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Matt Taylor (scientist)
British astrophysicist (born 1973)
For other people with the same name, see Matthew Taylor (disambiguation).
Matthew Graham George Thaddeus Taylor (born 1973) is a British astrophysicist employed by the European Space Agency.
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He is best known to the public for his involvement in the landing on Comet67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko by the Rosetta mission (European Space Agency)'s Philae lander, which was the first spacecraft to land on a comet nucleus.
He is Project Scientist of the Rosetta mission.[1][2]
Early life
Taylor was born in Manor Park, London[3] in 1973.[1] He is the son of a bricklayer and worked alongside his father, on building sites, during his summer breaks from university.[4]
Education
Taylor received a degree in physics from the University of Liverpool.
Taylor earned a PhD[5] in space physics which focused on Magnetohydrodynamics modelling of astrophysical plasma in the