Our people
Meet our teams of directors, academics, PhD students and committee members.
Leadership group
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Distinguished Professor Jean Brodie
Director -
Associate Professor Deanne Fisher
Deputy Director
Academic staff
| Name | Contact details | Research interests |
|---|---|---|
| Distinguished Professor Matthew Bailes | Pulsars | |
| Professor Chris Blake | Cosmology; Teaching and learning | |
| Distinguished Professor Jean Brodie | Extragalactic globular clusters; Galaxy formation | |
| Associate Professor Michelle Cluver | Group galaxy evolution | |
| Associate Professor Jeff Cooke | High redshift galaxies and supernovae; Transients; Counterparts to gravitational waves | |
| Professor Warrick Couch (Australian ELT Project Scientists) |
Galaxies; Dark energy | |
| Professor Darren Croton (Research Initiatives Coordinator) |
Galaxies; Cosmology: theory and modelling | |
| Associate Professor Adam Deller | Pulsars; Fast radio bursts; Radio interferometry; Astrometry; Instrumentation | |
| Professor Alan Duffy | Galaxy formation; Dark matter; Hydrodynamical simulations; Outreach | |
| Kim Ellis (Senior Lecturer) |
kgellis@swinburne.edu.au | Space research and governance |
| Associate Professor Deanne Fisher (Keck Technical Secretary) |
Galaxy and star formation | |
| Professor Christopher Fluke | Advanced visualisation; Data-driven science | |
| Professor Duncan Forbes | Globular clusters; galaxies | |
| Distinguished Professor Karl Glazebrook | Cosmology; Galaxies; Astronomical instrumentation | |
| Professor Alister Graham | Galaxies; Black holes | |
| Professor Jarrod Hurley (Supercomputing Manager) |
Binaries; Star clusters | |
| Associate Professor Glenn Kacprzak | Galaxy evolution | |
| Professor Virginia Kilborn | Galaxies; Structure formation: theory and modelling | |
| Associate Professor Ivo Labbe | ilabbe@swinburne.edu.au | Galaxy formation and evolution; First galaxies |
| Professor Sarah Maddison (Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic Innovation and Change)) |
Planet formation; Disc evolution | |
| Professor Jeremy Mould (CAASTRO Coordinator) |
Galaxies; Cosmology; Late stages of stellar evolution | |
| Professor Michael Murphy | Cosmology; Quasar absorption lines; Varying fundamental constants | |
| Associate Professor Emma Ryan-Weber | Galaxies; Intergalactic medium; Reionisation | |
| Associate Professor Ryan Shannon | ||
| Associate Professor Edward Taylor | The formation and evolution of galaxies over time |
Adjuncts
| Name | Contact details | Research interests |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Anna Ferre-Mateu | aferremateu@gmail.com | Ultra diffuse galaxies |
| Associate Professor Kurt Liffman |
Planets, jets and meteorites |
Postdoctoral fellows
| Name | Contact details | Research interests |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Rebecca Allen | Astronomical and space sciences; Curriculum and pedagogy | |
| Dr Jacobo Asorey Barreiro | jasoreybarreiro@swinburne.edu.au | |
| Dr Tania Barone | tbarone@swinburne.edu.au | Astro 3D |
| Dr Dorota Bayer | dbayer@swinburne.edu.au | Dark matter |
| Dr Andrew Cameron | andrewcameron@swinburne.edu.au | Advanced statistics and big data; Pulsars |
| Dr Rebecca Davies | rdavies@swinburne.edu.au | Astro 3D |
| Dr Dougal Dobie | ddobie@swinburne.edu.au | |
| Dr Colin Jacobs | Deep learning; The search for gravitational lenses | |
| Dr Fan Liu | Stellar spectroscopy; Solar twins; Galactic archeology | |
| Dr Themiya Nanayakkara | Galaxies; Cosmology | |
| Dr Nikole Nielsen | Astro 3D; Galaxy evolution; Circumgalactic medium; Quasar absorption lines | |
| Dr Jade Powell (DECRA Fellow) |
jpowell@swinburne.edu.au | Analysis of gravitational wave data from the LIGO and Virgo detectors |
| Dr Daniel Reardon | OzGrav in the pulsar timing division | |
| Rossana Ruggeri | rruggeri@swinburne.edu.au | |
| Dr Manodeep Sinha | Astro 3D; Simulations; Galaxy evolution; Theoretical astrophysical observatory | |
| Dr Simon Stevenson (OzGrav Postdoctoral Researcher) |
Gravitational waves; Binary evolution |
Technical and Support staff
| Name | Contact details | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Eman Ali | ADACS Software Support | |
| Emma Barnett | ASTRO 3D Education and Outreach Officer | |
| Jacqueline Bondell | OzGrav - Education and Public Outreach Coordinator | |
| Jesmigel Cantos | ADACS/GWDC Systems Support | |
| Leonie Chevalier | lchevalier@swinburne.edu.au | ADACS Software/Training Support |
| Patrick Clearwater | pclearwater@swinburne.edu.au | GWDC Software Support |
| Dr Alex Codoreanu | GWDC Software Support | |
| Dr Yeshe Fenner | COO for OzGrav | |
| Will Gauvin | wgauvin@swinburne.edu.au | ADACS Software Support, Adaptive Optics |
| Lisa Horsley | Research coordinator - OzGrav | |
| Andrew Jameson | Research Software and Systems Engineer | |
| Carl Knox | OzGrav - Digital Media and Marketing Officer | |
| Lewis Lakerink | ADACS/OzSTAR Astronomy Software Support | |
| Mark Myers | markmyers@swinburne.edu.au | |
| Erin O'Grady | OzGrav - Executive Assistant | |
| Dr Gregory Poole | ADACS Astronomy Data Science Program Coordinator | |
| Tom Reichardt | treichardt@swinburne.edu.au | GWDC Software Support |
| Dr Shibli Saleheen | ADACS Astronomy Software/Systems Support | |
| Ray Seikel | TAO Senior Software Engineer | |
| Bec Todd | Research Coordinator, GWDC | |
| Debbie Lim | astro3drc@swinburne.edu.au | Research Coordinator, ASTRO 3D |
| Maritza Kefalianos | mkefalianos2@swinburne.edu.au | CAS - Executive Assistant |
Swinburne Astronomy Productions
| Name | Contact details | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Rebecca Allen | Space Industry Coordinator and Outreach Management |
Postgraduate students
| Name | Contact details | Research interests |
|---|---|---|
| Gurvarinder | ggurvarinder@swinburne.edu.au | Galaxies in the cosmic web |
| Poojan Agrawal | pagrawal@swinburne.edu.au | Stellar dynamics and globular cluster evolution; Binary stellar evolution |
| Jacob Askew | ||
| Waqas Bashir | wbashir@swinburne.edu.au | Quasar absorption systems; Cosmology |
| Adam Batten | abatten@swinburne.edu.au | IGM; Metal absorption systems; FRBs; Mock observables |
| Daniel Berke | dberke@swinburne.edu.au | Variations in fundamental constants |
| Geoffrey Bryan | gbryan@swinburne.edu.au | Planets group |
| Debatri Chattopadhyay | dchattopadhyay@swinburne.edu.au | Gravitational waves; Star clusters; Population synthesis: binary neutron stars and black holes |
| Cherie Day | cday@swinburne.edu.au | UTMOST-2D; Fast radio burst localisation; Instrumentation; Radio interferometry |
| Hao Ding | haoding@swinburne.edu.au | VLBI astrometry; Radio interferometry; Pulsar timing |
| Mitchell Dixon | mdixon@swinburne.edu.au | The astronomical distance ladder |
| Burak Dogruel | bdogruel@swinburne.edu.au | Galaxies; Cosmology |
| Arianna Dolfi | adolfi@swinburne.edu.au | S0 galaxy formation |
| James Esdaile | jesdaile@swinburne.edu.au | Galaxy evolution at high redshift |
| Dr. Garry Foran | gforan@swinburne.edu.au | Galaxy formation and evolution |
| Jonah Gannon | jgannon@swinburne.edu.au | Hunting ghost galaxies |
| Simon Goode | sgoode@swinburne.edu.au | Machine learning in transient astronomy |
| Vivek Gupta | vivekgupta@swinburne.edu.au | Fast radio burst searching algorithms and analysis |
| Pol Gurri Perez | pgurriperez@swinburne.edu.au | Gravitational lensing; Dark matter |
| Suei-Hei (Dexter) Hon | shon@swinburne.edu.au | Massive compact spheroids |
| Tyler Hughes | tjhughes@swinburne.edu.au | |
| Geray Karademir | gkarademir@swinburne.edu.au | Clustering redshifts |
| Pravir Kumar | pravirkumar@swinburne.edu.au | Pulsars and transients group focusing on ASKAP fast radio bursts |
| Grace Lawrence | glawrence@swinburne.edu.au | The distribution of dark matter on the galactic scale |
| Christian Lehmann | clehmann@swinburne.edu.au | Measurement of fundamental constants in solar twins |
| Marcus Lower | mlower@swinburne.edu.au | Pulsar timing; Bayesian inference; Testing general relativity |
| Stuart Lyall | syall@swinburne.edu.au | |
| Ayushi Mandlik | amandlik@swinburne.edu.au | Real-time fast radio burst detection using machine learning |
| Monserrat Martinez | mmartinezmarin@swinburne.edu.au | |
| Daniel McPherson | dmcpherson@swinburne.edu.au | Stellar population models |
| Matthew Miles | matthewmiles@swinburne.edu.au | Pulsars; Gravitational radiation |
| Ally Morton | ||
| Chandrashekar Murugeshan | cmurugeshan@swinburne.edu.au | Galaxy evolution using HI observations |
| Aaron Myszka | amyszka@swinburne.edu.au | Galaxy lifecycles |
| Hasti Nateghi | hnateghi@swinburne.edu.au | Circumgalactic medium; Quasar absorption lines; Galaxy evolution; Spectral data reduction |
| Brodie Norfolk | bnorfolk@swinburne.edu.au | Transition disks; Radiative transfer; Machine learning |
| Sera Jade Rauhut | srauhut@swinburne.edu.au | Testing gravitational theories |
| Bronwyn Reichardt Chu | breichardtchu@swinburne.edu.au | Star-forming galaxies; Galaxy outflows |
| Nandini Sahu | nsahu@swinburne.edu.au | Massive galaxy; Massive black hole connections |
| Juan Manuel Espejo Salcedo | jespejosalcedo@swinburne.edu.au | Galaxy evolution; Angular momentum |
| Rahul Sengar | rsengar@swinburne.edu.au | Binary pulsars; Testing general relativity |
| Mohsen Shamohammadi | mshamohammadi@swinburne.edu.au | Machine learning in radio pulsar searching and timing |
| Shingo Tanigawa | stanigawa@swinburne.edu.au | |
| Liyualem Ambachew | ltilahun@swinburne.edu.au | |
| Dian Triani | dtriani@swinburne.edu.au | Galaxy formation; Computational astronomy |
| Ryan Turner | rjturner@swinburne.edu.au | Cosmology |
| Adam Ussing | aussing@swinburne.edu.au | |
| Ellert.van.der Velden | evandervelden@swinburne.edu.au | Galaxy structure and dynamics; Bayesian statistics; Python 2/3; Computational algorithms |
| Sara Webb | swebb@swinburne.edu.au | Deeper, Wider, Faster program; Fast radio bursts |
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