Academic staff

Name Contact details Research interests
Distinguished Professor Matthew Bailes

mbailes@swinburne.edu.au

+61 3 9214 8782

Pulsars
Professor Chris Blake

cblake@swinburne.edu.au

+61 3 9214 8624

Cosmology; Teaching and learning
Distinguished Professor Jean Brodie

jbrodie@swinburne.edu.au

+61 3 9214 3533

Extragalactic globular clusters; Galaxy formation
Associate Professor Michelle Cluver

mcluver@swinburne.edu.au

+61 3 9214 3484

Group galaxy evolution
Associate Professor Jeff Cooke

jeffreycooke@swinburne.edu.au

+61 3 9214 5392

High redshift galaxies and supernovae; Transients; Counterparts to gravitational waves
Professor Warrick Couch
(Australian ELT Project Scientists)

wcouch@swinburne.edu.au

+61 3 9214 3875

Galaxies; Dark energy
Professor Darren Croton
(Research Initiatives Coordinator)

dcroton@swinburne.edu.au

+61 3 9214 5537

Galaxies; Cosmology: theory and modelling
Associate Professor Adam Deller

adeller@swinburne.edu.au

+61 3 9214 5307

Pulsars; Fast radio bursts; Radio interferometry; Astrometry; Instrumentation
Professor Alan Duffy

aduffy@swinburne.edu.au

+61 3 92143876

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)

dfisher@swinburne.edu.au

+61 3 9214 4996

Galaxy and star formation
Professor Christopher Fluke

cfluke@swinburne.edu.au

+61 3 9214 5828

Advanced visualisation; Data-driven science
Professor Duncan Forbes

dforbes@swinburne.edu.au

+61 3 9214 4392

Globular clusters; galaxies
Distinguished Professor Karl Glazebrook

kglazebrook@swinburne.edu.au

+61 3 9214 4384

Cosmology; Galaxies; Astronomical instrumentation
Professor Alister Graham

agraham@swinburne.edu.au

+61 3 9214 8784

Galaxies; Black holes
Professor Jarrod Hurley
(Supercomputing Manager)

jhurley@swinburne.edu.au

+61 3 9214 5787

Binaries; Star clusters
Associate Professor Glenn Kacprzak

gkacprzak@swinburne.edu.au

+61 3 9214 4384

Galaxy evolution
Professor Virginia Kilborn

vkilborn@swinburne.edu.au

+61 3 9214 4380

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))

smaddison@swinburne.edu.au

+61 3 9214 5971

Planet formation; Disc evolution
Professor Jeremy Mould
(CAASTRO Coordinator)

jmould@swinburne.edu.au

+61 3 9214 4921

Galaxies; Cosmology; Late stages of stellar evolution
Professor Michael Murphy

mmurphy@swinburne.edu.au

+61 3 9214 5818

Cosmology; Quasar absorption lines; Varying fundamental constants
Associate Professor Emma Ryan-Weber

eryanweber@swinburne.edu.au

+61 3 9214 4746

Galaxies; Intergalactic medium; Reionisation
Associate Professor Ryan Shannon

rshannon@swinburne.edu.au

+61 3 9214 5205

 
Associate Professor Edward Taylor

entaylor@swinburne.edu.au

+61 3 9214 5165

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

kliffman@swinburne.edu.au

+61 3 9214 5307

Planets, jets and meteorites

Postdoctoral fellows

Name Contact details Research interests
Dr Rebecca Allen

rebeccaallen@swinburne.edu.au

+61 3 9214 5846

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

colinjacobs@swinburne.edu.au

+61 3 9214 8128

Deep learning; The search for gravitational lenses
Dr Fan Liu

fanliu@swinburne.edu.au

+61 3 9214 5244

Stellar spectroscopy; Solar twins; Galactic archeology
Dr Themiya Nanayakkara

wnanayakkara@swinburne.edu.au

+61 3 9214 8546

Galaxies; Cosmology
Dr Nikole Nielsen

nikolenielsen@swinburne.edu.au

+61 3 9214 5887

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

dreardon@swinburne.edu.au

+61 3 9214 3329

OzGrav in the pulsar timing division
Rossana Ruggeri rruggeri@swinburne.edu.au  
Dr Manodeep Sinha

msinha@swinburne.edu.au

+61 3 9214 4918

Astro 3D; Simulations; Galaxy evolution; Theoretical astrophysical observatory
Dr Simon Stevenson
(OzGrav Postdoctoral Researcher)

spstevenson@swinburne.edu.au

+61 3 9214 4841

Gravitational waves; Binary evolution

Technical and Support staff

Name Contact details Role
Eman Ali

eali@swinburne.edu.au

+61 3 9214 5093

ADACS Software Support
Emma Barnett

ejbarnett@swinburne.edu.au

+61 3 9214 3786

ASTRO 3D Education and Outreach Officer
Jacqueline Bondell

jbondell@swinburne.edu.au

+61 3 9214 8351

OzGrav - Education and Public Outreach Coordinator
Jesmigel Cantos

jcantos@swinburne.edu.au

+61 3 9214 4600

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

acodoreanu@swinburne.edu.au

+61 3 9214 3750

GWDC Software Support
Dr Yeshe Fenner

yeshefenner@swinburne.edu.au

+61 3 9214 8302

COO for OzGrav
Will Gauvin wgauvin@swinburne.edu.au ADACS Software Support, Adaptive Optics
Lisa Horsley

lhorsley@swinburne.edu.au

+61 3 9214 4315

Research coordinator - OzGrav
Andrew Jameson

ajameson@swinburne.edu.au

+61 3 9214 5612

Research Software and Systems Engineer
Carl Knox

cknox@swinburne.edu.au

+61 3 9214 8891

OzGrav - Digital Media and Marketing Officer
Lewis Lakerink

llakerink@swinburne.edu.au

+61 3 9214 4600

ADACS/OzSTAR Astronomy Software Support
Mark Myers markmyers@swinburne.edu.au  
Erin O'Grady

eogrady@swinburne.edu.au

+61 3 9214 8246

OzGrav - Executive Assistant
Dr Gregory Poole

gpoole@swinburne.edu.au

+61 3 9214 5301

ADACS Astronomy Data Science Program Coordinator
Tom Reichardt treichardt@swinburne.edu.au GWDC Software Support
Dr Shibli Saleheen

ssaleheen@swinburne.edu.au

+61 3 9214 5064

ADACS Astronomy Software/Systems Support
Ray Seikel

rseikel@swinburne.edu.au

+61 3 9214 5622

TAO Senior Software Engineer
Bec Todd

bltodd@swinburne.edu.au

+61 3 9214 4520

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

rebeccaallen@swinburne.edu.au

+61 3 9214 5014

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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