In this project, you will lead development of a key sub system (optical, mechanical, computational) to enable novel ultra-high resolution, visible light instrument Pyxis: a prototype for an astrophysical space interferometer.

In this project, you will lead development of a key sub system (optical, mechanical, computational) to enable novel ultra-high resolution, visible light instrument Pyxis: a prototype for an astrophysical space interferometer.

Supermassive black holes in the early Universe are more massive than we can presently explain. We aim to construct their demographics and reveal their origin.

Blue stragglers are main-sequence stars that are more luminous and bluer than stars of the same age, and their existence has long defied standard stellar evolution.

The student will work with Prof. Krumholz to design and run simulations using the enzo adaptive mesh refinement code.

The student will analyse Gaia data to recompute orbits of unbound metal-poor stars, exploring their origins and role in the Milky Way’s evolution.

The student will analyse Gaia data to recompute orbits of unbound metal-poor stars, exploring their origins and role in the Milky Way’s evolution.

The student will model the gamma-ray emission around the Milky Way's central bubble.

In this project, the idea would be to combine the publicly available GALAH and APOGEE spectra and analyse them together: We should be able to measure up to 40 different elements from hundreds of lines and provide the community with reference values.

By conducting this comprehensive study, we will gain valuable insights into the distinctive properties of the HI gas in the Magellanic Stream. This will allow us to compare the properties of HI gas in the Magellanic Stream with those in the Magellanic Clouds and the Milky Way, shedding light on the differences between.

Veloce Rosso will be Australia’s next premier astronomical instrument.

By mapping the motions of many galaxies, this project aims to precisely measure the amount and distribution of both visible and dark matter and test Einstein’s theory of gravity.

By mapping the motions of many galaxies, this project aims to precisely measure the amount and distribution of both visible and dark matter and test Einstein’s theory of gravity.

The focus of this PhD research is the study of the early evolution of life using abundances of chemical elements in different life forms and their environments, at different temporal and spatial scales.

The goal of this project is to use new, high-resolution simulations to understand how key physical processes, like stellar feedback and gravitational instabilities, shape disk galaxies (from 11 Gyr ago to today).