... Stephen Holland got his BSc in physics and astronomy from the University of Victoria in Canada in 1989. ... From 1997 to 2000 he ran the Danish Centre for Astrophysics with the HST and conducted research on globular clusters in M31 and NGC 4594, stellar populations in NGC 205, and gamma-ray bursts. ... In 2003 Dr Holland joined NASA's Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Explorer mission as a member of the Swift Science Center, and the Swift UltraViolet Optical Telescope (UVOT) and Swift science teams. ...