC Radio 4 programme '
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