Alumni

A list of all CAASTRO members:

Former Member	CAASTRO Location	New Location

Ixandra Achitouv	Swinburne University of Technology
Caitlin Adams	Swinburne University of Technology
Matthew Alger	Australian National University
Kamran Ali	University of Western Australia
James Allen	University of Sydney	London, UK
James Allison	CSIRO	University of Oxford, UK
Per Andersen	University of Queensland
Igor Andreoni	Swinburne University of Technology
Balwinder Arora	ICRAR-Curtin
Jacobo Asorey	University of Queensland
Matthew Bailes	Swinburne University of Technology [Chief Investigator]	Swinburne University of Technology [now OzGRav]
Julie Banfield	Australian National University
Keith Bannister	CSIRO
Jay Banyer	University of Sydney	Vivienne Court Trading, Sydney
Dilyar Barat	Australian National University
Tania Barone	Australian National University
Ewan Barr	SKA Organisation, Jordell Bank	MPIfR, Germany
Ben Barsdell	Swinburne University of Technology	Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Holger Baumgardt	University of Queensland
Elise Beaufils	Swinburne University of Technology
Martin Bell	University of Sydney	University of Technology Sydney
Stephanie Bernard	University of Melbourne
Shivani Bhandari	Swinburne University of Technology
Mohit Bhardwaj	University of Melbourne
Ramesh Bhat	Curtin University
Chris Blake	Swinburne University of Technology
Joss Bland-Hawthorn	University of Sydney
Jessica Bloom	University of Sydney	McKinsey & Company
Jamie Bolton	University of Nottingham, UK
Lindsay Botten	NCI
Brian Boyle	CSIRO	University of New South Wales
Robert Braun	CSIRO	SKA Headquarters, UK
Frank Briggs	Australian National University
Sarah Brough	AAO
Loren Bruns, Jnr	University of Melbourne	University of Melbourne eResearch Group
Julia Bryant	University of Sydney
Davide Burlon	University of Sydney	Actuarial Pricing Analyst P&C, Germany
Joshua Calcino	University of Queensland
Manisha Caleb	ANU	The University of Manchester, UK
Joe Callingham	The University of Sydney	ASTRON, The Netherlands
Duncan Campbell-Wilson	University of Sydney	[retired]
Rodrigo Canas Vazquez	University of Western Australia
Won Chang	Australian National University
Qingxiang Chen	University of Western Australia
Rajan Chhetri	Curtin University
Wei Chieh Ng	ANU	The University of Auckland
Michael Childress	ANU	University of Southampton, UK
Shinkee Chung	ICRAR / UWA	Gravity Wave Group, Physics Department, UWA
Alexandru Codoreanu	Swinburne University of Technology
Matthew Colless	Australian National University
Jeff Cooke	Swinburne University of Technology
Warrick Couch	AAO
Scott Croom	University of Sydney
Weiguang Cui	ICRAR-UWA
Stephen Curran	Victoria University of Wellington
Christopher Curtin	Swinburne University of Technology
Mike Dalley	Uluru	Soneva Fushi, Maldives
Jo Daniels	University of Sydney
Roger Davies	University of Oxford, UK
Tamara Davis	University of Queensland
Catherine deBurgh-Day	University of Melbourne	Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne
Simon Deeley	University of Queensland
Adam Deller	Swinburne University of Technology
Jacinta Den Besten	The University of Melbourne [‘Telescopes in Schools’]	The University of Melbourne
Francesco D’Eugenio	Australian National University
Dougal Dobie	University of Sydney
Kim Dorrell	University of Melbourne
Jason Dossett	University of Queensland	Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Italy
Michael Drinkwater	University of Queensland
Alan Duffy	Swinburne University of Technology
Angela Dunleavy	Curtin University
Wiebke Ebeling	Curtin University
Pascal Elahi	University of Western Australia
Janette Ellis	University of Sydney	Tara Anglican School for Girls
Syed Faisal-Ur-Rahman	Australian National University
Xiaohui Fan	University of Arizona, USA
Jamie Farnes	University of Sydney	Raboud University, The Netherlands
Jamie Farnes	Radboud University, Netherlands
Sean Farrell	University of Sydney
Ilana Feain	University of Sydney	School of Medicine, University of Sydney; Nano-X
Hannah Feldman	Curtin University	ANU / Questacon
Chris Flynn	Swinburne University of Technology
Lisa Fogarty	University of Sydney	Clifford Chance, GDL student at BPP London, UK
Carlos Frenk	University of Durham, UK
Bryan Gaensler	University of Toronto, Canada
Angela Garcia	Swinburne University
Paul Geil	University of Melbourne
Karl Glazebrook	Swinburne University of Technology
Marcin Glowacki	University of Sydney
Jacob Golding	Australian National University
Debra Gooley	University of Sydney, Finance Officer
Cody Gough	Curtin University	IBM, Perth
Guido Granda Manoz	UWA
Anne Green	University of Sydney
Bradley Greig	University of Melbourne	University of Pisa
Lucas Grimes	University of Queensland
Kate Gunn	University of Sydney	Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Paul Hancock	Curtin University
Katherine Harborne	University of Western Australia
George Heald	CSIRO
Se-Heon Oh	ICRAR-UWA	Korea
Samuel Hinton	University of Queensland
Harry Hobson	University of Queensland
Tao Hong	NAOC, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Andrew Hopkins	AAO
Luke Horsley	Curtin University	MWA group, Curtin University
Cullan Howlett	University of Western Australia
Jake Hughes	ANU	University of Cardiff
Minh Huynh	University of Western Australia
Carole Jackson	Curtin University	ASTRON, Netherlands
Clancy James	Curtin University
Andrew Jameson	Swinburne University of Technology
Fabian Jankowski	Swinburne University of Technology	University of Manchester
Akila Jeeson-Daniel	University of Melbourne
Ruth Jeffries	University of Sydney
Andrew Johnson	Swinburne University of Technology
Simon Johnston	CSIRO
Tanya Jones	ICRAR / Curtin University	La Trobe University
Christopher Jordan	Curtin University
Ronniy Joseph	Curtin University
Shahab Joudaki	Swinburne University	Leiden
Anna Kapinska	ICRAR (UWA)	ICRAR (UWA)

Antonios Katsianis	University of Melbourne	University of Chile, Chile
Guinevere Kauffmann	Max-Planck Institute for Astrophysics	Max-Planck Institute for Astrophysics
Dilpreet Kaur	Curtin University
Eyal Kazin	Swinburne University	London, UK
Evan Keane	Swinburne University	SKA Organisation, Jordell Bank
Katharine Kelley	University of Western Australia
Rachel Kennedy	ICRAR / Curtin University	Financial Services/Strategic Procurement Unit, Curtin University
Clare Kenyon	University of Melbourne
Hansik Kim	University of Melbourne
Anthea King	University of Melbourne
Jonathon Kocz	Swinburne University	UC Berkeley
Jun Koda	Swinburne University	INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Italy
Iraklis Konstantopoulos	AAO	Envizi, Sydney
Michael Kramer	MPIfR, Germany
Shri Kulkarni	Caltech, USA
David Lagattuta	Swinburne University	Université de Lyon, France
Claudia Lagos	University of Western Australia
Philip Lah	ANU
Katie Lau	ICRAR / UWA
Emil Lenc	University of Sydney	CSIRO
Sarah Leslie	ANU	Germany
Sue Lester	Swinburne University of Technology
Lina Levin	Swinburne University of Technology	University of Manchester
Jing Li	University of Sydney
Lincheng Li	University of Western Australia
Zefeng Li	Australian National University
Chris Lidman	AAO
Jack Line	University of Melbourne
Kitty Lo	University of Sydney	University College London
Cleo Loi	University of Sydney	University of Cambridge, UK
Jennifer Lynch	University of Sydney	Creative Science, Sydney
Christene Lynch	University of Sydney	Curtin University
Ed Macaulay	University of Queensland	University of Portsmouth, UK
Katie Mack	University of Melbourne	University of North Carolina
Pierre Macquart	Curtin University
Greg Madsen	University of Sydney	Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, Canberra
Christina Magoulas	University of Melbourne	University of Cape Town, South Africa
Elizabeth Mahony	University of Sydney	CSIRO
Felipe Marin	Swinburne University
Rebecca McElroy	University of Sydney	MPIA Heidelberg, Germany
Ben McKinley	Curtin University
Samuel McSweeney	Curtin University
Susanne Meinen	ANU	Germany
Rose Metcalfe	ANU	Department of Veterans Affairs
Scott Meyer	ICRAR-UWA
Martin Meyer	University of Western Australia
Bradley Meyers	Curtin University
Daniel Mitchell	CSIRO
Anais Möller	Australian National University
John Morgan	Curtin University
Vincent Morrello	Swinburne University
Vanessa Moss	University of Sydney	ASTRON, The Netherlands
Mehran Mossammaparast	Curtin University	Standard Communications, Sydney
Jeremy Mould	Swinburne University of Technology
Tara Murphy	University of Sydney
Steven Murray	Curtin University
Aina Musaeva	University of Sydney
Daniel Muthukrishna	ANU	University of Cambridge
Richard Newton	ICRAR / UWA	IBM, UK
Ray Norris	CSIRO
Shane O’Sullivan	University of Sydney	Instituto de Astronomía, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico
Danail Obreschkow	University of Western Australia
Andre Offringa	ANU	ASTRON, Netherlands
Christopher Onken	Australian National University
Stephen Ord	Curtin University	CSIRO (Sydney)
Samuel Oronsaye	ICRAR / Curtin
Sinem Ozbilgen	University of Melbourne
Reynald Pain	LPNHE, France [Partner Investigator]	LPNHE, France
Fiona Panther	Australian National University
Susan Parker	University of Sydney
David Parkinson	Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI)
Aditya Parthasarathy Madapusi	Swinburne University of Technology
Li Pen	University of Toronto, Canada
Clare Peter	University of Western Australia
Emily Petroff	Swinburne University	ASTRON, Netherlands
Bart Pindor	University of Melbourne	University of Melbourne
Kathryn Plant	Swinburne University of Technology
Attila Popping	University of Western Australia
Rhys Poulton	University of Western Australia
Chris Power	University of Western Australia
Daniel Price	Swinburne University of Technology
Pietro Procopio	University of Melbourne
Fei Qin	University of Western Australia
Hao Qiu	University of Sydney
Mahsa Rahimi	University of Melbourne
Jarrod Ramsdale	Curtin University
Sharon Rapoport	Australian National University
Jarryd Rasti	University of Melbourne
Vikram Ravi	Swinburne University
Steve Rawlings	University of Oxford	[deceased]
Glen Rees	University of Sydney	Macquarie University
Sarah Reeves	University of Sydney	Powerhouse, Sydney
Nicolas Regnault	LPNHE, France
Tristan Reynolds	University of Melbourne
Tristan Reynolds	University of Western Australia
Nastaran Rezaee	University of Melbourne
Jonghwan Rhee	University of Western Australia
Samuel Richards	University of Sydney	Japan
Jennifer Riding	University of Melbourne
Signe Riemer-Sørensen	University of Oslo, Norway
Cristy Roberts	Australian National University
Seonaid Rodgers	Curtin University	Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth
Antonia Rowlinson	ASTRON, Netherlands
Ashley Ruiter	Australian National University
Emma Ryan-Weber	Swinburne University of Technology
Elaine Sadler	University of Sydney
Khaled Said	University of Western Australia	Australian National University
Diane Salim	Australian National University
Tina Sallis	Curtin University
Mara Salvato	MPE, Germany
Mayuri Sathyanarayana Rao	Australian National University
Richard Scalzo	ANU	Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies, University of Sydney
Adam Schaefer	University of Sydney	University of Wisconsin

Brian Schmidt	Australian National University
Henning Schmitz	University of Queensland
Nicholas Scott	University of Sydney
Paul Scott-Taylor	ICRAR-UWA
Morag Scrimgeour	ICRAR / UWA	Sparked.com, USA
Ivo Seitenzahl	University of New South Wales (UNSW)
Robert Sharp	Australian National University
Stuart Sim	Queen’s University Belfast, UK
Helen Sim	University of Sydney
Ragini Singh	ANU	Research Services Division, ANU
Marcin Sokolowski	Curtin University
Eiré Sommer	Australian National University
Chris Springob	ICRAR-UWA
Lister Staveley-Smith	University of Western Australia
Kimberly Steele	Curtin University
Denise Sturgess	ANU	ANU, Office of the Vice-Chancellor
Ravi Subrahmanyan	RRI, India
Michelle Sullivan	University of Sydney	University of Sydney
Nicholas Swainston	Curtin University
Dana Tabbara	Swinburne University
Dan Taranu	University of Western Australia
Georgina Taylor	ANU
Merryn Taylor	University of Queensland	Deloitte, Brisbane
Ned) Taylor	Swinburne University of Technology
Edoardo Tescari	University of Melbourne
Darshan Thakkar	University of Sydney	Aviat Networks, New Zealand
Adam Thomas	University of Queensland
Sarah Thomson	University of Queensland
Steven Tingay	Curtin University
Patrick Tisserand	Australian National University	Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris, France
Rita Tomic	Curtin University
Steven Tremblay	Curtin University
Cathryn Trott	Curtin University
Brad Tucker	Australian National University
Syed Uddin	Swinburne University	Purple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Science, Nanjing, China
Ashraf Uddin	Purple Mountain Observatory, China
David Valcin	ICRAR / UWA
Ellert van der Velden	Swinburne University of Technology
Willem van Straten	Swinburne University of Technology
Matthew Varidel	University of Sydney	Rational Group
Matthew Varidel	University of Sydney
Vivek Venkatraman	Swinburne University of Technology
Mia Walker	Curtin University
Charlotte Ward	University of Sydney
Randall Wayth	Curtin University
Rachel Webster	University of Melbourne
Charlotte Welker	University of Western Australia
Kylie Williams	University of Sydney	University of Sydney, School of Dentistry
Christian Wolf	Australian National University
Laura Wolz	University of Melbourne
Ivy Wong	University of Western Australia
Candy Wu	University of Queensland	University of Queensland
Stuart Wyithe	University of Melbourne [Chief Investigator]	University of Melbourne [now CAASTRO-3D]
Mengyao Xue	Curtin University
Ding Yan	Swinburne University
Fang Yuan	ANU	Geoscience Australia, Canberra
Bonnie Zhang	Australian National University
Xiang Zhang	Curtin University
Andrew Zic	University of Sydney

CAASTRO Connections (Alumni Network)

Welcome to CAASTRO Connections – our Alumni Network. All CAASTRO alumni will be invited to join this new group and participate in a variety of events each year.

Forthcoming Events

Three alumni events will be held each year. Locations will vary and there will be opportunities to connect face-to-face or via video conference.

Connect

We encourage alumni to participate actively in the CAASTRO community: to attend events, to volunteer, to create new ways for alumni to stay connected to CAASTRO, and to contribute to the greatness of our centre. Whether you would like to be involved as a:

Commitee Member – currently seeking members!
Speaker at CAASTRO Connections event
Mentor, or
Local alumni group organiser

Please contact Deb Gooley for more information.

Our Objectives

The purpose of CAASTRO Connections is to foster a spirit of loyalty, support CAASTRO’s goals, and to strengthen the ties between alumni, the community, and CAASTRO.

Consistent with the core values of community, education and service, the alumni network’s programs and services will provide alumni with meaningful opportunities to:

Receive valuable services to enhance their lives and careers
Serve the centre, other alumni, students and the community at large
Highlight the achievements of its alumni
Provide alumni with rewarding opportunities to serve CAASTRO, its members and its students
Continue the process of life-long learning
Foster diversity and community, strengthening ties to CAASTRO and growing relationships with other alumni

CAASTRO Completed PhDs

Below is a list of recent PhD theses completed under the supervision of one or more CAASTRO members.

2017

Manisha Caleb, A pursuit for celestial radio sources, Australian National University

Jessica Bloom, Kinematic disturbance in the Halpha gas of nearby galaxies and its relationship to environment, stellar mass, and interaction, The University of Sydney

Marcin Glowacki, Atomic hydrogen in the distance universe with the Australian SKA Pathfinder, The University of Sydney

Rebecca McElroy, Active galaxies in the local universe: feedback, variability, and triggering, The University of Sydney

Aina Musaeva, Intermediate mass black holes in dwarf galaxies, The University of Sydney

Khaled Said, Peculiar flow fields in the ZoA from the NIR Tully-Fisher relation, The University of Western Australia/The University of Cape Town, South Africa

Adam Schaefer, The modulation of star formation by galaxy environment using the Sydney-AAO Multi-object Integral field spectrograph (SAMI), The University of Sydney

2016

Sarah Reeves, H1 and OH absorption line studies of nearby galaxies, University of Sydney

Andrew Johnson, Testing non-standard cosmological models with galaxy surveys, Swinburne University

Joseph Callingham, An MWA source catalogue: Compact steep spectrum and gigahertz peaked spectrum sources at low radio frequencies, University of Sydney

Samuel Richards, Novel new astrophotonic technologies and telescope instruments to addres the role of star formation as a function of galaxy environment, University of Sydney

Jack Line, Detecting the power spectrum of the 21-sm emission of hydrogen from the Epoch of Reionisation, University of Melbourne

Scott Meyer, Investigating the Tully-Fisher relation and galaxy kinematics through neutral hydrogen spectral line stacking techniques, Unviersity of Western Australia

2015

Catherine deBurgh-Day, Direct Shear Mapping, University of Melbourne

Antonios Katsianis, Feedback and Evolution of High Redshift Galaxies, University of Melbourne

Syed Uddin, On the Influence of the Host Galaxy in Supernova Cosmology, Swinburne University

Emily Petroff, Our Dynamic Galaxy, Swinburne University

Anthea King, Active Galactic Nuclei as high redshift standard candles, University of Queensland

Steven Murray, Non-Parametric Descriptions of dark Matter Haloes, University of Western Australia

Loren Bruns, Lyman alpha emitters as a probe of galaxy formation and ionisation history, University of Melbourne

2014

Nastaran Rezaee (MPhil), Simulation of noise properties of the Murchison Wide-field Array, University of Melbourne

Tao Hong, The observational characteristics of the inhomogenous matter distribution in the Universe, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Ben McKinley, Early science with the Murchison Wide-field Array: From the moon to the nearest radio galaxies, Australian National University

Sharon Rapoport, Gamma ray bursts and exploding stars, Australian National University

Jonghwan Rhee, Cosmic hydrogen – fuel for star formation and tracer of baryon flow, Australian National University

2013

Bradley Greig, Lyα as a cosmological probe of dark energy: assessing the impact of systematics, The University of Melbourne

Kitty Lo, Understanding and classifying the time-variable sky, The University of Sydney

Morag Scrimgeour, Cosmology with structure and motion in the Universe, University of Western Australia

2012

Ben Barsdell, Spotting radio transients with the help of GPUs, Swinburne University

Lina Levin, A search for radio pulsars: From millisecond pulsars to magnetars, Swinburne University

Christina Magoulas, The fundamental plane and peculiar velocities from the 6dF galaxy survey, The University of Melbourne

Ragini Singh, Quasars and the transverse proximity effect, Australian National University

2011

Keith Bannister, Astrophysical radio transients: Surveys and techniques, The University of Sydney