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Research Interests of RSAA Academics

Mike Bessell				Research Interests 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. Home Page http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~fbriggs
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
Charles Jenkins				Research Interests Astronomical technology, especially adaptive optics; outreach
Helmut Jerjen				Research Interests Helmut Jerjen is primarily an observational astronomer focussing on the structure and evolution of galaxies in the cosmological context. Research activities involve studies of stellar populations, the atomic hydrogen distribution, and dark matter in dwarf galaxies. Helmut Jerjen is also leading the Stromlo Missing Satellites (SMS) Survey, an international program to search and physically characterise optically elusive Milky Way dwarf satellites predicted by Cold Dark Matter theory. This work is done through data mining 150 Terabytes of CCD images obtained with ANU's SkyMapper, a state-of-the-art surveying telescope. The extensive imaging and spectroscopic follow-up programs of new SMS discoveries offer graduate students the unique opportunity to carry out ground-breaking research in near-field cosmology with the world's largest optical and radio telescopes, and to develop new methods for interpreting the high-quality data obtained from these facilities. 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 Extremely metal-poor stars. Stellar evolution, pulsation. SkyMapper telescope: development of data pipeline and photometry Home Page http://msowww.anu.edu.au/~stefan
Chiaki Kobayashi				Research Interests galaxy formation and evolution, chemical abundances, supernovae Home Page http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~chiaki/
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/
Peter McGregor				Research Interests Infrared astronomy, instrumentation Home Page http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~peter
John 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/
Penny D Sackett				Research Interests Dark Matter, Extra-Solar Planets, Galactic Dynamics, Microlensing Home Page http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~psackett
Raquel Salmeron				Research Interests Accretion processes, protostellar discs, MHD, Jets & Winds Home Page http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~raquel
Brian Schmidt				Research Interests Supernovae, Cosmology, Gamma Ray Bursts, Survey Astronomy, Photometry Home Page http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~brian
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
Regner Trampedach				Research Interests Convection, equation of state, stellar structure and evolution Home Page http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~art
Alexander Wagner				Research Interests Galaxy formation, hydrodynamics, shocks, cosmic rays
Eduard Westra				Research Interests Emission line galaxies, High redshift galaxies, Star formation rates, Extragalactic astronomy, Cosmology Home Page http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~westra
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 Stellar nucleosynthesis, Globular clusters, Galactic evolution Home Page http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~ewylie