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Professor Duncan Forbes

Astrophysicist

Biography

Professor Duncan Forbes is an astronomer with Swinburne’s Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing. His areas of expertise include globular cluster systems and the formation of early-type galaxies.

Professor Forbes was Deputy Director for the Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing between 2005 and 2008. From 2013-2015 he was an ARC DORA Fellow, and in 2009 he also held a role as an ARC International Fellow. His experience includes working as a project scientist for the Faulkes Telescope. He has served on various national and international committees. 

Research interests

Astrophysics; Astronomy; Nearby Galaxies; Globular Clusters; Dark Matter

PhD candidate and honours supervision

Higher degrees by research

Accredited to supervise Masters & Doctoral students as Principal Supervisor.

Fields of Research

  • Cosmology And Extragalactic Astronomy - 510103

Teaching areas

Globular Clusters

Awards

  • 2004, Swinburne, VC's Research Excellence Award, Swinburne

Publications

Also published as: Forbes, Duncan; Forbes, D.; Forbes, Duncan A.
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Recent research grants awarded

  • 2022: Ultra Diffuse Galaxies: Challenging the galaxy formation paradigm *; ARC Discovery Projects Scheme
  • 2020: Utilising artificial intelligence to elucidate the physics of galaxies *; ARC Discovery Projects Scheme
  • 2017: ARC Centre of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics in 3 Dimensions *; ARC Centre of Excellence Scheme
  • 2017: Unravelling the major transformation mechanism of disk galaxies *; ARC Discovery Projects Scheme
  • 2016: Low mass galaxies and the growth of galaxy halos *; ARC Discovery Projects Scheme
  • 2013: Revealing How Elliptical Galaxies Formed *; ARC Discovery Projects Scheme
  • 2012: Do blue globular clusters trace the halos of elliptical galaxies *; ANSTO Access to Major Research Facilities Program
  • 2012: Perseus slayer of Medusa *; ANSTO Access to Major Research Facilities Program
  • 2011: A New Window on Galaxy Formation *; ANSTO Access to Major Research Facilities Program
  • 2011: Measuring the Halos of Elliptical Galaxies *; ANSTO Access to Major Research Facilities Program
  • 2009: Near-field Cosmology with Globular Clusters *; ARC Linkage International Scheme

* Chief Investigator