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  • Home
  • About
    • Vision & Mission
    • Join OzGrav
    • Mental Health and Wellbeing
    • Getting started in OzGrav
    • Funding Opportunities
    • Diversity and Inclusion
    • Code of Conduct
    • OzGrav Mentoring Program
    • Nodes & Partners
    • Facilities & Capabilities
    • Reports >
      • Annual Reports
      • Industry Success Stories
      • Strategic Plan
    • Member resources
  • Our People
    • Chief Investigators
    • Partner Investigators
    • Associate Investigators
    • Postdocs and Students >
      • Faces of OzGrav
    • Professional & Outreach staff
    • Governance Advisory Committee
    • Scientific Advisory Committee
    • Executive Committee
    • Equity & Diversity Committee
    • Early Career Researcher Committee
    • Professional Development Committee
    • Research Translation Committee
    • OzGrav Alumni
  • Research Themes
    • Instrumentation
    • Data/Astro
    • How to write a research brief
  • Education and Outreach
  • Events
    • Upcoming and Past Events
  • News/Media
    • News
    • Newsletter
    • Binary Neutron Star Discovery
  • Contact Us

Postdoctoral ReseacherS and Students

OzGrav Postdoctoral Researchers & research scientists

Swinburne University of Technology

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Dr Andrew Cameron
pulsar searching, pulsar timing, relativistic systems, algorithm development, outreach
Supervisor:
A/Prof Ryan Shannon
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Dr Dougal Dobie
Multiwavelength transients, Radio Imaging, Machine Learning
Supervisor:
A/Prof Jeff Cooke
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Dr Chris Flynn
Real-time glitch and timing noise monitors for the UTMOST 2D and MeerKAT telescopes
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Dr Daniel Reardon
Pulsar timing, interstellar scintillation
Supervisors:
Prof Matthew Bailes and A/Prof Ryan Shannon
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Dr Simon Stevenson
binary stellar evolution gravitational waves
​Supervisor:
Prof Matthew Bailes
and Prof Jarrod Hurley
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Dr Jielai Zhang
Multi-wavelength imaging, deep-learning, instrumentation, time-domain
Supervisor:
A/Prof Jeff Cooke

Australian National University

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Dr Paul Altin
Gravitational wave detection, optomechanics, squeezing
​Supervisor:
Prof David McClelland
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Dr Sheon Chua
Quantum optics, Optomechanics, Interferometry, Precision measurement
Supervisor:
Dr Bram Slagmolen
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Dr Nutsinee Kijbunchoo
aLIGO, squeezer, instrumentation, optics
Supervisor: 
Prof David McClelland
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Dr Terry McRae
Metrology, Quantum Optics, Opto-mechanics, photonics
Supervisor:
Prof David McClelland
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Dr Jiayi Qin
Optics, Optomechanics, Instrumentation, Metrology, Fundamental TheoryTest
Supervisors:
Prof David McClelland and Dr Bram Slagmolen
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Dr Andrew Wade
Quantum optics precision metrology laser
Supervisors:
Prof David McClelland
and A/Prof Kirk McKenzie
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Dr Karl Wette
GRAVITATIONAL WAVES, NEUTRON STARS, PULSARS, DATA ANALYSIS THEORY AND APPLICATIONS​
Supervisor:
Prof Susan Scott
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Dr Jue Zhang
Parametric Instability; Quantum Noise Reduction
Supervisor:
A/Prof Kirk McKenzie

Monash University

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Filippo Anzuini
Neutron stars; Dense matter; Magnetic field; Accretion; Gravitational Waves
Supervisor:
A/Prof Paul Lasky
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Dr Ryosuke Hirai
Binary evolution, supernovae, stellar mergers, hydrodynamical simulations, dynamics
Supervisor:
Prof Ilya Mandel
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Dr Rory Smith
Bayesian inference, gravitational-
wave searches, high-
performance computing, big data, scalable algorithms
Lecturer
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Dr Isobel
Romero-Shaw
Numerical modelling, astrophysics, programming, scientific writing
Supervisor:
Prof Ilya Mandel

University of Western Australia

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Dr Ammar Al-Jodah
realtime systems, laser interferometry, control systems,system identification
Supervisor: Prof Ju Li
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​Dr Xu (Sundae) Chen
optomechanics
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Dr Aaron Jones
higher-order modes, optical cavity, sensing, control, design
Supervisor:
Dr Chunnong Zhao
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Dr Jyoti Kaur
Einstein-First, School curriculum, Einsteinian physics, Modern physics
Supervisor:
Prof David Blair
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Manoj Kovalam
data analysis, CBC search pipeline, low latency, spiir
Supervisor:
Prof Linqing Wen
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Dr Fiona Panther
Statistical inference and inverse problems, gamma-rays, microphysicalastronomy, accelerated computing, CBBC pipelines
Supervisor:
Prof Linqing Wen
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Dr John Winterflood
Vibration isolation, Electronics & Control
Dr Bruce Gendre
EM observations, GRB, Binaries, Data analysis, Follow-up
Supervisor: A/Prof David Coward

university of ADELAide

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Dr Daniel Brown
Optics, numerical modelling, control systems, optomechanics
​Supervisors:
Prof Peter Veitch & Prof David Ottaway
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Dr Huy Tuong Cao
Interferometry, control system, distortion and instability, optical
simulation, adaPtive optics
​Supervisor:
Prof Peter Veitch
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Dr Sebastian Ng
Lasers
​Supervisors:
Prof Peter Veitch & Prof Jesper Munch

University of Melbourne

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Dr Meg Millhouse
gravitational waves, data analysis, bayesian inference
Supervisor:
Prof Andrew Melatos
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Dr Joe O'Leary
Applied Mathematics, Mathematical Modelling,General Relativity, Celestial Mechanics
Supervisor:
Prof Andrew Melatos
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Dr Sofia Suvorova

OzGrav Students

Swinburne University of Technology

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Jacob Askew
Pulsars, observational physics
PhD student
Supervisor:
A/Prof Ryan Shannon
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Dr Garry Foran
Instrumentation, optics, detectors, spectroscopy, high-redshift galaxies
PhD student
Supervisor:
A/Prof Jeff Cooke
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Jim Freeburn
Data, Multi-wavelength, Transients, GRBs, Kilonovae
PhD student
Supervisor:
A/Prof Jeff Cooke
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Pratyasha Gitika
neutron stars, gravitational waves, pulsars, multi-messenger astronomy, data analysis
PhD student
Supervisor:
Prof Matthew Bailes
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Atharva Kulkarni
RF designs, Signal Processing, Pulsars
PhD student
Supervisor:
A/Prof Ryan Shannon
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Matt Miles
data science, gravitational waves, pulsars
PhD student
Supervisor:
Prof Matthew Bailes
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Nandini Sahu
Galaxy structure and Evolution, supernova remnants, gravitational lensing
PhD student
Supervisor:
Prof Alister Graham
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Rahul Sengar
relativistic binary pulsars, data analysis
PhD student
Supervisors:
Prof Matthew Bailes and A/Prof Ryan Shannon
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Mohsen Shamohammadi
PULSARS, GRAVITATIONAL WAVES, NOISE ANALYSIS, ASTROSTATISTICS, DATA SCIENCE
PhD student
Supervisor:
Prof Matthew Bailes
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Natasha Van Bemmel
Infrared Fast Transients, GW Companions, GRBs
PhD student.
Supervisor:
A/Prof Jeff Cooke
Simon Goode
machine learning gravitational waves data
PhD student. Supervisor: A/Prof Jeffrey Cooke

Australian National University

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James Gardner
Continuous gravitational waves, signal processing, internal squeezing, Finesse
PhD student
Supervisor:
Prof David McClelland
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Ben Grace
Mathematics, physics, modelling, gravitational wave theory
PhD student
Supervisor:
Dr Karl Wette and
Prof Susan Scott
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Dan Gould
Squeezing, Lasers, Optics, Physics, 2 micron
PhD student
Supervisor:
Prof David McClelland
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Nathan Holland
machine learning, control, torsion pendulum
​PhD student
​Supervisors:
Dr Robert Ward & 
Prof David McClelland
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Dana Jones
gravitational waves, continuous waves, dark matter, ultralight bosons,data analysis
PhD student
Supervisor:
Dr Ling Sun
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Disha Kapasi
cryogenic GW detectors using silicon
PhD student
Supervisor:
Prof David McClelland
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Avanish Kulur Ramamohan
Phase Locking, Lasers, Opto-mechanics, Electronics, Optics
PhD student
Supervisor: Dr Bram Slagmolen
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Kar Meng Kwan
Optical systems, general relativity
PhD student
Supervisor:
Prof David McClelland
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Neil Lu
Continuous gravitational waves, neutron stars
Honours student
Supervisor:
Dr Karl Wette
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Emily Rose Rees
Interferometry, Laser Stabilisation, Systems Engineering
PhD student
Supervisor:
A/Prof Kirk McKenzie
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Callum Sambridge
beam based Light detection and Ranging (LiDAR)
PhD student
Supervisor:
A/Prof Kirk McKenzie
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James Spollard
Optical phased array, link acquisition, digital signal processing
​PhD student
​Supervisors:
Prof David McClelland and A/Prof Kirk McKenzie

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Ya Zhang
laser frequency metrology, fibre optical sensing, FPGA signal processing
PhD student
Supervisor:
A/Prof Jong Chow
Perry Forsyth
​Instrumentation, Newtonian Noise, Seismic
PhD student. ​Supervisor: Prof David McClelland

Jobin Thomas Valliyakalayil
MATLAB, Signal Processing, Digital Systems, Hardware Languages, Control System
PhD student. Supervisor: A/Prof Kirk McKenzie

Monash University

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Teagan Clarke
black holes, bilby, eccentricity, astrophysics
PhD student
Supervisor:
A/Prof Paul Lasky
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Valentina Di Marco
GW detection analysis, Millisecond pulsar, nanohertz GW astronomy,Bayesian statistics, Bayesian modelling
PhD student
Supervisor:
Prof Eric Thrane
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Paul Easter
Machine Learning, Binary Neutron Stars, Post merger remnant, numerical relativity
PhD student
​Supervisor:
A/Prof Paul Lasky