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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
Kuiper Belt Objects in the Southern Hemisphere Sky

Daniela Carollo   

Kimberly Cullen
  

Catherine Farage   
Qualifications and Awards
BE/BSc (UQ), Honours (ANU)
Research Interests
Radio galaxies, galaxy formation and feedback
PhD Thesis
Physical mechanisms for AGN feedback in galaxy clusters
Supervisor(s)
Dr Peter McGregor and Prof Mike Dopita
Home Page
http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~cfarage

Eriita Jones   
Qualifications and Awards
Bok Honours Scholarship (2007); Australian Postgraduate Award (2008,2009) and RSAA Supplementary Scholarhip (2008,2009); 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
http://www.graduatejunction.com/academic/eriita_jones (old website: http://happytraveller.bravehost.com/index.html)
Comments
TREKKIE

Devika Kamath   
PhD Thesis
A Study on AGB stars.
Supervisor(s)
Peter Wood

Wolfgang Kerzendorf
  
Research Interests
GRB and Supernova
Supervisor(s)
Brian Schmidt
Home Page
http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~wkerzend

Emma Kirby
  
Qualifications and Awards
B.Sc (hons) Theoretical Physics, ANU
PhD Thesis
Turning the time arrow: an evolutionary history of the local universe
Supervisor(s)
Helmut Jerjen
Home Page
http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~emma

Elizabeth Maunder
  
Qualifications and Awards
BSc(Hons)

Emily McNeil   
Research Interests
Galaxies
PhD Thesis
Modeling the Dynamics of Elliptical and Bulge Galaxies
Supervisor(s)
Ken Freeman

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

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

Christine Nicholls
  
PhD Thesis
Evolution and Variability of Binary and Single AGB Stars
Supervisor(s)
Peter Wood

Alan Payne
  

Tiago Pereira   
Qualifications and Awards
Degree in Physics Eng. (IST/UTL, Lisbon)
Research Interests
Solar Physics, Spectroscopy, Computational Astrophysics
Supervisor(s)
Martin Asplund
Home Page
http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~tiago

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

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)
Brian Schmidt(Chair), Frank Briggs, Ralph Sutherland, Scott Croom
Home Page
http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~ragini

Kevin Tan   
Research Interests
Stromlo Missing Satellites (SMS) Survey, dwarf galaxies
Supervisor(s)
Helmut Jerjen

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

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

Alec Yu
  
Research Interests
Supernovae
Supervisor(s)
Brian Schmidt