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.

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.

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.

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.

The Gaia mission has revolutionised our understanding of the Milky Way halo, but the biggest discoveries, which rely on individual abundances, are yet to be made.

We are currently collecting data for DEBASS, which will be the ultimate low-redshift sample of type Ia supernova and will be used to constrain the properties of dark energy.

We currently have a sample of 525 supernovae. All but 70 of them have redshifts. This project will search online catalogues for the missing redshifts.

The kinematics and morphology of typically massive disk galaxies has changed dramatically over the last ~9 Gyrs.

Data archives

The DREAMS telescope is a 50cm class, wide-field, infrared telescope dedicated to the search of transient event. In this project we will work on developing its data reduction pipeline to increase the scientific output of the telescope and make it the ideal infrared complement to the Vera Rubin Observatory.

This project supports the development, upgrade, and operation of the ANU Quantum Optical Ground Station (QOGS) to enable an Australian deep-space optical ground station for engagement with international missions including NASA’s Artemis II.

To investigate the role of mergers with smaller galaxies in shaping our Milky Way by using the data from stellar surveys and cosmological simulations of the NIHAO suite to identify stellar remnants of galaxies that merged with the Milky Way and explain their role in building the main components of the Milky Way.

This project will deliver a benchmark sample of stellar abundances for galactic archaeology for hundreds of thousands of stars.

This research project employs the WiFeS spectrograph on the ANU 2.3m telescope at Siding Spring to measure nebular chemical abundances in isolated gas-rich dwarf galaxies in the Local Volume.

We are building a powerful new instrument to work with the Giant Magellan Telescope to record images and spectra ten times sharper than possible with the Hubble Space Telescope.

Students will work on technologies that enable high-data-rate optical communication links between satellites and ground stations, including quantum and classical communication systems. Demonstrations will be conducted with satellites in orbit and other test systems.