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Meet RSAA's Students

Shaila Akhter
  
Qualifications and Awards
ME (ANU), MS and BSc in Applied Physics and Electronics (University of Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Research Interests
Observational Cosomology, Near field Cosmology, Galaxy, etc.
Home Page
http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~ashaila

Michele Bannister   
Qualifications and Awards
B.Sc. (Hons, 1st Class, Astr/Geol), University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Research Interests
Planetary science (Trans-Neptunian objects, dwarf planets, lunar isotope ratios, Martian and Antarctic geomorphology & geophysics)
PhD Thesis
Trans-Neptunian Dwarf Planets in the Southern Hemisphere Sky
Home Page
http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~micheleb

Andrew Casey   
Supervisor(s)
Stefan Keller

Kimberly Cullen
  

Catherine Farage   
Qualifications and Awards
BE/BSc (UQ), Honours (ANU)
PhD Thesis
AGN feedback in brightest cluster galaxies
Supervisor(s)
Dr Peter McGregor
Home Page
http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~cfarage

Cherie Fishlock   
Qualifications and Awards
BSc Hons. (Physics) UQ
PhD Thesis
Nucleosynthesis in AGB stars and their connection with dwarf spheroidal galaxies and the halo
Supervisor(s)
Dr Amanda Karakas & Dr Dave Yong
Home Page
http://msowww.anu.edu.au/~cherief/

Nick Herrald
  

Louise Howes
  
Qualifications and Awards
MSci & BA (Hons) Natural Sciences - Astrophysics (University of Cambridge, UK)
Research Interests
Metal poor stars in the Milky Way
Supervisor(s)
Martin Asplund

Shaheen Iqbal
  
Qualifications and Awards
BSc. (Hons.) in Astronomy and Astrophysics
PhD Thesis
Discovery & Analysis of Extremely Metal-Poor Stars
Supervisor(s)
Dr. Stefan Keller

Eriita Jones   
Qualifications and Awards
PhB in Science (majoring in theoretical physics and mathematics) with First Class Honours in Astrophysics; Bok Honours Scholarship (2007); Australian Postgraduate Award (2008,2009, 2010) and RSAA Supplementary Scholarhip (2008,2009, 2010); Scholarship to attend and present at the Pathways Towards Habitable Planets Conference (2009)
Research Interests
Martian water and surface morphology; statistical analsys of multivariate remote sensing data (particuarly Martian data); searching for controls on present water ice distribution on Mars
Supervisor(s)
Dr Charles Lineweaver; Dr Paul Francis; Dr Jonathan Clarke
Home Page
https://sites.google.com/site/eriitajones/
Comments
TREKKIE

Devika Kamath
  
PhD Thesis
A study on Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) Stars.
Supervisor(s)
Prof. Peter Wood & Dr. Amanda Karakas
Home Page
http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~devika13

Dongwon Kim   
Research Interests
Multiwavelength astronomy, galaxy formation and evolution, HI kinematics, Nearby galaxies, Warped disks; Instrumentation: Adaptive optics, Infrared detector technology
Supervisor(s)
Prof. Frank Briggs, Dr.Rod Conan

Emma Kirby
  
Qualifications and Awards
B.Sc (hons), PhD

Ben McKinley
  
Qualifications and Awards
BE (Electrical), UNSW
Supervisor(s)
Frank Briggs
Home Page
http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~ben

Simon Murphy   
Qualifications and Awards
B.Sc. (Canterbury), B.Sc. (Hons) (ANU)
Research Interests
Young stars near the sun, early stellar evolution, stellar associations, spectroscopy
PhD Thesis
Towards a complete census of young stars in the Solar neighbourhood with SkyMapper
Supervisor(s)
Michael Bessell
Home Page
http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~murphysj

Sanjoy Nandi   
Qualifications and Awards
B.Sc. (Hons.) M.S. in Physics (University of Chittagong), M.Phil. in Physics(Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology)
Research Interests
Radio and gamma ray astronomy
PhD Thesis
Gamma-Ray studies of blazars
Supervisor(s)
Geoffrey V. Bicknell

Mohammad Nawaz
  
PhD Thesis
Interaction of Jets with Magnetoionic Intracluster Medium
Supervisor(s)
Prof. Geoffrey Bicknell

Melissa Ness
  
Qualifications and Awards
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering
PhD Thesis
The Formation of the Galactic Bulge
Supervisor(s)
Ken Freeman
Home Page
http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~mkness/

David Nicholls
  
Qualifications and Awards
BSc(Hons) (ANU); MSc (Saskatchewan); FAIP; MASA
PhD Thesis
Gas-rich dwarf galaxies: evolution and chemistry in the Local Universe
Supervisor(s)
Helmut Jerjen & Mike Dopita
Home Page
http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~nichod/
Comments
A lost sheep returning to the fold

Jundan Nie
  
Research Interests
binary&long period variables &stellar pulsation
Supervisor(s)
Peter Wood
Comments
PhD student

Sharon Rapoport
  
Qualifications and Awards
B.Sc Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Jonghwan Rhee
  
Qualifications and Awards
BSc. Electrical Engineering(Hanyang Univ), BSc. Astronomy & MSc. Astronomy(Yonsei Univ, Korea)
Research Interests
Galaxy formation and Evolution, Radio Astronomy: HI observation, Cosmology: High-z Universe
Supervisor(s)
Frank Briggs
Home Page
http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~jrhee

Tammy Roderick
  
Qualifications and Awards
BSc
Supervisor(s)
Helmut Jerjen

Matthew Satterthwaite
  

Luke Shingles   
Qualifications and Awards
BInfoTech (SoftwareEng) QUT, BSc (Astro/Math/Theor. Physics) ANU
Research Interests
Stellar evolution and nucleosynthesis, cosmology, cosmic rays and particles
Supervisor(s)
Amanda Karakas

Ragini Singh   
Qualifications and Awards
BSc.(Jammu Uni, India), MSc. Astronomy & Space Physics (Punjabi Uni, India): Olin J. Eggen Scholarship
Research Interests
Archaeoastronomy, Cosmology, AGNs, Skymapper
PhD Thesis
Quasars - And The Transverse Proximity Effect
Supervisor(s)
Prof. Brian Schmidt
Home Page
http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~ragini

Ashish Soni
  
Qualifications and Awards
B.E (Electronics & Telecommunication)
Research Interests
blackholes, cosmology, astrophysical masers, accretion disks, radio observations
Supervisor(s)
Dr. Frank Briggs
Comments
I am a part-time PhD student at RSAA.

Bradley Tucker   
Qualifications and Awards
B.Sc. Physics, B.A. Philosophy, Theology (University of Notre Dame)
Research Interests
Cosmology, Dark Energy, Supernovae, GRBs, Transient Host Galaxies, Galactic Evolution
Supervisor(s)
Brian Schmidt
Home Page
http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~brad

Frederic Vogt   
Qualifications and Awards
MSc in Physics (EPFL, Switzerland)
Research Interests
Galaxy collisions, shocks, molecular gas, young SNR, ISM, Light Echos
Supervisor(s)
M.A. Dopita
Home Page
http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~fvogt

Marc White   
Qualifications and Awards
BSc (Hons), Physics (UWA)
Research Interests
Accretion & outflow in T Tauri stars
Supervisor(s)
Dr. Raquel Salmeron, Dr. Peter McGregor, Dr. Geoff Bicknell
Home Page
http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~mwhite

George Zhou   
Qualifications and Awards
Ph.B. (Hons)
Research Interests
Exoplanets