OzGrav Postdoctoral Researchers & research scientists
Swinburne University of Technology
Dr Jade Powell gravitational waves, Data analysis, Astrophysics Supervisor: Prof Matthew Bailes |
Dr Daniel Reardon Pulsar timing, interstellar scintillation Supervisors: Prof Matthew Bailes and Dr Ryan Shannon |
Dr Ryan Shannon Pulsars Timing Arrays, Radio Transients Supervisor: Prof Matthew Bailes |
Dr Simon Stevenson binary stellar evolution gravitational waves Supervisor: Prof Matthew Bailes / A/Prof Jarrod Hurley |
Australian National University
Dr Vaishali Adya interferometry, control systems, optical layouts, simulations, squeezing Supervisor: Prof David McClelland |
Dr Paul Altin Gravitational wave detection, optomechanics, squeezing Supervisor: Prof David McClelland |
Dr Seo-Won Chang Optical transients, time-domain survey Supervisors: Dr Christian Wolf and Prof Susan Scott |
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Dr Karl Wette GRAVITATIONAL WAVES, NEUTRON STARS, PULSARS, DATA ANALYSIS THEORY AND APPLICATIONS Supervisor: Prof Susan Scott |
Dr Lyle Roberts
Interferometry Sensing Signal Processing FPGA
Supervisor: Prof Daniel Shaddock
Interferometry Sensing Signal Processing FPGA
Supervisor: Prof Daniel Shaddock
Monash University
Dr Kendall Ackley postmerger neutron stars, equations of state Supervisor: A/Prof Duncan Galloway |
Dr Juan Calderon Bustillo Binary Black Holes, Black Hole Spectroscopy, Searches, Parameter Estimation, Numerical Relativity Supervisor: Dr Paul Lasky |
Dr Rory Smith Bayesian inference, gravitational- wave searches, high- performance computing, big data, scalable algorithms Lecturer |
Dr Xingjiang Zhu gravitational waves, pulsars, black holes, neutron stars Supervisor: A/Prof Eric Thrane |
University of Western Australia
Dr Xu (Sundae) Chen optomechanics |
Dr Qi (ChiChi) Chu Compact binary coalescence search pipeline |
Dr Bruce Gendre EM observations, GRB, binaries, data analysis, follow-up Supervisor: A/Prof David Coward |
Dr Joris van Heijningen Controls, Vibration Isolation, Optics, Sensors, OutreacH |
Dr John Winterflood Vibration isolation, Electronics & Control |
university of ADELAide
Dr Daniel Brown Optics, numerical modelling, control systems, optomechanics Supervisors: Prof Peter Veitch & Prof David Ottaway |
Dr Sebastian Ng Lasers Supervisors: Prof Peter Veitch & Prof Jesper Munch |
Dr Miftar Ganija
Supervisors: Prof Peter Veitch & Prof Jesper Munch
University of Adelaide
Supervisors: Prof Peter Veitch & Prof Jesper Munch
University of Adelaide
University of Melbourne
Dr Patrick Meyers Data Analysis, Persistent gravitational waves Supervisor: Prof Andrew Melatos |
Dr Hannah Middleton gravitational waves, data analysis, outreach |
Dr Meg Millhouse gravitational waves, data analysis, bayesian inference Supervisor: Prof Andrew Melatos |
Dr Sofia Suvorova |
OzGrav Students
Swinburne University of Technology
Poojan Agrawal Globular Clusters, Stellar Dynamics, Binaries PhD student Supervisor: A/Prof Jarrod Hurley |
Debatri Chattopadhyay binary black holes & millisecond pulsars,NBODY, population synthesis PhD student Supervisor: A/Prof Jarrod Hurley |
Jacqueline Musiov Transients, Visualisation, Deeper wider faster Undergraduate student Supervisors: A/Prof Jeffrey Cooke and A/Prof Chris Fluke |
Nandini Sahu Galaxy structure and Evolution, supernova remnants, gravitational lensing PhD student Supervisor: A/Prof Alister Graham |
Rahul Sengar relativistic binary pulsars, data analysis PhD student Supervisors: Prof Matthew Bailes and Dr Ryan Shannon |
Thomas Venville Binary neutron stars, kilonovae, pulsars Undergraduate student Supervisors: Prof Matthew Bailes and Dr Jade Powell |
Sara Webb supernovae, GWs, FRBs, GRBs, Kilonovae PhD student Supervisor: A/Prof Jeffrey Cooke |
Read Debatri's article about the 2017 discoveries and her research work as a PhD student.
Australian National University
David McManus was a finalist in the 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) finals at ANU in 2018. Watch his talk about the Music of Gravity.
Nathan Holland machine learning, control, torsion pendulum PhD student Supervisors: Dr Robert Ward & Prof David McClelland |
Nutsinee Kijbunchoo aLIGO, squeezer, instrumentation, optics PhD student Supervisor: Prof David McClelland |
David McManus Low Frequency, Newtonian noise, Early Earthquake Warning, Gravimetry PhD student Supervisors: Dr Bram Slagmolen & Prof David McClelland |
Lauren Sarre optics, quantum, communication, instrumentation, nonlinear Honours student Supervisors: Prof David McClelland and Dr Robert Ward |
Paul Sibley Digital Interferometry, Optical Phased Array, Coherent Beam Combining PhD student Supervisor: Prof Daniel Shaddock |
James Spollard Optical phased array, link acquisition, digital signal processing PhD student Supervisors: Prof David McClelland & Prof Daniel Shaddock |
Layla Steed precision measurement, computer programming, fabry-perot Honours student Supervisor: Dr Paul Altin |
Min Jet Yap Interferometry, quantum optics, optomechanics, precision metrology PhD student Supervisors: Prof David McClelland & Prof Daniel Shaddock |
Perry Forsyth
Instrumentation, Newtonian Noise, Seismic
PhD student
Supervisor: Prof David McClelland
Australian National University
Instrumentation, Newtonian Noise, Seismic
PhD student
Supervisor: Prof David McClelland
Australian National University
Ben Grace
Honours student
Mathematics, physics, modelling, gravitational wave theory
Supervisors: Prof Susan Scott and Dr Karl Wette
Honours student
Mathematics, physics, modelling, gravitational wave theory
Supervisors: Prof Susan Scott and Dr Karl Wette
Monash University
Paul Easter Machine Learning, Binary Neutron Stars, Post merger remnant, numerical relativity PhD student Supervisor: Dr Paul Lasky |
Shanika Galaudage Neutron stars, Continuous gravitational waves, X-ray binaries Honours student Supervisors: A/Prof Duncan Galloway and Dr Karl Wette |
Boris Goncharov continuous gravitational waves, neutron stars, gamma-ray bursts PhD student Supervisor: A/Prof Eric Thrane |
Francisco Hernandez false-alarm-rate, statistics, multi-messenger, outreach PhD student Supervisor: A/Prof Eric Thrane |
Moritz Hubner Parameter estimation, Bayesian Statistics, Computational Physics PhD student Supervisor: A/Prof Eric Thrane and Dr Paul Lasky |
Yik Lun (Travis) Mong Gravitational Waves, pulsars, data analysis PhD student Supervisor: A/Prof Duncan Galloway |
Isobel Romero-Shaw Numerical modelling, astrophysics, programming, scientific writing PhD student Supervisor: A/Prof Eric Thrane and Dr Paul Lasky |
Nikhil Sarin Neutron Stars, Gamma-ray bursts, post-merger remnants PhD student Supervisor: Dr Paul Lasky |
Colm Talbot data analysis, compact binaries PhD student Supervisor: A/Prof Eric Thrane |
You Zhiqiang Data analysis, cosmology PhD student Supervisor: A/Prof Eric Thrane |
University of Adelaide
Deeksha Beniwal Continuous gravitational waves, detector design, active wavefront control PhD Student Supervisors: Prof David Ottaway & Prof Peter Veitch |
Huy Cao PhD Student Supervisors: Prof Peter Veitch & Prof David Ottaway |
Alexei Ciobanu modelling, "FINESSE", experimental, lasers PhD student Supervisors: Prof Peter Veitch & Prof David Ottaway |
Craig Ingram optics, instrumentation, teaching, outreach PhD student Supervisors: Prof Peter Veitch & Prof David Ottaway |
University of Melbourne
Patrick Clearwater gravitational waves, data analysis, virtual laboratories PhD student Supervisor: Prof Andrew Melatos |
Liam Dunn Gravitational waves, continuous gravitational waves, data analysis Masters student Supervisor: Prof Andrew Melatos |
George Howitt Neutron stars, pulsar glitches, population synthesis PhD student Supervisor: Prof Andrew Melatos |