Leadership group
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Distinguished Professor Jean Brodie
CAS Director -
Associate Professor Michelle Cluver
CAS Deputy Director
Academic staff
| Name | Contact details | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Rebecca Allen | Co-Director, Space Technology and Industry Institute | |
| Distinguished Professor Matthew Bailes | Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) | |
| Dr Kirsten Banks | kbanks@swinburne.edu.au | Lecturer; OzGrav Public Outreach and Engagement |
| Professor Chris Blake | Research and Teaching Faculty | |
| Distinguished Professor Jean Brodie | CAS Director | |
| Associate Professor Michelle Cluver | CAS Deputy Director; Associate Professor, Galaxy Evolution | |
| Professor Jeff Cooke | Professor, OzGrav Chief Investigator; ASTRO 3D Associate Investigator | |
| Professor Warrick Couch |
Distinguished Professor, Galaxy Evolution and Cosmology | |
| Professor Darren Croton |
Research Professor, Chief Investigator ARC Centre for Dark Matter Particle Physics | |
| Dr Rebecca Davies | rdavies@swinburne.edu.au | ARC DECRA Fellow and STACK Technical Secretary |
| Professor Adam Deller | Pulsar / Fast Radio Bursts Researcher | |
| Professor Alan Duffy | Pro Vice-Chancellor, Flagship Initiatives | |
| Associate Professor Deanne Fisher |
Associate Professor, Galaxies | |
| Professor Christopher Fluke | Director, Advanced Visualisation Laboratory | |
| Professor Duncan Forbes | Professor | |
| Distinguished Professor Karl Glazebrook | Distinguished Professor; Laureate Fellow | |
| Professor Alister Graham | Former ARC Future Fellow; Associate Investigator with OzGrav; Course Coordinator for Swinburne Astronomy Online (SAO) | |
| Professor Jarrod Hurley |
Supercomputing Manager; Astronomy Data and Computing Services (ADACS) / Gravitational Wave Data Centre (GWDC) Lead; OzGrav Node Leader | |
| Associate Professor Glenn Kacprzak | Associate Professor, Circumgalactic Medium and Galaxy Evolution | |
| Professor Virginia Kilborn | Swinburne Chief Scientist | |
| Associate Professor Ivo Labbe | ilabbe@swinburne.edu.au | Postdoc Coordinator |
| Dr Anais Möller | amoller@swinburne.edu.au | ARC DECRA Fellow & Senior Lecturer |
| Emeritus Professor Jeremy Mould |
Centre for Dark Matter Chief Investigator | |
| Professor Michael Murphy | COMBS Chief Investigator | |
| Dr Jade Powell |
+61 3 9214 4873 |
ARC DECRA Fellow in Gravitational Wave Astrophysics |
| Professor Emma Ryan-Weber | Director, ARC Centre for Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics in 3D (ASTRO 3D) | |
| Professor Ryan Shannon | Professor | |
| Associate Professor Edward (ned) Taylor | Associate Professor, Observational Astrophysics and Cosmology | |
| Dr Sara Webb | swebb@swinburne.edu.au | SAO Course Director, Research in Transient Astronomy, SYSIC/SHINE Director, Microgravity Program Lead Space Technology and Industry Institute |
Adjuncts
| Name | Roles |
|---|---|
| Dr Michael Beasley | Adjunct Professor Globular Clusters and Stellar Populations Research |
| Dr Mark Durré | Adjunct Research Fellow |
| Dr Anna Ferre-Mateu | Adjunct Professor |
| Dr Jonah Gannon | Adjunct Research Fellow |
| Andrew Jameson | Adjunct Industry Fellow |
| Associate Professor Kurt Liffman | SAO Casual Lecturer; Higher Degree Supervisor |
| Dr Fan Liu | Adjunct Research Fellow |
| Associate Professor Nikki Nielsen | Adjunct Associate Professor - Circumgalactic Medium and Galaxy Evolution |
| Dr Rhea-Silvia Remus | Adjunct Research Fellow |
| Dr Mohsen Shamohammadi | Postdoctoral Research Fellow |
| Dr Robert Song | Adjunct Research Fellow |
| Dr Simon Stevenson | Adjunct Research Fellow |
Postdoctoral fellows
| Name | Contact details | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Tania Barone | tbarone@swinburne.edu.au | Postdoctoral Research Associate |
| Dr Emma Carli | ecarli@swinburne.edu.au | OzGrav 2.0 Postdoc - Pulsars |
| Dr Harry Chittenden | hchittenden@swinburne.edu.au | Postdoctoral Research Associate in JWST Science |
| Dr Daniel Vaz | ddiasvaz@swinburne.edu.au | Postdoctoral Research Fellow |
| Dr Chris Flynn | Pulsars, Fast Radio Bursts, Radio Transients | |
| Dr Leonardo Giani | lgiani@swinburne.edu.au | OzGrav Research Fellow in Cosmology |
| Joscha Jahns-Schindler | jjahnsschindler@swinburne.edu.au | Postdoc – Fast Radio Bursts |
| Dr Lalitwadee Kawinwanichakij | lkawinwanichakij@swinburne.edu.au | Postdoctoral Research Associate in JWST Science |
| Dr Renee Key | rkey@swinburne.edu.au | Postdoctoral Research Associate in PBH Detection |
| Dr Marcus Lower | mlower@swinburne.edu.au | ARC DECRA Fellow - Pulsars, Magnetars and Fast Radio Bursts |
| Dr Ben McAllister | bmcallister@swinburne.edu.au | Postdoctoral Fellow - Dark Matter Detection |
| Dr Toby Mitchell | tjmitchell@swinburne.edu.au | Postdoctoral Research Associate |
| Dr Robert Mostoghiu | rmostoghiupaun@swinburne.edu.au | ARC CDMPP Research Associate, Dark Matter Simulations |
| Dr Daniel Reardon | OzGrav Postdoctoral Researcher, Pulsar Timing | |
| Dr Andrei Ristea | aristea@swinburne.edu.au | COMBS Postdoctoral Research Associate in Astrocombs |
| Dr Federico Scutti | fscutti@swinburne.edu.au | Research Fellow in Muon Technologies |
| Dr Agne Semenaite | asemenaite@swinburne.edu.au | Research Associate - Cosmology (Galaxy Clustering, Weak Lensing) |
| Dr Ashley Stock | astock@swinburne.edu.au | OzGrav Postdoctoral Research Fellow |
| Dr. Yuanming Wang | yuanmingwang@swinburne.edu.au | Postdoctoral Fellow in Fast Radio Bursts |
Technical, Outreach and Support staff
| Name | Contact details | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Eman Ali | ADACS and OzSTAR Astronomy Software Support | |
| Jackie Bondell | OzGrav Education and Outreach Coordinator | |
| Jes Cantos | jcantos@swinburne.edu.au | ADACS and OzSTAR Astronomy Software Support |
| Lauren Carter |
+61 3 9214 3398 |
OzGrav Business and EDI Specialist |
| Leonie Chevalier | lchevalier@swinburne.edu.au | Astronomy Project and Service Delivery Support |
| Patrick Clearwater | pclearwater@swinburne.edu.au | GWDC / ADACS Software Developer |
| Dr Dimitra Dannappel | ddannappel@swinburne.edu.au | Project Officer, OzGrav |
| Dr Yeshe Fenner | Chief Operating Officer, OzGrav | |
| Will Gauvin | wgauvin@swinburne.edu.au | ADACS Senior Software Engineer |
| Diana Haikal | dhaikal@swinburne.edu.au | Senior Communications and Engagement Advisor |
| Ariadna Hernandez | ahernandez@swinburne.edu.au | Project Officer, OzGrav |
| Andrew Jameson | Senior Software Engineer | |
| Carl Knox | Digital Media and Marketing Officer | |
| Lewis Lakerink | llakerink@swinburne.edu.au | Senior Software Engineer |
| Asher Leslie | jaleslie@swinburne.edu.au | GWDC / ADACS UX Designer and Software Engineer |
| Dr David Liptai | ADACS and OzSTAR Astronomy Software Support | |
| Simon Parsons | Centre Coordinator, Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing | |
| Dr Greg Poole | Astronomy Data Science Program Coordinator | |
| Dr Shibli Saleheen | ADACS Software Engineer | |
| Ray Seikel | rseikel@swinburne.edu.au | Senior Software Engineer |
Postgraduate students
| Name | Contact details | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Asha Abd | aabd@swinburne.edu.au | PhD student - JWST anomaly detection |
| Jasmine Anderson-Baldwin | jandersonbaldwin@swinburne.edu.au | PhD student - Stellar Evolution and Star Clusters |
| Patricia Arens | patricia.a.arens@gmail.com | PhD student |
| Amrita Banerjee | amritabanerjee@swinburne.edu.au | PhD student – Massive dead galaxies in the early history of the Universe, the evolution of the galaxies through cosmic time. |
| Aryan Bansal | aryanbansal@swinburne.edu.au | PhD Student - Observational Astrophysics and Cosmology |
| Adarsh Bathula | abathula@swinburne.edu.au | PhD student – Fast Radio Bursts |
| Michael Bradley | 2496844@student.swinburne.edu.au | PhD student |
| Brian Brady | bbrady@swinburne.edu.au | PhD Student - Astro Visualisation |
| Stephen Brown | SMBROWN@swinburne.edu.au | Masters by Research - kinematic weak lensing |
| Hendrik Combrinck | hcombrinck@swinburne.edu.au | PhD student – Pulsar Timing |
| Sarbeswar Das | sarbeswardas@swinburne.edu.au | PhD Student - Circumgalactic Medium |
| Lewis de Zoete Grundy | ldezoetegrundy@swinburne.edu.au | PhD student - human-machine interaction |
| Tyson Dial | tdial@swinburne.edu.au | PhD student - Fast Radio Bursts |
| Rory Elliott | roryelliott@swinburne.edu.au | PhD student - High Redshift Galaxy Outflow Studies |
| Nimas Emas | PhD student | |
| Fahmi Muhammad Al Farisy | ffarisy@swinburne.edu.au | PhD student - Galactic Kinematics and Dynamics |
| Antonia Fernandez Figueroa | PhD student | |
| Pratyasha Gitika | pgitika@swinburne.edu.au | PhD student - Pulsars |
| Kaustubh Rajesh Gupta | kaustubhrajeshgupta@swinburne.edu.au | PhD student - Circumgalactic medium |
| Lydia Haacke | lhaacke@swinburne.edu.au | PhD student - Ultra Diffuse Galaxies |
| Magdalena Hamel Bravo | mhamelbravo@swinburne.edu.au | PhD student |
| Qiaoyu Han | qiaoyuhan@swinburne.edu.au | Masters by Research - Superconductive film research |
| Tahlia Hill | thill@swinburne.edu.au | PhD student |
| Ray Hilton | 103284166@student.swinburne.edu.au | Masters by Research student - Optical detection of resident space objects |
| Tzu-Yin Hsu | thsu@swinburne.edu.au | PhD student – fast radio bursts |
| Akhil Jaini | ajaini@swinburne.edu.au | PhD Student – Fast Radio Bursts |
| Vanshika Kansal | vkansal@swinburne.edu.au | PhD student – Weak lensing, Dark matter |
| Atharva Kulkarni | adkulkarni@swinburne.edu.au | PhD student - Pulsar Studies |
| Brayden Leicester | bleicester@swinburne.edu.au | PhD student – Type Ia Supernovae Host Galaxy Properties |
| Arsen Levitskiy | alevitskiy@swinburne.edu.au | PhD Student - Ultra Diffuse Galaxies |
| Daniel Lyon | djlyon@swinburne.edu.au | PhD Student - Little Red Dots |
| Ankita Mondal | amondal@swinburne.edu.au | PhD student – Galactic Archaeology |
| Aditi Manchanda | aditimanchanda@swinburne.edu.au | PhD Student - Galaxies and Transients |
| Viren Mandaogane | vmandaogane@swinburne.edu.au | PhD student - Pulsars and Fast Radio Bursts |
| Saurav Mishra | smishra@swinburne.edu.au | PhD student - Pulsar Timing Arrays |
| Marco Monaci | mmonaci@swinburne.edu.au | PhD student - Extreme Galaxies |
| Aaron Myszka | amyszka@swinburne.edu.au | PhD student - Galaxy Evolution |
| Ashwathi Nair | ashwathinair@swinburne.edu.au | PhD Student- Stellar astrophysics and Gravitational waves |
| Andrew Nguyen | andnguyen@swinburne.edu.au | PhD student - Cosmology |
| Tamsyn O'Beirne | tobeirne@swinburne.edu.au | PhD student - HI and galaxy environment |
| Tony Pilkington | PhD student - Globular Clusters | |
| Lena Pless | lpless@swinburne.edu.au | PhD student - High Redshift Galaxies and Student Representative |
| Sparrow Roch | sroch@swinburne.edu.au | PhD student - Pulsars |
| Stephanie Rowlands | stephanierowlands@swinburne.edu.au | PhD Student - Galaxy outflows at high redshift |
| Neal Salan | nsalan@swinburne.edu.au | Masters by Research student |
| Jade Salisbury | jsalisbury@swinburne.edu.au | PhD student – FRBs, magnetars, pulsars |
| Edoardo Santo | esanto@swinburne.edu.au | PhD student - galactic outflows |
| Ben Scott | benjaminscott@swinburne.edu.au | PhD student - Solar Twin / Quasar Probes of Electromagnetism's Strength |
| Alma Sebastian | PhD student - XQR30 | |
| Matthew Shackleton | mshackleton@swinburne.edu.au | PhD student - data sonification |
| Megha Sharma | meghasharma@swinburne.edu.au | PhD student - Real-time cosmology via redshift drift |
| Raj Aryan Singh | rasingh@swinburne.edu.au | PhD student - Axion Dark matter |
| Jay Smallwood | jsmallwood@swinburne.edu.au | PhD student - radio telescope instrumentation |
| Daniel Smith | danielsmith@swinburne.edu.au | PhD student - Micro Optics in Astronomy |
| Lukas Steinwender | lsteinwender@swinburne.edu.au | PhD student - Foundation models for extreme transients |
| Mark Suhr | msuhr@swinburne.edu.au | PhD student - Superluminous Supernovae |
| Paige Taylor | paigerosetaylor@swinburne.edu.au | PhD Student - Axion Dark Matter Detection |
| Pavan Uttarkar | puttarkar@swinburne.edu.au | PhD student - Fast Radio Bursts |
| Natasha Van Bemmel | nvanbemmel@swinburne.edu.au | PhD student - Fast Transients |
| Wesley Van Kempen | wvankempen@swinburne.edu.au | PhD student |
| Olivia Vidal Velazquez | ovidalvelazquez@swinburne.edu.au | PhD student - FINK: Supernovae and machine learning |
| Hugo Walsh | hwalsh@swinburne.edu.au | PhD student - Visual Discovery |
| Tallulah Waterson | twaterson@swinburne.edu.au | PhD student - Resident Space Objects |
| Jayde Willingham | jwillingham@swinburne.edu.au | PhD Student - SED modelling of galaxies |
| Bailee Wolfe | bwolfe@swinburne.edu.au | PhD student & OzGrav Outreach Ambassador |
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