Dr. Tamara Davis
Email: tamarad@physics.uq.edu.au
Personal website: Click here
Research interests: I use type Ia supernovae to measure the expansion history of the universe and test whether exotic cosmological models can explain the acceleration.
 

 

Dr. Holger Baumgardt
Email: h.baumgardt@uq.edu.au
Personal website: Click here
Research interests: I use numerical simulations to study star cluster formation and evolution. I am also interested in the use of graphics cards (GPUs) for high-end computing.
 

 

Dr. Signe Riemer-Sorensen
Email: signe@physics.uq.edu.au
Research interests: Constraining particle physics from astrophysical observations such as dark matter identification, neutrino mass determination, etc.
 

 

 

Dr. David Parkinson
Email: d.parkinson@uq.edu.au
Research interests: Analysis of large-scale structure and cosmology using data from the WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey; inflation, fundamental physics, and statistical tools.
 

 

 

Dr. Smriti Mahajan
Email: s.mahajan1@uq.edu.au
Personal website: Click here
Research interests: I am interested in studying formation and evolution of galaxies, star formation in galaxies, and impact of the large-scale structure on galaxy properties.
 

 

 

Ph.D. Students
 

Sarah Sweet
Email: sarah@sarahsweet.com.au
Research interests: I'm using photographic and spectroscopic observations to test formation scenarios of ultracompact dwarf galaxies.

 

 

Joel Pfeffer
Email: joel.pfeffer@uqconnect.edu.au
Research interests: Research interests: Formation and evolution of galaxies, dark matter, and high-performance and GPU computing.

 

 

Anthea King
Email: anthea.king@uqconnect.edu.au
Research interests: Cosmology, the nature of gravitationally bound groups of galaxies in an accelerating universe. Observational measurements of cosmological distances and structures.

 

 

 

Pouria Khalaj
Email: pouria.khalaj@uq.net.au
Research interests: Star and star cluster formation. The stellar initial mass function and black holes.

 

 

 

Honors students 2013

Ewan McAndrew
Sarah Hegarty
Nurul Hanani Ahmad Fuad

 

Former Members of the Group

Brendan Griffen (PhD thesis 2012, now at MIT, new homepage is here)
Samuel Peet (Honours Student 2012)
Wing Cheng (MSc Student 2011)
Katy Francis (Honours Student 2011)
Josh Burns (Honours Student 2011)
Samuel Trail (Honours Student 2011)
Adrian Noppe (Summer Student 2011)
Sarah Hegarty (Summer Student 2011)
Sarah Easton (Honours Student 2010)
Cherie Fishlock (Honours Student 2010)
Anthea King (Honours Student 2010)
Joel Pfeffer (Honours Student 2010)
Chris Bank (Honours 2007)
Peter Jensen (Honours 2007)
Claire Reeves (Honours 2007)