Dr. Charley Lineweaver

Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Research School of Earth Sciences

Research Interests:

1. *Exoplanets (statistical distribution)
   

2. *Cosmology (cosmic microwave background)
   

3. *Astrobiology/Cosmo-planetology (cosmological prerequisites for the formation of terrestrial planets and life)

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ACADEMICS

Dr. Yuri Amelin

Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Research School of Earth Sciences

Research Interests:

1. *Isotopic dating (geochronology) of terrestrial and extraterrestrial materials and processes
   

2. *Formation and early evolution of our Solar System
   

3. *Early evolution of the Earth's crust and mantle

Dr. Vickie Bennett

Research School of Earth Sciences

Research Interests:

1. *Early Earth formation and evolution

Prof. Mike Bessell

Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Research Interests:

1. *Model atmospheres
   

2. *High resolution spectroscopy
   

3. *Subdwarfs, Halo giants, Magellanic Clouds, Stellar evolution, Star formation, CCD imaging, Brown dwarfs, White dwarfs

Dr. Jochen Brocks

Research School of Earth Sciences

Research Interests:

1. *Evolution of early life on Earth
   

2. *Paleobiogeochemistry

Dr. Geoffrey Davies

Research School of Earth Sciences

Research Interests:

1. *Mantle dynamics
   

2. *Mantle Convection
   

3. *Thermal evolution of the Earth’s interior

Dr. Paul Francis

Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Research School of Physics and Engineering

Research Interests:

1. *Comets, Gas in the early universe, Galaxy formation, Red quasars
   

2. *Game-based education

Prof. Kenneth Freeman

Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Research Interests:

1. *Galaxies
   

2. *Dark matter
   

3. *Globular clusters

Dr. Andrew Glikson

Climate Change Institute (ANU)

School of Archaeology and Anthropology (ANU)

Research Interests:

1. *Mass extinctions linked to asteroid impacts
   

2. *Evolution of the Archaean and early Proterozoic Earth
   

3. *Crustal effects of major asteroids and comets impacts
   

4. *Evolution of the hydrosphere and atmosphere

Prof. Trevor Ireland

Research School of Earth Sciences

Research Interests:

1. *Oxygen isotopes and the early Solar System
   

2. *Analysis of refractory meteorite components for evidence of the characteristics of the solar nebula
   

3. *Isotopic dating of terrestrial and extraterrestrial materials and processes

Dr. Brenton Lewis

Affiliation: RSPhysE

Research Interests:

Dr. Franklin Mills

Affiliation: RSPhysE & CRES

Research Interests:

Dr. Marc Norman

Research School of Earth Sciences

Research Interests:

*Cosmic collisions on the Moon and the Late Heavy Bombardment

* Early planetary differentiation

* Basaltic volcanism on terrestrial planets and differentiated asteroids

* Cosmochemistry and geochronology

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Prof. Hugh O’Neill

Research School of Earth Sciences

Research Interests:

Dr. Raquel Salmeron

Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics & Research School of Earth Sciences

Research Interests:

1. *Theory and modelling of accretion processes
   

2. *Protoplanetary discs
   

3. *Magnetohydrodynamics
   

4. *Star formation, Jets and winds

Dr. Peter Wood

Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Research Interests:

1. *Stellar evolution, Stellar pulsation, AGB stars, Planetary nebulae, Long period variables, Mass loss from stars
   

2. *Stellar populations in the Magellanic Clouds, Astronomical seeing and adaptive optics

Ms. Janaína Ávila

Research School of Earth Sciences

Research Interests:

1. *Presolar grains, Galactic chemical evolution
   

2. * Nucleosynthesis of heavy elements in stars
   

3. *Cosmochronology, Isotope mass spectrometry

Dr. Daniel Bayliss

Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Research Interests:

1. *Extra-solar planets

Mr. Simeon Hui

Research School of Earth Sciences

Research Interests: Micrometeorites, Lunar impact spherules

Supervisor: Dr. Marc Norman

Ms. Eriita Jones

Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Research Interests: Martian water and surface morphology

Supervisor: Dr. Charles Lineweaver

Mr. Seann McKibbin

Research School of Earth Sciences

Research Interests: Short-lived isotope chronology of the early Solar System

Supervisor: Prof. Trevor Ireland

Ms. Andreea Papuc

Research School of Earth Sciences

Research Interests: Internal Evolution of Venus, Thermal Evolution of Earth-like Exoplanets, Mantle Convection

Supervisor: Dr. Geoffrey Davies

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Dr. Amanda Karakas

Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Research Interests:

1. *The evolution and nucleosynthesis of AGB stars
   

2. *The effect of reaction rate uncertainties on stellar nucleosynthesis
   

3. *Abundances in planetary nebulae and globular clusters

Ms. Barbara Frasl

Research School of Earth Sciences

Research Interests: Solar wind exposure effects on lunar soils

Supervisor: Prof. Trevor Ireland

Mr. Aditya Chopra

Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Research Interests: Astrobiology

Supervisor: Dr. Charley Lineweaver

Ms. Michele Bannister

Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Research Interests: Trans-Neptunian objects, Dwarf planets, Lunar isotope ratios, Martian and Antarctic geomorphology and geophysics

Supervisor: Prof. Mike Brown (Caltech), Dr. Paul Francis, Prof. Trevor Ireland

Dr. Tsuyoshi Iizuka

Research School of Earth Sciences

Research Interests: Timing of planetary accretion and differentiation, Evolution of the Earth’s mantle and crust

Dr. Oliver Nebel

Research School of Earth Sciences

Research Interests:

1. *Volatile depletion of terrestrial planets
   

2. *elemental and radiogenic isotope composition of early solar system reservoirs
   

3. *crust-mantle evolution

Ms. Madga Huyskens

Research School of Earth Sciences

Research Interests: Geochronology, timescale calibration of the Late Permian-Early Triassic

Supervisor: Dr. Yuri Amelin, Dr. Vickie Bennett

Dr. Jonathan Clarke

Geoscience Australia

Research Interests:

Ms. Amber Jarrett

Research School of Earth Sciences

Research Interests: Early eukaryotic evolution using biomarkers ,

Early oxygenation of the ocean with palaeoredox proxies

Supervisor: Dr. Jochen Brooks