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Personnel

The new MQ AAAstro research centre currently has about 40 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
	Research Interests:	Evolved stars/populations, planetary nebulae, close binary simulations.
	Office:	E7A 316
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 4241
	Email:	orsola.demarco@mq.edu.au
	Michael Ireland - Lecturer (Joint with AAO)
	Research Interests:	Astrophotonics, extrasolar planets, stellar interferometry.
	Office:	E7A 201
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 8901
	Email:	michael.ireland@mq.edu.au
	Jon Lawrence - Senior Lecturer (Joint with AAO)
	Research Interests:	Astrophotonics
	Office:	E7A 203
	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:	E7A 206
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 8910
	Email:	quentin.parker@mq.edu.au
	Mark Wardle - Professor
	Research Interests:	Theory, ISM, shock waves, star/planet formation, the galactic centre.
	Office:	C5C 367
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 8909
	Email:	mark.wardle@mq.edu.au
	Daniel Zucker - Senior Lecturer (ARC Future Fellow, Joint with AAO)
	Research Interests:	Stellar populations in nearby galaxies, galaxy evolution and mergers.
	Office:	E7A 317
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 4442
	Email:	daniel.zucker@mq.edu.au

Administrative Staff

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	Amanda Manypeney - Centre Administrator
	Office:	E7A 219
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 4244
	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:	E7A 316
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 4241
	Email:	orsola.demarco@mq.edu.au
	Duane Hamacher - Manager
	Office:	W3A 402
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 8671
	Email:	duane.hamacher@mq.edu.au
	Tiffany Day - Administrator
	Office:	E7A 322
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850
	Email:	starinfo@mq.edu.au
	Carlos Bacigalupo - Development Officer
	Office:	C5C 352
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 4449
	Email:	carlos.bacigalupo@mq.edu.au

Postdoctoral Fellows

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	Ivan Bojicic
	Research Interests:	Planetary nebulae, radio and emission-line surveys.
	Office:	E7A 322
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 8974
	Email:	Ivan.bojicic@mq.edu.au
	Catherine Braiding
	Research Interests:	Star formation, MHD.
	Office:	C5C 352
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 4449
	Email:	catherine.braiding@mq.edu.au
	Daniela Carollo
	Research Interests:	Galactic Archaeology, Galactic structure, formation & evolution, HERMES.
	Office:	E7A 322
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 8974
	Email:	daniela.carollo@mq.edu.au
	Valentina D′Orazi
	Research Interests:	The HERMES Project.
	Office:	E7A 322
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 8974
	Email:	valentina.dorazi@mq.edu.au
	David Frew
	Research Interests:	Planetary nebulae, emission-line surveys, history of astronomy, education.
	Office:	E7A 322
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 8974
	Email:	david.frew@mq.edu.au
	Nemanja Jovanovic (Joint with AAO)
	Research Interests:	Astrophotonics
	Office:	E7A 322
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 8974
	Email:	nemanja.jovanovic@mq.edu.au
	Angel Lopez-Sanchez (Joint with AAO)
	Research Interests:	Galaxy evolution, star-formation, galactic nebulae, massive stars.
	Office:	E7A 322
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 8974
	Email:	angel.lopez-sanchez@mq.edu.au
	Birendra Pandey
	Research Interests:	Dusty plasmas, MHD, protostellar cores and discs, Sgr A*.
	Office:	C5C 351
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 8933
	Email:	birendra.pandey@mq.edu.au
	Warren Reid
	Research Interests:	LMC planetary nebulae; stellar radial velocities.
	Office:	E7A 322
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 9158
	Email:	warren.reid@mq.edu.au
	Milorad "Joe" Stupar
	Research Interests:	Supernova remnants.
	Office:	E7A 322
	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:	E7A 322
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 1177
	Email:	niyas.alikutty@mq.edu.au
	Richard Baxter (MPhil)
	Thesis Topic:	Mass relation of double degenerate white dwarf systems.
	Office:	E7A 322
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 8978
	Email:	richard.baxter@mq.edu.au
	Stacey Bright (PhD)
	Thesis Topic:	Origin and evolution of discs around mature stars.
	Office:	E7A 322
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 8959
	Email:	stacey.bright@mq.edu.au
	Tui Britton (PhD - Joint with CASS)
	Thesis Topic:	Methanol masers and massive star formation.
	Office:	C5C 352
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 4449
	Email:	tui.britton@mq.edu.au
	Anthony Conn (PhD - Cotutelle, University of Strasbourg)
	Thesis Topic:	Galactic archaeology.
	Office:	E7A 322
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 8978
	Email:	anthony.conn@mq.edu.au
	Nick Cvetojevic (PhD - Joint with AAO)
	Thesis Topic:	Astrophotonics.
	Office:	E7A 322
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 8951
	Email:	nick.cvetojevic@mq.edu.au
	Ashkbiz Danehkar (PhD)
	Thesis Topic:	Modeling of planetary nebulae.
	Office:	E7A 322
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 6288
	Email:	ashkbiz.danehkar@mq.edu.au
	Dimitri Douchin (PhD - Cotutelle, University of Montpellier)
	Thesis Topic:	The binary fraction of planetary nebulae.
	Office:	E7A 322
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 6288
	Email:	dimitri.douchin@mq.edu.au
	Michael Fitzgerald (PhD)
	Thesis Topic:	Science Education ('Space to Grow' Project)
	Office:	E7A 322
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 8978
	Email:	michael.fitzgerald@mq.edu.au
	Duane Hamacher (PhD - Department of Indigenous Studies, Submitted)
	Thesis Topic:	Aboriginal Astronomy
	Office:	W3A 402
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 8671
	Email:	duane.hamacher@mq.edu.au
	Katie Howard (PhD)
	Thesis Topic:	The black hole at the centre of the Milky Way.
	Office:	C5C 352
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 4449
	Email:	katie.howard@mq.edu.au
	Elaina Hyde (PhD)
	Thesis Topic:	Galactic Archaeology.
	Office:	E7A 322
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 4173
	Email:	elaina.hyde@mq.edu.au
	Sarah (Traine) Keith (PhD)
	Thesis Topic:	Planet formation.
	Office:	C5C 352
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 4449
	Email:	sarah.traine@mq.edu.au
	Geraldine Marien (PhD)
	Thesis Topic:	Astrophotonics and temporal astronomy.
	Office:	E7A 322
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 8904
	Email:	geraldine.marien@mq.edu.au
	Stephen McAndrew (PhD)
	Thesis Topic:	Structure and stability of MHD shock waves.
	Office:	C5C 352
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 4449
	Email:	stephen.mcandrew@mq.edu.au
	Arik Mitschang (PhD)
	Thesis Topic:	Chemical tagging, galactic archaeology with HERMES.
	Office:	E7A 322
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 9804
	Email:	arik.mitschang@mq.edu.au
	Aaron Rizzuto (PhD)
	Thesis Topic:	OB stellar associations.
	Office:	E7A 322
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 8904
	Email:	Aaron.Rizzuto@mq.edu.au
	Ian Smith (MPhil)
	Thesis Topic:	The circumnuclear ring at the Galactic centre.
	Office:	C5C 352
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 4449
	Email:	ian.smith@mq.edu.au
	Izabela Spaleniak (PhD)
	Thesis Topic:	Astrophotonics.
	Office:	E7A 322
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 8978
	Email:	izabela.spaleniak@mq.edu.au
	Travis Stenborg (PhD)
	Thesis Topic:	Planetary Nebulae
	Office:	E7A 322
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 4166
	Email:	travis.stenborg@mq.edu.au

Research Associates

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	Arwen Nicholson - Observatory Research Officer
	Research Project:	Outreach and Education.
	Office:	C5C 352
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 4449
	Email:	arwen.nicholson@mq.edu.au
	Ben Warrington - Research Associate
	Research Project:	Sydney University Stellar Interferometer.
	Office:	C5C 341
	Telephone:	+61 2 9850 1092
	Email:	benjamin.warrington@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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