A/Prof Christian Wolf

Astronomer

Jan 1999: PhD at Max-Planck-Institute of Astronomy Heidelberg, Germany

until 2001: Research Fellow at MPIA Heidelberg, PI of COMBO-17 survey

2001-2013: University of Oxford, UK (2004-2009 STFC Advanced Fellow)

from 2013: RSAA Mt Stromlo, ANU, Canberra, Australia

2016-2018: ANU Node Leader of CAASTRO (ARC Centre of Excellence in All-sky Astrophysics)

Research interests

wide-field sky surveys, object classification and photometric redshift estimation

growth of supermassive black holes, early universe and varaibility

optical counterparts to gravitational-wave events

galaxy evolution through cosmic epochs and via environmental influence

dust in the Milky Way and star-forming galaxies

  • Huang, Y, Wolf, C, Beers, T et al. 2022, 'Beyond Spectroscopy. I. Metallicities, Distances, and Age Estimates for over 20 Million Stars from SMSS DR2 and Gaia EDR3', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 925, no. 2.
  • Sergeyev, A, Carry, B, Onken, C et al. 2022, 'Multifilter photometry of Solar System objects from the SkyMapper Southern Survey', Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 658, no. A&A.
  • Hon, W, Wolf, C, Onken, C et al. 2022, 'SkyMapper colours of Seyfert galaxies and changing-look AGN - II. Newly discovered changing-look AGN', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 511, no. 1, pp. 54-70.
  • Lai, S, Bian, F, Onken, C et al. 2022, 'Chemical abundance of z ~ 6 quasar broad-line regions in the XQR-30 sample', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 513, no. 2, pp. 1801-1819.
  • Troster, T, Asgari, M, Blake, C et al. 2021, 'KiDS-1000 Cosmology: Constraints beyond flat ΛcDM', Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 649.
  • Chang, S, Onken, C, Wolf, C et al. 2021, 'SkyMapper optical follow-up of gravitational wave triggers: Alert science data pipeline and LIGO/Virgo O3 run', Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, vol. 38, pp. 1-11.
  • Senarath, M, Brown, M, Cluver, M et al. 2021, 'A systematic survey for z
  • Heymans, C, Tröster, T, Asgari, M et al. 2021, 'KiDS-1000 Cosmology: Multi-probe weak gravitational lensing and spectroscopic galaxy clustering constraints', Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 646.
  • Jenniskens, P, Gabadirwe, M, Yin, Q et al. 2021, 'The impact and recovery of asteroid 2018 LA', Meteoritics and Planetary Science, vol. 56, no. 4, pp. 844ââ¬â893.
  • Huang, Y, Yuan, H, Li, C et al. 2021, 'Milky Way Tomography with the SkyMapper Southern Survey. II. Photometric Recalibration of SMSS DR2', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 907, no. 68, pp. 1-16.
  • Chang, S, Wolf, C & Onken, C 2020, 'Photometric flaring fraction of M dwarf stars from the SkyMapper Southern Survey', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 491, pp. 39-50.
  • Ackley, K, Adya, V, Agrawal, P et al. 2020, 'Neutron Star Extreme Matter Observatory: A kilohertz-band gravitational-wave detector in the global network', Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, vol. 37, pp. 1-11.
  • Wolf, C, Hon, W, Bian, F et al. 2020, 'Ultra-luminous quasars at redshift z > 4.5 from SkyMapper', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 491, no. 2, pp. 1970-1979.
  • Wang, J, Athanassoula, E, Yu, S et al. 2020, 'Suppressed or Enhanced Central Star Formation Rates in Late-type Barred Galaxies', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 893, no. 1.
  • Koribalski, B, Staveley-Smith, L, Westmeier, T et al. 2020, 'WALLABY - an SKA Pathfinder H I survey ', Astrophysics and Space Science, vol. 365, no. 7, pp. -.
  • Onken, C, Bian, F, Fan, X et al. 2020, 'A thirty-four billion solar mass black hole in SMSS J2157-3602, the most luminous known quasar', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 496, no. 2, pp. 2309-2314.
  • Hon, W, Webster, R & Wolf, C 2020, 'Changing look active galactic nuclei in the MaNGA survey', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 497, no. 1, pp. 192-203.
  • Andreoni, I, Cooke, J, Webb, S et al. 2020, 'Probing the extragalactic fast transient sky at minute time-scales with DECam', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 491, no. 4, pp. 5852-5866.
  • Wolf, C, Golding, J, Hon, W et al. 2020, 'SkyMapper colours of Seyfert galaxies and Changing-Look AGN', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 499, no. 1, pp. 1005-1022.
  • Price, D, Foster, G, Geyer, M et al. 2019, 'A fast radio burst with frequency-dependent polarization detected during Breakthrough Listen observations', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 486, no. 3, pp. 3636-3646.
  • Farah, W, Flynn, C, Bailes, M et al. 2019, 'Erratum: FRB microstructure revealed by the real-time detection of FRB170827', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 483, no. 4.
  • Farah, W, Flynn, C, Bailes, M et al. 2019, 'Five new real-time detections of fast radio bursts with UTMOST', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 488, no. 3, pp. 2989-3002.
  • Casagrande, L, Wolf, C, Mackey, D et al. 2019, 'SkyMapper stellar parameters for Galactic Archaeology on a grand-scale', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 482, no. 2, pp. 2770-2787.
  • Huang, Y, Chen, B, Yuan, H et al. 2019, 'Milky Way Tomography with the SkyMapper Southern Survey. I. Atmospheric Parameters and Distances of One Million Red Giants', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 243, no. 1.
  • Onken, C, Wolf, C, Bessell, M et al. 2019, 'SkyMapper Southern Survey: Second data release (DR2)', Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, vol. 36.
  • Bilicki, M, Hoekstra, H, Brown, M et al 2018, 'Photometric redshifts for the Kilo-Degree Survey Machine-learning analysis with artificial neural networks', Astronomy and Astrophysics (Online), vol. 616, no. 69, pp. 22pp.
  • Tortora, C, Napolitano, N, Spavone, M et al. 2018, 'The first sample of spectroscopically confirmed ultra-compact massive galaxies in the Kilo Degree Survey', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 481, no. 4, pp. 4728-4752pp.
  • Anderson, J, Pessi, P, Dessart, L et al. 2018, 'A nearby super-luminous supernova with a long pre-maximum & "plateau" and strong C II features', Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 620, no. 67, pp. 1-16pp.
  • Tonry, J, Denneau, L, Flewelling, H et al. 2018, 'The ATLAS All-Sky Stellar Reference Catalog', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 867, no. 105, pp. -.
  • Wolf, C, Weinzirl, T, Aragon-Salamanca, A et al. 2018, 'OMEGA - OSIRIS mapping of emission-line galaxies in A901/2-IV. Extinction of star formation estimators with inclination', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 480, no. 3, pp. 3788-3799.
  • Tran, A, Ong, C & Wolf, C 2018, 'Combining active learning suggestions', PeerJ Computer Science, vol. 4, no. e157, pp. 1-34.
  • Amon, A, Heymans, C, Klaes, D et al. 2018, 'KiDS-i-800: Comparing weak gravitational lensing measurements from same-sky surveys', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 477, no. 4, pp. 4285-4307pp.
  • Alger, M, Banfield, J, Ong, C et al. 2018, 'Radio Galaxy Zoo: Machine learning for radio source host galaxy cross-identification', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 478, no. 4, pp. 5556-5572pp.
  • Amon, A, Blake, C, Heymans, C et al. 2018, 'KiDS+2dFLenS+GAMA: Testing the cosmological model with the EG statistic', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 479, no. 3, pp. 3422-3437pp.
  • Farah, W, Flynn, C, Bailes, M et al. 2018, 'FRB microstructure revealed by the real-time detection of FRB170827', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 478, no. 1, pp. 1209-1217pp.
  • Joudaki, S, Blake, C, Johnson, A et al. 2018, 'KiDS-450 + 2dFLenS: Cosmological parameter constraints from weak gravitational lensing tomography and overlapping redshift-space galaxy clustering', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 474, no. 4, pp. 4894-4924.
  • Wolf, C 2018, 'The SkyMapper Southern Survey and its calibration', Proceedings of IAU Symposium No. XXX, Cambridge University Press, USA, p. 471.
  • Wolf, C, Bian, F, Onken, C et al 2018, 'Discovery of the Most Ultra-Luminous QSO Using GAIA, SkyMapper, and WISE', Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, vol. 35, pp. 1-6.
  • Wolf, C, Onken, C, Luvaul, L et al 2018, 'SkyMapper Southern Survey: First Data Release (DR1)', Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, vol. 35, pp. 1-29.
  • MA ller, A, Tucker, B, Armstrong, P et al. 2017, 'First Results of the SkyMapper Transient Survey', Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, vol. 14, no. S339, pp. 3/06/2020.
  • Wolf, C, Luvaul, L, Onken, C et al. 2017, 'Developing Data Processing Pipelines for Massive Sky Surveys - Lessons Learned from SkyMapper', 25th annual conference on Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems (ADASS XXV), ed. N.P.F. Lorente, K. Shortridge, R. Wayth, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Michigan, pp. 289-292.
  • Weinzirl, T, Aragon-Salamanca, A, Gray, M et al. 2017, 'OMEGA - OSIRIS Mapping of Emission-line Galaxies in A901/2 - III. Galaxy properties across projected phase space in A901/2', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 471, no. 1, pp. 182-200pp.
  • Wolf, C, Johnson, A, Bilicki, M et al. 2017, 'The 2-degree Field Lensing Survey: Photometric redshifts from a large new training sample to r
  • Scalzo, R, Yuan, F, Childress, M et al. 2017, 'The SkyMapper Transient Survey', Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, vol. 34, pp. e030 (13 pp).
  • Murphy, T, Kaplan, D, Croft, S et al. 2017, 'A search for long-time-scale, low-frequency radio transients', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 466, no. 2, pp. 1944-1953pp.
  • Rodrıguez del Pino, B, Aragon-Salamanca, A, Chies-Santos, A et al. 2017, 'OMEGA - OSIRIS Mapping of Emission-line Galaxies in A901/2 - II. Environmental influence on integrated star formation properties and AGN activity', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 467, no. 4, pp. 4200-4217pp..
  • Naud, M, Artigau, E, Artigau, E et al. 2017, 'PSYM-WIDE: A Survey for Large-separation Planetary-mass Companions to Late Spectral Type Members of Young Moving Groups', The Astronomical Journal, vol. 154, no. 3, pp. 1-20pp.
  • Johnson, A, Blake, C, Amon, A et al. 2017, '2dFLenS and KiDS: Determining source redshift distributions with cross-correlations', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 465, no. 4, pp. 4118-4132pp.
  • Acharyya, A, Anderson, G, Bessell, M et al 2017, 'Follow Up of GW170817 and Its Electromagnetic Counterpart by Australian-Led Observing Programmes', Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, vol. 34, pp. 1-21.
  • Lima da Cunha, E, Hopkins, A, Colless, M et al. 2017, 'The Taipan galaxy survey: Scientific goals and observing strategy', Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, vol. 34, pp. e047 (28pp).
  • Hildebrandt, H, Choi, A, Heymans, C et al. 2016, 'RCSLenS: The Red Cluster Sequence Lensing Survey', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 463, no. 1, pp. 635-654pp.
  • Altin, P, Charlton, P, Chow, J et al. 2016, 'Localization and broadband follow-up of the gravitational-wave transient GW150914', Astrophysical Journal Letters, vol. 826, no. 1, p. 8.
  • Blake, C, Amon, A, Childress, M et al. 2016, 'The 2-degree Field Lensing Survey: Design and clustering measurements', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 462, no. 4, pp. 4240-4265.
  • Hoyos, C, Aragon-Salamanca, A, Gray, M et al. 2016, 'Linking the structural properties of galaxies and their star formation histories with STAGES', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 455, no. 1, pp. 295-307.
  • van der Wel, A, Noeske, K, Bezanson, R et al. 2016, 'THE VLT LEGA-C SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEY: The PHYSICS of GALAXIES at A LOOKBACK TIME of 7 Gyr', Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, vol. 223, no. 2, pp. 1-12.
  • Nataf, D, Gonzalez, O, Casagrande, L et al. 2016, 'Interstellar extinction curve variations towards the inner Milky Way: A challenge to observational cosmology', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 456, no. 3, pp. 2692-2706.
  • Abbott, B, Abbott, R, Abbott, T et al 2016, 'Supplement: "Localization and broadband follow-up of the gravitational-wave transient GW150914"', Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, vol. 225, no. 1, pp. (15pp).
  • Petroff, E, Bailes, M, Barr, E et al. 2015, 'A real-time fast radio burst: Polarization detection and multiwavelength follow-up', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 447, no. 1, pp. 246-255.
  • Chies-Santos, A, Rodrıguez del Pino, B, Aragon-Salamanca, A et al. 2015, 'OMEGA - OSIRIS mapping of emission-line galaxies in A901/2-I. survey description, data analysis, and star formation and AGN activity in the highest density regions', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 450, no. 4, pp. 4458-4474.
  • Childress, M, Hillier, D, Seitenzahl, I et al. 2015, 'Measuring nickel masses in Type Ia supernovae using cobalt emission in nebular phase spectra', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 454, no. 4, pp. 3816-3842.
  • Maltby, D, Aragon-Salamanca, A, Gray, M et al. 2015, 'The environmental dependence of the structure of galactic discs in STAGES S0 galaxies: Implications for S0 formation', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 447, no. 2, pp. 1506-1530.
  • Childress, M, Wolf, C & Zahid, H 2014, 'Ages of Type Ia supernovae over cosmic time', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 445, no. 2, pp. 1898-1911.
  • Wolf, C 2014, 'Milky Way dust extinction measured with QSOs', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 445, no. 4, pp. 4252-4258.
  • Bosch, B, Bohm, A, Wolf, C et al. 2013, 'Tully-Fisher analysis of the multiple cluster system Abell 901/902', Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 554, p. 15.
  • Bosch, B, Bohm, A, Wolf, C et al. 2013, 'Ram pressure and dusty red galaxies - Key factors in the evolution of the multiple cluster system Abell 901/902', Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 549, pp. A142.
  • Bohm, A, Wisotzki, L, Bell, E et al. 2013, 'AGN host galaxies at redshift z approximate to 0.7: peculiar or not?', Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 549, pp. A46.
  • Hoyos, C, Aragon-Salamanca, A, Gray, M et al. 2012, 'A new automatic method to identify galaxy mergers - I. Description and application to the Space Telescope A901/902 Galaxy Evolution Survey', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 419, no. 3, pp. 2703-2724.
  • Maltby, D, Hoyos, C, Gray, M et al. 2012, 'Antitruncated stellar light profiles in the outer regions of STAGES spiral galaxies: Bulge or disc related?', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 420, no. 3, pp. 2475-2479.
  • Simon, P, Heymans, C, Schrabback, T et al. 2012, 'Spatial matter density mapping of the STAGES Abell A901/2 supercluster field with 3D lensing', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 419, no. 2, pp. 998-1016.
  • Maltby, D, Gray, M, Aragon-Salamanca, A et al. 2012, 'The environmental dependence of the structure of outer galactic discs in STAGES spiral galaxies', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 419, no. 1, pp. 669-686.
  • Nicol, M, Meisenheimer, K, Wolf, C et al. 2011, 'Red-sequence galaxies at high redshift by the COMBO-17+4 survey', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 727, no. 1, p. 51.
  • Berger, E, Chornock, R, Holmes, T et al. 2011, 'THE SPECTROSCOPIC CLASSIFICATION AND EXPLOSION PROPERTIES OF SN 2009nz ASSOCIATED WITH GRB 091127 AT z=0.490', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 743, no. 2, p. 204.
  • Cucchiara, A, Levan, A, Fox, D et al. 2011, 'A photometric redshift of z ∼ 9.4 for GRB 090429B', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 736, no. 1, p. 12.
  • Marinova, I, Jogee, S, Heiderman, A et al 2011, 'Barred disks in dense environments', Memorie Della Societa Astronomica Italiana, vol. 18, pp. 61-67.
  • Justham, S, Podsiadlowski, P, Han, Z et al. 2010, 'Helium-rich hot subdwarfs and single low-mass white dwarfs: Formation mechanisms and further implications', Astrophysics and Space Science, vol. 329, no. 1-2, pp. 3-10.
  • Hildebrandt, H, Arnouts, S, Capak, P et al. 2010, 'PHAT: PHoto-z accuracy testing', Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 523, no. 2, pp. A31.
  • Maltby, D, Aragon-Salamanca, A, Gray, M et al. 2010, 'The environmental dependence of the stellar-mass-size relation in STAGES galaxies', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 402, no. 1, pp. 282-294.
  • Roser, H, Hippelein, H, Wolf, C et al. 2010, 'The Heidelberg InfraRed Optical Cluster Survey (HIROCS)', Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 513, no. 3, pp. A15.
  • Robaina, A, Bell, E, van der Wel, A et al. 2010, 'The merger-driven evolution of massive galaxies', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 719, no. 1, pp. 844-850.
  • Simon, P, Hetterscheidt, M, Wolf, C et al. 2009, 'Relative clustering and the joint halo occupation distribution of red sequence and blue-cloud galaxies in COMBO-17', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 398, no. 2, pp. 807-831.
  • Wolf, C 2009, 'Bayesian photometric redshifts with empirical training sets', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 397, no. 1, pp. 520-533.
  • Galazzi, A, Bell, E, Wolf, C et al. 2009, 'Obscured star formation in intermediate-density environments: A Spitzer study of the Abell 901/902 supercluster', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 690, no. 2, pp. 1883-1900.
  • Justham, S, Wolf, C, Podsiadlowski, P et al. 2009, 'Type la supernovae and the formation of single low-mass white dwarfs', Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 493, no. 3, pp. 1081-1091.
  • Gray, M, Wolf, C, Barden, M et al. 2009, 'STAGES: The Space Telescope A901/2 Galaxy Evolution Survey', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 393, no. 4, pp. 1275-1301.
  • Jogee, S, Miller, S, Penner, K et al. 2009, 'History of galaxy interactions and their impact on star formation over the last 7 Gyr from GEMS', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 697, no. 2, pp. 1971-1992.
  • Wolf, C, Aragon-Salamanca, A, Balogh, M et al. 2009, 'The STAGES view of red spirals and dusty red galaxies: Mass-dependent quenching of star formation in cluster infall', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 393, no. 4, pp. 1302-1323.
  • Heiderman, A, Jogee, S, Marinova, I et al. 2009, 'Interacting galaxies in the A901/902 supercluster with STAGES', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 705, no. 2, pp. 1433-1455.
  • Robaina, A, Bell, E, Skelton, R et al. 2009, 'Less than 10 percent of star formation in z ~ 0.6 massive galaxies is triggered by major interactions', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 704, no. 1, pp. 324-340.
  • Barazza, F, Wolf, C, Gray, M et al. 2009, 'Relating basic properties of bright early-type dwarf galaxies to their location in Abell 901/902', Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 508, no. 2, pp. 665-675.
  • Marinova, I, Jogee, S, Heiderman, A et al. 2009, 'Barred galaxies in the Abell 901/2 supercluster with STAGES', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 698, pp. 1639-1658.
  • Tanvir, N, Fox, D, Levan, A et al 2009, 'A γ-ray burst at a redshift of z ≈ 8.2', Nature, vol. 461, no. 7268, pp. 1254-1257.
  • Somerville, R, Barden, M, Rix, H et al. 2008, 'An explanation for the observed weak size evolution of disk galaxies', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 672, no. 2, pp. 776-786.
  • Schawinski, K, Justham, S, Wolf, C et al. 2008, 'Supernova shock breakout from a red supergiant', Science, vol. 321, no. 5886, pp. 223-226.
  • Hildebrandt, H, Wolf, C & Benitez, N 2008, 'A blind test of photometric redshifts on ground-based data', Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 480, no. 3, pp. 703-714.
  • Heymans, C, Gray, M, Peng, C et al. 2008, 'The dark matter environment of the Abell 901/902 supercluster: A weak lensing analysis of the HST STAGES survey', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 385, no. 3, pp. 1431-1442.
  • Lehmer, B, Brandt, W, Alexander, D et al. 2008, 'Tracing the mass-dependent star formation history of late-type galaxies using X-ray emission: Results from the chandra deep fields', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 681, no. 2, pp. 1163-1182.
  • Caldwell, J, McIntosh, D, Rix, H et al 2008, 'GEMS survey data and catalog', Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, vol. 174, no. 1, pp. 136-144.
  • Wolf, C, Hildebrandt, H, Taylor, E et al. 2008, 'Calibration update of the COMBO-17 CDFS catalogue', Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 492, no. 3, pp. 933-936.