The Anglo-Australian
Observatory
is home to an extremely dynamic and diverse research group.
AAO
astronomers
collaborate with astronomers across the globe and are recognized
leaders
in many areas of research. The AAO's instrument scientists produce some
of the world's most innovative and ground-breaking new instrument
technologies.
AAO Research Staff and their Interests
To contact a staff member via e-mail, append "@aao.gov.au" to the E-mail
name listed (except those with external e-mail addresses, where you should
replace -@- with @).
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|
History | Papers* | Preprints* |
Research interests | |
| Sam
Barden |
scb |
PhD 1984; Penn State |
ADS |
astro-ph |
Astronomical
instrumentation |
| Andrew Bunker (Head of Astronomy) | bunker | PhD 1997; Oxford (UK) | ADS | astro-ph | High redshift galaxies, the star formation history of the Universe. |
| Matthew Colless (Director) | director | PhD 1987; Cambridge (UK) | ADS | astro-ph | Galaxy evolution, large-scale structure, redshift surveys, clusters of galaxies, peculiar motions, instrumentation for large telescopes. |
| Paul
Dobbie |
pdd |
PhD
1999;
Leicester |
ADS | astro-ph | Low
mass stars
|
| Simon Ellis | sce | PhD 2003; Birmingham | ADS | astro-ph | High redshift Galaxy clusters |
| Joss Hawthorn | jbh | PhD 1986; Sussex/RGO | ADS | astro-ph | Galactic halo, interstellar medium, dark matter, dynamics of galaxies, active & superwind galaxies Tunable imaging |
| Roger Haynes | rh | PhD 1995; Durham | ADS | astro-ph | Fibre spectroscopy, astronomical instrumentation |
|
D. Heath
Jones |
heath |
PhD 2000; ANU/RSAA |
ADS | astro-ph | Tunable
filter imaging and surveys; Multi-object spectroscopic surveys |
| Stephen Marsden |
scm |
PhD
2004;
S. Queensland |
ADS | astro-ph | Stellar
magnetic fields and differential rotation, Doppler and Zeeman Doppler Imaging
|
| Andrew McGrath | ajm | PhD 1998; Flinders | ADS | astro-ph | Astronomical instrumentation |
| Simon O'Toole | otoole | PhD 2003; Sydney | ADS | astro-ph | Extra-solar planets; hot evolved stars |
| Quentin
Parker (AAO/Macquarie) |
qap -@- ics.mq.edu.au |
PhD 1986; St Andrews | ADS | astro-ph | Wide-field astronomy, Planetary Nebulae, UKST H-alpha survey, 6dF |
| Stuart Ryder | sdr | PhD 1993; ANU/RSAA | ADS | astro-ph | Star formation in galaxies, galaxy dynamics and chemical evolution, supernovae |
| Will Saunders | will | PhD 1990; QMW, London | ADS | astro-ph | Large-scale structure & cosmology |
| Rob Sharp | rgs | PhD 2002; Cambridge (UK) | ADS | astro-ph | Astronomical Instrumentation, star formation |
| Fred Watson | fgw -@- aaocbn.aao.gov.au |
PhD 1987; Edinburgh/ROE | ADS | astro-ph | Fibre spectroscopy |
| Associate Staff | |||||
| Jeremy Bailey | jbailey -@- els.mq.edu.au |
PhD 1978; Sussex/RGO | ADS | astro-ph | Bioastronomy, planetary science, active & superwind galaxies, Spectroastrometry |
| Russell Cannon | rdc | PhD 1968; Cambridge | ADS | astro-ph | Globular clusters, carbon stars, radio galaxies |
| Scott Croom | scroom -@- physics.usyd.edu.au |
PhD 1997; Durham | ADS | astro-ph | Quasars, large-scale structure, cosmology, gravitational lensing |
| Peter Gillingham | pg | DSc;
UNSW |
ADS | astro-ph | Astronomical instrumentation |
| Chris Tinney | cgt -@- phys.unsw.edu.au |
PhD 1992; Caltech | ADS | astro-ph | Exoplanets, Brown dwarfs, Astrometry, High resolution spectroscopy, Tunable Imaging, Applications of Differential Imaging |
| PhD
Students |
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| Ivan Bojijic |
ibojicic -@- ics.mq.edu.au |
Macquarie |
ADS | astro-ph |
Multi-wavelength study of newly discovered planetary nebulae from the
AAO/UKST H-alpha survey |
| Lachlan
Campbell |
lachlan -@- mso.anu.edu.au |
ANU |
ADS | astro-ph | The
6dF Galaxy Survey and Velocity Survey - Mass and Motions in the Local
Universe |
| Sarah
Chamberlain |
schamber -@- els.mq.edu.au |
Macquarie |
ADS | astro-ph | NIR
Spectral Investigations of the Martian Surface. |
| David
Frew |
dfrew -@- ics.mq.edu.au |
Macquarie | ADS | astro-ph | Statistics
and luminosity function of planetary nebulae in the solar neighbourhood |
| Craig
Harrison |
harrison |
ANU |
ADS | astro-ph | The
Evolution of Stellar Populations in Clusters |
| Brent Miszalski |
brent -@- ics.mq.edu.au |
Macquarie, Universite Louis Pasteur |
ADS | astro-ph |
Chemical abundance gradients in the Galaxy from newly discovered planetary
nebulae in the AAO/UKST H-alpha survey |
| Lesa
Moore |
lmoore -@- ics.mq.edu.au |
Macquarie |
ADS | astro-ph | Low
surface brightness Virgo galaxies from an ultra-deep stack of
photographic films. |
| Warren
Reid |
warren -@- ics.mq.edu.au |
Macquarie |
ADS | astro-ph | A
Luminosity function from a new population of Planetary Nebulae found in
the Large Magellanic Cloud. |
| Andrew
Simpson |
UNSW, Macquarie | ADS | astro-ph | Martian
infrared spectroscopy and meteorological measurements using
ground-based telescopes |
|
| Milorad
Stupar |
mstupar -@- ics.mq.edu.au |
Macquarie | ADS | astro-ph | The
search for new supernova remnants (SNR) in the Galactic plane using
UK/AAO H-alpha sky survey, together with radio observations of
SNR |
* These requests will select papers by author surname and first initial, so peruse the returned publication lists with care as these names are not necessarily unique.
Major AAT/UKST Observing Programs
Current:
The Anglo-Australian Planet Search - the Southern Hemisphere's most precise planet search program RAVE - using the kinematics and abundances of stars to probe the history of our Galaxy
WiggleZ - a redshift survey of 400,000 star-forming galaxies to detect baryonic acoustic oscillations in galaxy clustering, and measure the equation of state of dark energy
Completed:
The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey - redshifts for more than 200,000 galaxies acquired with the AAT The 2dF Quasar Redshift survey - redshifts for 35,000 quasars acquired with the AAT The UKST H-alpha Survey - observing the entire Galactic Plane in a hydrogen emission line The 6dF Galaxy Survey - redshifts for more than 120,000 infrared-selected galaxies in the local Universe acquired with the UKST
Research Tools
- GalaxyCount - A Java calculator of galaxy counts and variances in magnitude-limited wide-field surveys
Technology Research
Programmes at AAO
- Lasers in Space - an exploration of the possibilities of using lasers for satellite communications
Student Research at the AAO
The AAO maintains a vigorous program of joint student supervision of PhD and Honours students with University departments, as well as offering Vacation Student Fellowships to undergraduate students from both Australia and the United Kingdom.
Talks, Meetings and Conferences
The Colloquia
and Conferences page is
regularly updated with information on
talks
and meetings at the AAO and ATNF.
Research Papers & Results
Recent science
highlights can be found at the
AAO What's
New and
Press
Release pages, as well as in the
AAO
Newsletter
and the AAO Annual Report.
Publications resulting from AAO facilities and publications by AAO staff are surveyed annually for the period 1 June- 30 July. Publications are categorised as AAT ('A' or arising from on AAT data), UKST ('S' or arising from UKST data)), or AAO ('O' or by AAO staff using other data).
These survey results are analysed each year in the AAO Annual Report - see Chapter 3 of the most recent edition for detailed examination of trends in the AAO's scientific output. Below we summarise the total number of publications, and the nationality of the first author of publications, by year.
The following searchable PDF files summarise the surveys - first there is a single file with all compiled publications since July 1995, and then there are files for each annual reporting year.
For a list of publications involving AAO staff since the most recent survey above, try using the following search on the NASA ADS Abstract Service (though note that some papers by authors with common names similar to those of AAO staff will also be returned).
With the rise to almost universal use of the astro-ph preprint server, AAO no longer distributes electronic or paper copies of preprints. Lists of preprints and publications by AAO staff dating from prior to 2002 can be found at the old AAO Preprints page.
Publications resulting from AAO facilities and publications by AAO staff are surveyed annually for the period 1 June- 30 July. Publications are categorised as AAT ('A' or arising from on AAT data), UKST ('S' or arising from UKST data)), or AAO ('O' or by AAO staff using other data).
These survey results are analysed each year in the AAO Annual Report - see Chapter 3 of the most recent edition for detailed examination of trends in the AAO's scientific output. Below we summarise the total number of publications, and the nationality of the first author of publications, by year.
The following searchable PDF files summarise the surveys - first there is a single file with all compiled publications since July 1995, and then there are files for each annual reporting year.
- Compiled List June 1995 - July 2005
- June 2004 - July 2005
- June 2003 - July 2004
- June 2002 - July 2003
- June 2001 - July 2002
- June 2000 - July 2001
- June 1999 - July 2000
- June 1998 - July 1999
- June 1997 - July 1998
- June 1996 - July 1997
- June 1995 - July 1996
For a list of publications involving AAO staff since the most recent survey above, try using the following search on the NASA ADS Abstract Service (though note that some papers by authors with common names similar to those of AAO staff will also be returned).
With the rise to almost universal use of the astro-ph preprint server, AAO no longer distributes electronic or paper copies of preprints. Lists of preprints and publications by AAO staff dating from prior to 2002 can be found at the old AAO Preprints page.
Research Links
The AAO Observational Techniques Workshop Astrobiology Australasia Australian Gemini Office United Kingdom Gemini Office Hubble Deep Field - South Observations with the AAT AAO Figaro pages AAO DRAMA pages