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Personnel

The new MQ AAAstro research centre currently has about 50 members including faculty, postdoctoral research fellows, postgraduate students, research associates and honorary associates as detailed below.

All department personnel are listed alphabetically by position. Click on the link below to jump to that section.

 » Faculty
 » Administrative Staff
 » Association for Astronomy Staff
 » Postdoctoral Fellows
 » Postgraduate Students
 » Research Associates
 » Honorary Associates
 » Alumni

Some staff and students have joint appointments with other departments or institutes, such as the Australian Astronomical Observatory (AAO) or CSIRO Astronomy & Space Science (CASS). If your info is incorrect or missing, just send a quick email to Amanda Manypeney at amanda.manypeney@mq.edu.au.

Faculty

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	Orsola De Marco - Associate Professor (ARC Future Fellow)
	Research Interests:	Evolved stars/populations, planetary nebulae, close binary simulations.
	Office:	E6B 2.706
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 4241
	Email:	orsola.demarco@mq.edu.au
	Michael Ireland - Senior Lecturer (Joint with AAO)
	Research Interests:	Astrophotonics, extrasolar planets, stellar interferometry.
	Office:	E6B 2.603
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 8901
	Email:	michael.ireland@mq.edu.au
	Jon Lawrence - Senior Lecturer (Joint with AAO)
	Research Interests:	Astrophotonics
	Office:	E6B 2.704
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 8901
	Email:	jon.lawrence@mq.edu.au
	Quentin Parker - Professor, Centre Director (Joint with AAO)
	Research Interests:	Wide-field surveys, planetary nebulae, SNR, low surface-brightness galaxies.
	Office:	E6B 2.703
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 8910
	Email:	quentin.parker@mq.edu.au
	Lee Spitler - Lecturer (Joint with AAO)
	Research Interests:	Galaxy formation and evolution, near and distant galaxy observations,globular star clusters.
	Office:	E6B 2.605
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 4161
	Email:	lee.spitler@mq.edu.au
	Mark Wardle - Professor (Theoretical Astrophysicist)
	Research Interests:	Interstellar medium, shock waves, star/planet formation, accretion discs, the galactic centre.
	Office:	E6B 2.702
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 8909
	Email:	mark.wardle@mq.edu.au
	Daniel Zucker - Associate Professor (ARC Future Fellow, Joint with AAO)
	Research Interests:	Stellar populations in nearby galaxies, galaxy evolution and mergers.
	Office:	E6B 2.705
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 4442
	Email:	daniel.zucker@mq.edu.au

Administrative Staff

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	Amanda Manypeney - Centre Administrator
	Office:	E6B 2.601
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 4166
	Email:	amanda.manypeney@mq.edu.au
	Carolyn Dow - "Space to Grow" Project Manager
	Office:	C3A 911
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 8675
	Email:	cdfaulkes@gmail.com

Association for Astronomy Staff

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	Orsola De Marco - Director
	Office:	E6B 2.706
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 4241
	Email:	orsola.demarco@mq.edu.au
	Tiffany Day - Administrator & Manager
	Office:	E6B
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850
	Email:	starinfo@mq.edu.au

Postdoctoral Fellows

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	Borja Anguiano Jimenez (ARC Super Science Fellow)
	Research Interests:	Formation & evolution of the Galactic disk. Stellar parameters determination. RAVE & HERMES/GALAH survey
	Office:	E6B 2.204
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 4173
	Email:	borja.anguiano@mq.edu.au
	Joao Bento (ARC DP Fellow)
	Research Interests:	Astrophotonics
	Office:	E6B 2.207
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 6288
	Email:	joao.bento@mq.edu.au
	Ivan Bojicic (ARC Super Science Fellow)
	Research Interests:	Planetary nebulae, radio and emission-line surveys.
	Office:	E6B 2.205
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 8974
	Email:	Ivan.bojicic@mq.edu.au
	Daniela Carollo (ARC Super Science Fellow)
	Research Interests:	Galactic Archaeology, Galactic structure, formation & evolution, HERMES.
	Office:	E6B 2.204
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 8974
	Email:	daniela.carollo@mq.edu.au
	Valentina D′Orazi (ARC Super Science Fellow)
	Research Interests:	The HERMES Project.
	Office:	E6B 2.204
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 8974
	Email:	valentina.dorazi@mq.edu.au
	David Frew (MQRF)
	Research Interests:	Planetary nebulae, emission-line surveys, history of astronomy, education.
	Office:	E6B 2.205
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 8974
	Email:	david.frew@mq.edu.au
	Angel Lopez-Sanchez (Joint with AAO)
	Research Interests:	Galaxy evolution, star-formation, galactic nebulae, massive stars.
	Office:
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 8974
	Email:	angel.lopez-sanchez@mq.edu.au
	Birendra Pandey (ARC DP Fellow)
	Research Interests:	Dusty plasmas, MHD, protostellar cores and discs, Sgr A*.
	Office:	E6B 2.206
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 8933
	Email:	birendra.pandey@mq.edu.au
	Warren Reid (MQRF)
	Research Interests:	LMC planetary nebulae; stellar radial velocities.
	Office:	E6B 2.205
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 9158
	Email:	warren.reid@mq.edu.au
	Jan Staff (ARC DP fellow)
	Research Interests:	Computational Astrophysics
	Office:	E6B 2.206
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 6373
	Email:	jan.staff@mq.edu.au
	Milorad "Joe" Stupar (RAVE survey and MQAAAstro research support)
	Research Interests:	Supernova remnants.
	Office:	E6B 2.205
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 8974
	Email:	milorad.stupar@mq.edu.au

Postgraduate Students

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	Niyas Alikutty (PhD)
	Thesis Topic:	Binary star population studies.
	Office:	E6B 2.201
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 4887
	Email:	niyas.alikutty@mq.edu.au
	Carlos Bacigalupo (PhD)
	Thesis Topic:
	Office:	E6B 2.201
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 4887
	Email:	carlos.bacigalupo@mq.edu.au
	Stacey Bright (PhD)
	Thesis Topic:	Origin and evolution of discs around mature stars.
	Office:	E6B 2.201
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 4887
	Email:	stacey.bright@mq.edu.au
	Tui Britton (PhD - Joint with CASS)
	Thesis Topic:	Methanol masers and massive star formation.
	Office:	E6B 2.201
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 4887
	Email:	tui.britton@mq.edu.au
	Anthony Conn (PhD - Cotutelle, University of Strasbourg)
	Thesis Topic:	Galactic archaeology.
	Office:	E6B 2.201
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 4887
	Email:	anthony.conn@mq.edu.au
	Nick Cvetojevic (PhD - Joint with AAO)
	Thesis Topic:	Astrophotonics.
	Office:	W1A 4.501
	Telephone:	+61 2 98505012
	Email:	nick.cvetojevic@mq.edu.au
	Ashkbiz Danehkar (PhD)
	Thesis Topic:	Modeling of planetary nebulae.
	Office:	E6B 2.201
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 4887
	Email:	ashkbiz.danehkar@mq.edu.au
	Dimitri Douchin (PhD - Cotutelle, University of Montpellier)
	Thesis Topic:	The binary fraction of planetary nebulae.
	Office:	E6B 2.201
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 4887
	Email:	dimitri.douchin@mq.edu.au
	Danica Draskovic (PhD)
	Thesis Topic:	Planetary Nebulae
	Office:	E6B 2.201
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 4887
	Email:	danica.draskovic@students.mq.edu.au
	Tobias Feger (PhD)
	Research Interests:	Astrophotonics
	Office:	E6B 2.201
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 4887
	Email:	tobias.feger@mq.edu.au
	Michael Fitzgerald (PhD)
	Thesis Topic:	Science Education ('Space to Grow' Project)
	Office:	E6B 2.201
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 4887
	Email:	michael.fitzgerald@mq.edu.au
	Bob Fuller (MPhil - Department of Indigenous Studies)
	Thesis Topic:	Ethnoastronomy of the Kamilaroi people
	Office:	W3A
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850
	Email:	robert.fuller@mq.edu.au
	Katie Howard (PhD)
	Thesis Topic:	The black hole at the centre of the Milky Way.
	Office:	E6B 2.201
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 4887
	Email:	katie.howard@mq.edu.au
	Elaina Hyde (PhD)
	Thesis Topic:	Galactic Archaeology.
	Office:	E6B 2.201
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 4887
	Email:	elaina.hyde@mq.edu.au
	Sarah (Traine) Keith (PhD)
	Thesis Topic:	Planet formation.
	Office:	E6B 2.201
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 4887
	Email:	sarah.traine@mq.edu.au
	Roberto Iaconi (PhD)
	Research Interests:	Modeling and numerical simulations of binary systems and common envelope interactions
	Office:	E6B 2.201
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 4887
	Email:	roberto.iaconi@mq.edu.au
	Andrew Lehmann (PhD)
	Thesis Topic:	Galactic Center Molecular Clouds
	Office:	E6A 2.201
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 4887
	Email:	andrew.lehmann@mq.edu.au
	Daniel MacDonald (PhD)
	Thesis Topic:	Characterisation of post ABG disks using interferometry
	Office:	E6B 2.201
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 4887
	Email:	daniel.macdonald1@students.mq.edu.au
	Stephen McAndrew (PhD)
	Thesis Topic:	Structure and stability of MHD shock waves.
	Office:	E6B 2.201
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 4887
	Email:	stephen.mcandrew@mq.edu.au
	Arik Mitschang (PhD)
	Thesis Topic:	Chemical tagging, galactic archaeology with HERMES.
	Office:	E6B 2.201
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 4887
	Email:	arik.mitschang@mq.edu.au
	Colin Navin (PhD)
	Thesis Topic:	Galactic archaeology with HERMES.
	Office:	E6B 2.201
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 4887
	Email:	colin.navin@students.mq.edu.au
	Glen Rees (PhD)
	Thesis Topic:	Radio galaxy surveys and cosmology.
	Office:	E6B 2.201
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 4887
	Email:	glen.rees@students.mq.edu.au
	Aaron Rizzuto (PhD)
	Thesis Topic:	OB stellar associations.
	Office:	E6B 2.201
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 4887
	Email:	Aaron.Rizzuto@mq.edu.au
	Izabela Spaleniak (PhD)
	Thesis Topic:	Astrophotonics.
	Office:	W1A 4.501
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 5013
	Email:	izabela.spaleniak@mq.edu.au
	Travis Stenborg (PhD)
	Thesis Topic:	Planetary Nebulae
	Office:	E6B 2.201
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 4887
	Email:	travis.stenborg@mq.edu.au

Honorary Associates

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	Roy Allen (Retired)
	Research Interests:	Radio astronomy.
	Office:	E7A 322
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 8115
	Email:	roy.allen@mq.edu.au
	Jeremy Bailey - Associate Professor (University of New South Wales)
	Research Interests:	Planetary atmospheres, extrasolar planets, instrumentation, software, chirality.
	Office:	UNSW
	Telephone:	+61 2 9385 5588
	Email:	j.bailey@unsw.edu.au
	Alan Vaughan (Retired)
	Research Interests:	Radio astronomy, stellar proper motion surveys, archival plates.
	Office:	E7A 322
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 8904
	Email:	alan.vaughan@mq.edu.au

Alumni

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