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Research Interests of RSAA Academics

Martin Asplund   
Research Interests
Stellar astrophysics, origin of the elements, formation and evolution of the Milky Way, the first stars, Big Bang nucleosynthesis and the cosmological lithium problems
Home Page
http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~martin

Daniel Bayliss   
Research Interests
Extrasolar planets, transients
Home Page
www.mso.anu.edu.au/~daniel

Mike Bessell   
Research Interests
SkyMapper. Standard photometric systems, synthetic photometry, high resolution spectroscopy, model atmospheres, stellar evolution. Magellanic Clouds. Galactic centre. Stars: white dwarfs, metal deficient GKM stars, mira variables, M dwarfs, carbon stars, GK supergiants.
Home Page
http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~bessell

Geoffrey Bicknell   
Research Interests
Radio Galaxies, High Energy Astrophysics, Computational Astrophysics
Home Page
http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~geoff

Frank Briggs   
Research Interests
Galaxy formation and evolution; Epoch of Reionization, Galaxy populations and kinematics through neutral hydrogen studies; Radio astronomy techniques and instrumentation; Planetary surfaces and atmospheres.

Alan Brito   
Research Interests
Chemical evolution of Galactic stellar populations; Galactic and extragalactic globular clusters
Home Page
www.mso.astro.edu.au/~abrito

Harvey Butcher
  
Research Interests
Stellar nucleosynthesis, Galaxy evolution, Astronomical instrumentation

Michael Childress   
Research Interests
Type Ia Supernovae, astrophysical transients, galaxies - stellar populations and nebular emission

Gary Da Costa   
Research Interests
Stellar Populations, Dwarf Galaxies, Globular Clusters
Home Page
http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~gdc

Mike Dopita   
Research Interests
Formation of galaxies, starbursts, active galaxies, spectral modelling
Home Page
http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~mad

Paul Francis   
Research Interests
Comets, Gas in the early universe, galaxy formation, red quasars, game-based education.
Home Page
http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~pfrancis

Ken Freeman   
Research Interests
galaxies, our Galaxy, dark matter, globular clusters
Home Page
http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~kcf

Helmut Jerjen   
Research Interests
Helmut Jerjen is a multi-wavelength astronomer focussing his research on the structure and evolution of (dwarf) galaxies in the cosmological context. Research activities involve studies of stellar populations, the atomic hydrogen distribution, and dark matter in dwarf galaxies. He is currently leading the Stromlo Milky Way Satellites Survey an international program to search and physically characterise optically elusive Milky Way dwarf satellites predicted by Cold Dark Matter theory.
Home Page
http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~jerjen

Amanda Karakas
  
Research Interests
Stellar nucleosynthesis, AGB stars
Home Page
http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~akarakas/

Stefan Keller   
Research Interests
SkyMapper telescope: development of data pipeline and photometry. Galactic structure, Stellar populations of the Magellanic Clouds, Extremely metal-poor stars. Stellar evolution and pulsation.
Home Page
http://msowww.anu.edu.au/~stefan

Catherine Kennedy
  
Research Interests
abundances of metal-poor stars, origin of the elements

Charley Lineweaver   
Research Interests
Exoplanets (statistical distribution), Cosmology (cosmic microwave background), Astrobiology/Cosmo-planetology (cosmological prerequisites for the formation of terrestrial planets and life)
Home Page
http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~charley/

Dougal Mackey   
Research Interests
Globular clusters, stellar populations, Milky Way and Local Group galaxies
Home Page
http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~dougal

Peter McGregor   
Research Interests
Infrared astronomy, instrumentation, star formation, Active Galactic Nuclei, high-redshift galaxies
Home Page
http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~peter

Simon Murphy   
Research Interests
Young stars near the sun, early stellar evolution, stellar associations, spectroscopy
Home Page
http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~murphysj

John E. Norris   
Research Interests
The structure and evolution of the Galaxy; the chemical abundances of the stars and origin of the elements; old stellar populations, in particular globular clusters; the evolution of stars.

Christopher Onken
  
Research Interests
AGNs, black holes
Home Page
http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~onken/

Ross Parkin
  
Research Interests
Colliding stellar winds, accretion disks, jets, outflows, and numerical simulations

Raquel Salmeron   
Research Interests
Accretion processes, protostellar discs, MHD, Jets & Winds
Home Page
http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~raquel

Richard Scalzo
  
Research Interests
Supernovae (type Ia), active galactic nuclei, variable and transient phenomena, cosmology

Julia Scharwaechter   
Research Interests
AGN Host Galaxies, Interacting Galaxies, Multi-Particle Simulations, Optical and Near-Infrared Astronomy
Home Page
http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~julia

Brian Schmidt   
Research Interests
Supernovae, Cosmology, Gamma Ray Bursts, Survey Astronomy, Photometry
Home Page
http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~brian

Stuart Sim
  
Research Interests
numerical radiative transfer, supernovae, accretion disc winds, spectral modelling

Richard Stancliffe
  
Research Interests
Metal-poor stars, mixing processes in stars, hydrodynamics, stellar nucleosynthesis
Home Page
http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~rjs/

Ralph Sutherland
  
Research Interests
Theoretical Astrophysics: Interstellar Medium (ISM) Physics; Supernova Remnants; massive star evolution and their ISM interactions; Active Galaxies; Atomic Physics.
Home Page
http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~ralph

Patrick Tisserand   
Research Interests
SkyMapper Telescope ; Dark matter, microlensing, galactic structure, High redshift Quasars

Peter Wood
  
Research Interests
Stellar evolution, stellar pulsation, AGB stars planetary nebulae, long period variables, mass loss from stars. stellar populations in the Magellanic Clouds, astronomical seeing and adaptive optics.
Home Page
http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~wood

Elizabeth Wylie de Boer   
Research Interests
Galactic Archaeology, Galactic chemical evolution, Stellar nucleosynthesis, Globular clusters
Home Page
http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~ewylie

David Yong
  
Research Interests
Chemical evolution of star clusters and stellar populations; Origin of the chemical elements

Fang Yuan
  
Research Interests
Supernovae, GRBs, transient survey