Jaymie Matthews

Jaymie Mark Matthews was born in 1958 in Chatham, Ontario. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in 1979 from the University of Toronto and his master’s and doctoral degrees in 1982 and 1987 from the University of Western Ontario in London. In 1988, he undertook postdoctoral research at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. In 1991, he was hired as a research agent at the University of Montreal. He then became a professor at the University of British Columbia.

Matthews is an asteroseismologist; that is, he specializes in the study of the vibrations (pulsations) that shake stars. All stars, like the Sun, vibrate at some time during their lifespan. The study of such vibrations holds great interest for researchers as it provides information on the internal structure of a star, and thus on its size, mass, composition and even age.