Duncan Forbes

Duncan Forbes obtained his B.S. degree (with honors) from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, in 1985, and his Ph.D. degree from the University of Cambridge, UK, in 1992. After a Postdoctoral position at the University of California, Santa Cruz, from 1992 to 1997, he was a Senior Lecturer at the University of Birmingham, UK, until 2000, when he took up a staff position at Swinburne University, Australia. He is now a Full Professor at Swinburne and Deputy Director of the Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing. In 2004 he received the University's Researcher of the Year Award. Professor Forbes has held various short term Visiting Professorships. He has served on various national and international committees, and organised several international astronomy conferences. His research interests include globular clusters, galaxy formation and evolution, and galaxies in low-density environments. He is a Fellow of the Astronomical Society of Australia and the International Astronomical Union.

Biography Updated on 25 January 2008

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Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]

  1. Damp Mergers: Recent Gaseous Mergers without Significant Globular Cluster Formation?
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 659, no. 1, pp. 188–194, 2007
  2. Structural Parameters for Globular Clusters in M31 and Generalizations for the Fundamental Plane
    The Astronomical Journal, vol. 133, no. 6, pp. 2764–2786, 2007
  3. Stellar Populations of Globular Clusters in the Elliptical Galaxy NGC 1407
    The Astronomical Journal, vol. 134, no. 1, pp. 391–410, 2007
  4. On the origin of mass?metallicity relations, blue tilts and scaling relations for metal-poor globular cluster systems
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 377, no. 1, pp. 215–228, 2007
  5. Spatially resolved spectroscopy of early-type galaxies over a range in mass
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 377, no. 2, pp. 759–786, 2007
  6. The spatially resolved stellar populations of isolated early-type galaxies
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 377, no. 4, pp. 1772–1784, 2007
  7. Spatially resolved kinematics and stellar populations of brightest cluster and group galaxies
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 378, no. 4, pp. 1507–1530, 2007
  8. The age, metallicity and ?-element abundance of Galactic globular clusters from single stellar population models
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 379, no. 4, pp. 1618–1636, 2007
  9. The U-shaped Distribution of Globular Cluster-specific Frequencies in a Biased Globular Cluster Formation Scenario
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 645, no. 1, pp. L29–L32, 2006
  10. Hubble Space Telescope ACS Wide-Field Photometry of the Sombrero Galaxy Globular Cluster System
    The Astronomical Journal, vol. 132, no. 4, pp. 1593–1609, 2006
  11. Structural Parameters for Globular Clusters in NGC 5128. II. Hubble Space Telescope ACS Imaging and New Clusters
    The Astronomical Journal, vol. 132, no. 5, pp. 2187–2197, 2006
  12. An imaging study of the globular cluster systems of NGC 1407 and 1400
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 0, no. 0, pp. 060203042619003–???, 2006
  13. Gemini/GMOS spectra of globular clusters in the Virgo giant elliptical NGC 4649
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 0, no. 0, pp. 060327082935018–???, 2006
  14. Eridanus - a supergroup in the local Universe?
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 369, no. 3, pp. 1351–1374, 2006
  15. Radial kinematics of isolated elliptical galaxies
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 371, no. 2, pp. 633–642, 2006
  16. Southern GEMS groups ? I. Dynamical properties
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 370, no. 3, pp. 1223–1246, 2006
  17. X-ray observations of three young, early-type galaxies
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 370, no. 3, pp. 1541–1555, 2006
  18. Gaseous tidal debris found in the NGC 3783 group
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 371, no. 2, pp. 739–749, 2006
  19. The globular cluster kinematics and galaxy dark matter content of NGC 4649 (M60)
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 373, no. 1, pp. 157–166, 2006
  20. Stellar Population gradients in early-type galaxies
    Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, vol. 2, no. S241, 2006
  21. Extragalactic globular clusters: unraveling galaxy formation and constraining stellar evolution theories
    Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, vol. 2, no. S241, 2006
  22. On the structure of globular cluster systems in elliptical galaxies
    Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 445, no. 2, pp. 485–491, 2006
  23. The globular cluster system of NGC?5846 revisited: colours, sizes and X-ray counterparts
    Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 455, no. 2, pp. 453–459, 2006
  24. The Group Evolution Multiwavelength Study (GEMS): The Sample and Datasets
    Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, vol. 23, no. 1, p. 38, 2006
  25. Galaxy Groups: Proceedings from a Swinburne University Workshop
    Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, vol. 22, no. 4, p. 326, 2005
  26. The DEEP Groth Strip Galaxy Redshift Survey. III. Redshift Catalog and Properties of Galaxies
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 620, no. 2, pp. 595–617, 2005
  27. The Chemical Properties of Milky Way and M31 Globular Clusters. II. Stellar Population Model Predictions
    The Astronomical Journal, vol. 129, no. 3, pp. 1412–1427, 2005
  28. Old Globular Clusters Masquerading as Young in NGC 4365?
    The Astronomical Journal, vol. 129, no. 6, pp. 2643–2653, 2005
  29. Extragalactic Globular Clusters: Old Spectroscopic Ages and New Views on Their Formation
    The Astronomical Journal, vol. 130, no. 4, pp. 1315–1323, 2005
  30. Bimodal Galaxies and Bimodality in Globular Cluster Systems
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 635, no. 2, pp. L137–L140, 2005
  31. A wide-field H i study of the NGC 1566 group
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 356, no. 1, pp. 77–88, 2005
  32. Group, field and isolated early-type galaxies - I. Observations and nuclear data
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 356, no. 4, pp. 1440–1465, 2005
  33. Group, field and isolated early-type galaxies - II. Global trends from nuclear data
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 358, no. 3, pp. 813–832, 2005
  34. Evolutionary history of the elliptical galaxy NGC 1052
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 358, no. 2, pp. 419–431, 2005
  35. The fundamental plane of isolated early-type galaxies
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 360, no. 2, pp. 693–702, 2005
  36. Spatially resolved stellar populations in the isolated elliptical NGC 821
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 362, no. 3, pp. 857–866, 2005
  37. Kinematics of globular cluster systems and the formation of early-type galaxies
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 363, no. 4, pp. 1211–1222, 2005
  38. Revisiting the Globular Cluster System of the Merger Remnant Elliptical Galaxy NGC 3610
    The Astronomical Journal, vol. 127, no. 1, pp. 295–301, 2004
  39. Formation of Star Clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud and Small Magellanic Cloud. I. Preliminary Results on Cluster Formation from Colliding Gas Clouds
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 602, no. 2, pp. 730–737, 2004
  40. Metal-Poor Globular Clusters and Galaxy Formation
    The Astronomical Journal, vol. 127, no. 6, pp. 3431–3436, 2004
  41. The Globular Cluster System of the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy
    The Astronomical Journal, vol. 127, no. 6, pp. 3394–3398, 2004
  42. Globular Cluster and Galaxy Formation: M31, the Milky Way, and Implications for Globular Cluster Systems of Spiral Galaxies
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 614, no. 1, pp. 158–166, 2004
  43. Explaining the Mysterious Age Gap of Globular Clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 610, no. 2, pp. L93–L96, 2004
  44. The Unusual Tidal Dwarf Candidate in the Merger System NGC 3227/3226: Star Formation in a Tidal Shock?
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 614, no. 2, pp. 648–657, 2004
  45. The Chemical Properties of Milky Way and M31 Globular Clusters. I. A Comparative Study
    The Astronomical Journal, vol. 128, no. 4, pp. 1623–1645, 2004
  46. Probing Spectral Line Gradients beyond One Effective Radius in NGC 3610
    The Astronomical Journal, vol. 128, no. 6, pp. 2749–2757, 2004
  47. Keck spectroscopy and imaging of globular clusters in the lenticular galaxy NGC 524
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 347, no. 4, pp. 1150–1163, 2004
  48. Scaling relations in early-type galaxies belonging to groups
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 349, no. 2, pp. 527–534, 2004
  49. Ages and metallicities of Hickson compact group galaxies
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 349, no. 4, pp. 1381–1396, 2004
  50. The discovery of new galaxy members in the NGC 5044 and 1052 groups
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 352, no. 4, pp. 1121–1134, 2004
  51. The photometric properties of isolated early-type galaxies
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 354, no. 3, pp. 851–869, 2004
  52. Gemini/GMOS imaging of globular clusters in the Virgo galaxy NGC 4649 (M60)
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 355, no. 2, pp. 608–616, 2004
  53. The Group Evolution Multiwavelength Study (GEMS): bimodal luminosity functions in galaxy groups
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 355, no. 3, pp. 785–793, 2004
  54. A robust method for the analysis of integrated spectra from globular clusters using Lick indices
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 355, no. 4, pp. 1327–1338, 2004
  55. Galaxy Disruption in a Halo of Dark Matter
    Science, vol. 301, no. 5637, pp. 1217–1219, 2003
  56. Near-infrared imaging of ellipticals: surface brightness profiles and photometry
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 341, no. 3, pp. 747–759, 2003
  57. Simultaneous modelling of the stellar halo and globular cluster system of NGC 5128
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 340, no. 1, pp. 341–352, 2003
  58. Dynamical evolution of globular cluster systems in clusters of galaxies - I. The case of NGC 1404 in the Fornax cluster
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 344, no. 4, pp. 1334–1344, 2003
  59. UBRI photometry of globular clusters in the Leo group galaxy NGC 3379
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 345, no. 3, pp. 949–959, 2003
  60. Evidence for an Intermediate-Age, Metal-rich Population of Globular Clusters in NGC 4365
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 585, no. 2, pp. 767–774, 2003
  61. Spectroscopy of Globular Clusters in the Fornax Dwarf Galaxy
    The Astronomical Journal, vol. 125, no. 3, pp. 1291–1297, 2003
  62. The Metallicity of Pregalactic Globular Clusters: The Observational Consequences of the First Stars
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 596, no. 2, pp. L187–L190, 2003
  63. Keck Spectroscopy of Globular Clusters in the Sombrero Galaxy
    The Astronomical Journal, vol. 124, no. 2, pp. 828–838, 2002
  64. A catalogue and analysis of local galaxy ages and metallicities
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 330, no. 3, pp. 547–562, 2002
  65. On the formation of globular cluster systems in a hierarchical Universe
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 333, no. 2, pp. 383–399, 2002
  66. Radio observations of super star clusters in dwarf starburst galaxies
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 335, no. 4, pp. 1079–1084, 2002
  67. Globular cluster formation from gravitational tidal effects of merging and interacting galaxies
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 335, no. 4, pp. 1176–1192, 2002
  68. The connection between globular cluster systems and the host galaxies
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 322, no. 2, pp. 257–261, 2001
  69. The globular cluster system of the young elliptical NGC 6702
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 324, no. 4, pp. 785–796, 2001
  70. The X-ray emission in post-merger ellipticals
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 324, no. 2, pp. 420–426, 2001
  71. X-ray luminosities of galaxies in groups
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 325, no. 2, pp. 693–706, 2001
  72. Keck imaging of the globular cluster systems in the early-type galaxies NGC 1052 and 7332
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 325, no. 4, pp. 1431–1440, 2001
  73. Structural evolution in elliptical galaxies: the age-shape relation
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 326, no. 3, pp. 1141–1148, 2001
  74. Hubble Space Telescope photometry of globular clusters in the Sombrero galaxy
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 327, no. 4, pp. 1116–1126, 2001
  75. A catalogue and analysis of X-ray luminosities of early-type galaxies
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 328, no. 2, pp. 461–484, 2001
  76. Properties of Globular Cluster Systems in Nearby Early-Type Galaxies
    The Astronomical Journal, vol. 121, no. 6, pp. 2974–2998, 2001
  77. Bulge Globular Clusters in Spiral Galaxies
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 556, no. 2, pp. L83–L86, 2001
  78. The Optical Counterpart of the Accreting Millisecond Pulsar SAX J1808.4-3658 in Outburst: Constraints on the Binary Inclination
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 563, no. 1, pp. L61–L64, 2001
  79. Age Estimates for Globular Clusters in NGC 1399
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 563, no. 2, pp. L143–L146, 2001
  80. Cold gas in elliptical galaxies
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 326, no. 4, pp. 1431–1440, 2001
  81. M31 Globular Clusters: Colors and Metallicities
    The Astronomical Journal, vol. 119, no. 2, pp. 727–747, 2000
  82. Multiwavelength observations of an evolved galaxy group: an end-point of galaxy merging?
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 312, no. 1, pp. 139–150, 2000
  83. A multiwavelength view at the heart of the superwind in NGC 253
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 312, no. 4, pp. 689–697, 2000
  84. Imaging of the merging galaxy NGC 3597 and its population of protoglobular clusters
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 312, no. 4, pp. 703–711, 2000
  85. The black hole mass-galaxy age relation
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 313, no. 2, pp. L29–L32, 2000
  86. Imaging of the protoelliptical NGC 1700 and its globular cluster system
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 317, no. 2, pp. 406–420, 2000
  87. The complex radio and X-ray structure in the nuclear regions of the active galaxy NGC 1365
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 306, no. 2, pp. 479–490, 1999
  88. On the relationship between age and dynamics in elliptical galaxies
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 309, no. 3, pp. 623–628, 1999
  89. [ITAL]Hubble Space Telescope[/ITAL] Imaging of the Globular Clusters in the Fornax Cluster: Color and Luminosity Distributions
    The Astronomical Journal, vol. 117, no. 1, pp. 167–180, 1999
  90. Keck Spectroscopy of Globular Clusters around NGC 1399
    The Astronomical Journal, vol. 115, no. 1, pp. 105–120, 1998
  91. Keck Spectroscopy of Candidate Proto–Globular Clusters in NGC 1275
    The Astronomical Journal, vol. 116, no. 2, pp. 691–706, 1998
  92. Dependence of the Fundamental Plane Scatter on Galaxy Age
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 508, no. 1, pp. L43–L46, 1998
  93. HST imaging of the globular clusters in the Fornax cluster: NGC 1379
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 295, no. 1, p. 240, 1998
  94. Ellipticals with Kinematically Distinct Cores: V - I Color Images with WPFC2
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 481, no. 2, pp. 710–734, 1997
  95. Hubble Space Telescope Imaging of the Globular Cluster System Around NGC 5846
    The Astronomical Journal, vol. 113, p. 887, 1997
  96. Globular Clusters in the Sombrero Galaxy (NGC 4594)
    The Astronomical Journal, vol. 113, p. 1648, 1997
  97. On the Origin of Globular Clusters in Elliptical and cD Galaxies
    The Astronomical Journal, vol. 113, p. 1652, 1997
  98. Globular Cluster Luminosity Functions and the Hubble Constant From WFPC2 Imaging: The Giant Elliptical NGC 4365
    The Astronomical Journal, vol. 112, p. 954, 1996
  99. Globular Cluster Luminosity Functions and the Hubble Constant From WFPC Imaging: Galaxies in the Coma I Cloud
    The Astronomical Journal, vol. 112, p. 1409, 1996
  100. Globular Cluster Luminosity Functions and the Hubble Constant from WFPC2 Imaging: The Dominant Group Elliptical NGC 5846
    The Astronomical Journal, vol. 112, p. 2448, 1996
  101. Keck Spectroscopy and Hubble Space Telescope Imaging of Field Galaxies at Moderate Redshift
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 462, p. 89, 1996
  102. Ellipticals with Kinematically Distinct Cores: WFPC2 Imaging of Globular Clusters
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 467, p. 126, 1996
  103. Redshift Z approximately 1 Field Galaxies Observed with the Keck Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 469, p. 535, 1996
  104. Optical Rotation Curves of Distant Field Galaxies: Keck Results at Redshifts to [ITAL]z[/ITAL] ~ 1
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 465, no. 1, pp. L15–L18, 1996
  105. Structure and photometry of an I less than 20.5 galaxy sample from the Hubble Space Telescope medium deep survey
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 444, p. 21, 1995
  106. Radio Detection of a Double Nucleus in the Merging Galaxy NGC 3256
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 446, p. 594, 1995
  107. Shell colors in the peculiar elliptical galaxy IC 1459
    The Astronomical Journal, vol. 109, p. 1576, 1995
  108. Ellipticals with Kinematically Distinct Cores: WFPC1 Imaging of Nearby Ellipticals
    The Astronomical Journal, vol. 109, p. 1988, 1995
  109. The Hubble Space Telescope Medium Deep Survey with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera. 1: Methodology and results on the field near 3C 273
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 437, p. 67, 1994
  110. Ellipticals with kinematically distinct cores : HST imaging of the nuclear structure of IC 1459
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 428, p. L49, 1994
  111. NGC 7552: A galaxy with a dormant active nucleus?
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 433, p. L13, 1994
  112. The nuclear colors and morphology of field galaxies at moderate redshift
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 437, p. L17, 1994
  113. A nuclear starburst ring in the spiral galaxy NGC 7552
    The Astronomical Journal, vol. 107, p. 984, 1994
  114. A search for secondary nuclei in shell galaxies
    The Astronomical Journal, vol. 107, p. 1713, 1994
  115. Flatfielding and photometric accuracy of the first Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Camera
    The Astronomical Journal, vol. 107, p. 1904, 1994
  116. Planetary Camera imaging of the counter-rotating core galaxy NGC 4365
    The Astronomical Journal, vol. 107, p. 2017, 1994
  117. High-resolution imaging of forbidden Fe II 1.64 microns, Brackett-gamma, and H2 1-0 S(1) emission in the starburst galaxy NGC 253
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 406, p. L11, 1993
  118. Activity in LINER and starburst galaxies
    Astrophysics and Space Science, vol. 205, no. 1, pp. 37–42, 1993
  119. Near-infrared line imaging of NGC 6240 - Collision shock and nuclear starburst
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 405, p. 522, 1993
  120. Radio and Near-Infrared [Fe ii] Emission from Active Galaxies
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 416, p. 150, 1993
  121. Infrared hot spots in the nucleus of NGC 253
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 380, p. L63, 1991
  122. Rotation curves for spiral galaxies in clusters and in the field
    Astrophysics and Space Science, vol. 156, no. 1-2, pp. 175–181, 1989