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 and Prof Jarrod Hurley |
Dr Jielai Zhang Multi-wavelength imaging, deep-learning, instrumentation, time-domain Supervisor: Prof Jeff Cooke |
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 |
Dr Johannes Eichholz Thermal noise, cryogenics, laser stabilization, FPGA, controls Supervisor: Prof David McClelland |
Dr Terry McRae Metrology, Quantum Optics, Opto-mechanics, photonics Supervisor: Prof David McClelland |
Dr Lyle Roberts Interferometry Sensing Signal Processing FPGA Supervisor: Prof Daniel Shaddock |
Dr Daniel Toyra Laser interferometry modelling, quantum optics, beam distortions Supervisor: Prof David McClelland |
Dr Andrew Wade Quantum optics precision metrology laser Supervisors: Prof David McClelland and Prof Daniel Shaddock |
Dr Karl Wette GRAVITATIONAL WAVES, NEUTRON STARS, PULSARS, DATA ANALYSIS THEORY AND APPLICATIONS Supervisor: Prof Susan Scott |
Monash University
Dr Kendall Ackley postmerger neutron stars, equations of state Supervisor: A/Prof Duncan Galloway |
Dr Ryosuke Hirai Binary evolution, supernovae, stellar mergers, hydrodynamical simulations, dynamics Supervisor: Prof Ilya Mandel |
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 Hengxin Sun optical parametric oscillator, CV squeezing and entanglement, quantum metrology, Supervisors: Prof Li Ju A/Prof Chunnong Zhao |
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 Huy Tuong Cao Interferometry, control system, distortion and instability, optical simulation, adaPtive optics Supervisor: Prof Peter Veitch |
Dr Sebastian Ng Lasers Supervisors: Prof Peter Veitch & Prof Jesper Munch |
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 |
Jacob Askew Radio Astronomy, Astrophysics, Pulsar Scintillation Honours student Supervisor: Dr Daniel Reardon |
Debatri Chattopadhyay binary black holes & millisecond pulsars,NBODY, population synthesis PhD student Supervisor: A/Prof Jarrod Hurley |
Dr Garry Foran Instrumentation, optics, detectors, spectroscopy, high-redshift galaxies PhD student Supervisor: A/Prof Jeffrey Cooke |
Matt Miles data science, gravitational waves, pulsars PhD student Supervisor: Prof Matthew Bailes |
Jacqueline Musiov Transients, Visualisation, Deeper wider faster Undergraduate student Supervisors: A/Prof Jeffrey Cooke and A/Prof Chris Fluke |
Ari Raidani Gravitational Wave sources, Binary Evolutions and Cosmology. Honours student Supervisor: Dr Simon Stevenson |
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 |
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.
Simon Goode
machine learning gravitational waves data
PhD student. Supervisor: A/Prof Jeffrey Cooke
machine learning gravitational waves data
PhD student. Supervisor: A/Prof Jeffrey Cooke
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.
Ben Grace Mathematics, physics, modelling, gravitational wave theory PhD student Supervisor: Prof Susan Scott |
Dan Gould Squeezing, Lasers, Optics, Physics, 2 micron PhD student Supervisor: Prof David McClelland |
Nathan Holland machine learning, control, torsion pendulum PhD student Supervisors: Dr Robert Ward & Prof David McClelland |
Disha Kapasi cryogenic GW detectors using silicon PhD student Supervisor: Prof David McClelland |
Nutsinee Kijbunchoo aLIGO, squeezer, instrumentation, optics PhD student Supervisor: Prof David McClelland |
Ken Loh Electronics, Hardware, Interferometry, Systems Engineering Undergraduate student Supervisor: Dr Bram Slagmolen |
Callum Sambridge beam based Light detection and Ranging (LiDAR) Undergraduate student Supervisor: Dr Lyle Roberts |
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 |
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
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 PhD student Supervisor: A/Prof Eric Thrane |
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 |
Yui Ming (Mike) Lau Binary evolution, stellar dynamics, population synthesis, LIGO, LISA PhD student. Supervisor: Prof Ilya Mandel |