Research projects
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This project aims to develop a Python package to post-process 3-D hydrodynamics simulations (e.g., from RAMSES or Quokka) to create synthetic observations for JWST/HST/VLT.
In this project the student will investigate the feasibility of a 3D printed deformable mirror with an embedded water-cooling system, and its expected performance under extreme heat conditions based on the selected material and actuator configuration.
Theme
- Instrumentation
This project will use observations of star clusters with the Hubble Space Telescope to disentangle the multi scale nature of star formation in local spiral galaxies.
Theme
- Stellar and planetary astronomy
Student intake
Open for Honours students
Observatory
People
- Dr Kathryn Grasha, Supervisor
- Professor Mark Krumholz, Supervisor
A resolved star formation study of galaxies using TYPHOON
Theme
- Structure and evolution of the Cosmos
The student will upgrade an existing seismic classifier using modern machine learning techniques and expanded training sets.
Student intake
Open for Honours, Master, PhD students
Observatory
People
- Dr Claudia Reyes, Supervisor
- Professor Melissa Ness, Supervisor
In this project we will use data-driven methods to obtain a large abundance census of dwarf galaxies using low-quality data previously not tapped into, to learn how galaxy properties connect to abundance distributions.
Student intake
Open for PhD students
People
- Dr Claudia Reyes, Supervisor
- Professor Melissa Ness, Supervisor
Obtaining a good understanding of the physics of star formation remains one of the main problems in astrophysics today. The formation of stars determines the structure, evolution and luminosity of galaxies, and quite possibly contributed to the reionisation of the early Universe.
Theme
- Stellar and planetary astronomy
Student intake
Open for PhD students
People
- Dr Marc White, Principal investigator
- Emeritus Professor Geoff Bicknell, Supervisor
You will use 3D magnetohydrodynamic simulations to model asymmetric accretion on protostars and their discs.
Theme
- Stellar and planetary astronomy
Student intake
Open for Bachelor, Honours, Master, PhD students
Observatory
People
- Dr Rajika Kuruwita, Supervisor
- Professor Christoph Federrath, Collaborator
This project is to apply and develop software to integral field spectroscopic data of galaxies.
Theme
- Structure and evolution of the Cosmos
Student intake
Open for Bachelor students
Observatory
People
- Associate Professor Emily Wisnioski, Supervisor
- Isaac Kanowski, Collaborator
Ambitious students will investigate optimal ways to measure the stellar properties (eg Teff, age, mass) and chemical composition of this immense amount of data.
Theme
- Galactic archaeology
- Stellar and planetary astronomy
In this project you will use existing and new data to understand the nature of filamentary structure in galaxies and how they relate to magnetic fields.
Theme
- Galactic archaeology
- Structure and evolution of the Cosmos
Student intake
Open for Bachelor, Honours, PhD students
People
- Professor Naomi McClure-Griffiths, Supervisor
This project aims to determine what source is dominating in massive galaxies 4 Gyrs ago using MAGPI (MUSE), EMU (ASKAP) surveys and eROSITA public data.
Theme
- Structure and evolution of the Cosmos
Student intake
Open for Honours students
Observatory
People
- Associate Professor Emily Wisnioski, Supervisor
- Dr Andrew Battisti, Supervisor
This project aims to model performance of the MAVIS instrument on real galaxies samples drawn from available Hubble Space Telescope and James Webb Space Telescope imaging catalogues.
Theme
- Instrumentation
- Structure and evolution of the Cosmos
We are currently assembling a new supernova sample to constrain cosmology.
Redshifts are usually determined from the galaxies that host the supernovae, but some hosts are too faint. This project aims to improve the accuracy and precision of redshifts obtained from supernovae.
Theme
- Structure and evolution of the Cosmos
Student intake
Open for Bachelor, Honours, Master students
Observatory
People
- Associate Professor Bradley Tucker, Collaborator
- Associate Professor Chris Lidman, Supervisor
- Professor Brian Schmidt, Collaborator
The student will process a database of sink-particle produced from 4pc^3 star cluster forming simulations to study how young binary and multiple stars evolve.
Theme
- Stellar and planetary astronomy
Student intake
Open for Summer Scholar, Bachelor, Honours, Master, PhD students
Observatory
People
- Dr Rajika Kuruwita, Supervisor