Australia Telescope National Facility

Post-Graduate Students of the ATNF

Anderson, Mr Craig

Home Institute: The University of Sydney, Degree: PhD
Supervisors: Feain, Dr Ilana; Gaensler, Professor Bryan;
Research Interests:

Active Galaxies, Faraday Rotation & Polarimetry as a probe of AGN. Thesis "Radio polarimetry and rotation measure synthesis as probes of inner AGN structure".

Britton, Ms Tui

Home Institute: Macquarie University, Degree: PhD
Supervisors: Voronkov, Dr Maxim; Wardle, Dr Mark;
Research Interests:

Methanol Masers in Star Formation regions

Brook, Mr Paul

Home Institute: University of Oxford, Degree: PhD
Supervisors: Johnston, Dr Simon; Karastergiou, Dr Aris;
Research Interests:

Thesis: Variability in Pulsars

Collier, Mr Jordan

Home Institute: University of Western Sydney, Degree: PhD
Supervisors: Filipovic, Dr Miroslav; Norris, Dr Ray; Tothill, Dr Nick;
Research Interests:

The History of Supermassive Black Holes in the Universe

Coster, Mr Paul

Home Institute: Swinburne University of Technology, Degree: PhD
Supervisors: Johnston, Dr Simon; Keith, Dr Michael; van Straten, Dr Willem;
Research Interests:

Accelerated searches for the most relativistic binary pulsars using next generation instrumentation

de Wilt, Ms Phoebe

Home Institute: University of Adelaide, Degree: PhD
Supervisors: Brooks, Dr Kate; Rathborne, Dr Jill; Rowell, Dr Gavin;
Research Interests:

TeV gamma-rays, particle accelaration, star forming regions

Denes, Ms Helga

Home Institute: Swinburne University of Technology, Degree: PhD
Supervisors: Kilborn, Dr Virginia; Koribalski, Dr Baerbel;
Research Interests:

Global HI properties of galaxies in the Southern Sky

Drouart, Guillaume

Home Institute: European Southern Observatory, Degree: PhD
Supervisors: De Breuck, Dr Carlos; Seymour, Dr Nicholas;
Research Interests:

Thesis: "AGN and stellar components in HzRGs"

Galvin, Mr Tim

Home Institute: University of Western Sydney, Degree: PhD
Supervisors: Filipovic, Dr Miroslav; Seymour, Dr Nicholas; Tothill, Dr Nicholas;
Research Interests:

Radio emission from star forming galaxies at high and low-z

Green, Ms Claire-Elise

Home Institute: University of New South Wales
Supervisors: Cunningham, Dr Maria; Green, Dr James;
Research Interests:

The relationship between starbursts and black holes in galaxies

Hegarty, Ms Sarah

Home Institute: University of Queensland
Supervisors: Drinkwater, Professor Michael; Hotan, Dr Aidan;
Research Interests:

Making the first multibeam images with an ASKAP PAF

Herzog, Mr Andreas

Home Institute: Astronomical Institute, Ruhr-University Bochum, Degree: PhD
Supervisors: Middelberg, Dr Enno; Norris, Dr Ray;
Research Interests:

Infrared-Faint Radio Sources

Jones, Ms Courtney

Home Institute: University of Tasmania , Degree: PhD
Supervisors: Dawson, Dr Joanne; Dickey, Professor John;
Research Interests:

The Southern Milky Way

Jordan, Mr Christopher

Home Institute: University of Tasmania, Degree: PhD
Supervisors: Ellingsen, Dr Simon; Voronkov, Dr Maxim; Walsh, Dr Andrew;
Research Interests:

High Mass Star Formation (MALT45). Thesis "CS(1-0) observations with MALT-45: a 7mm survey of the southern galaxy".

Kaczmarek, Ms Jane

Home Institute: University of Sydney, Degree: PhD
Supervisors: Feain, Dr Ilana; Gaensler, Professor Bryan;
Research Interests:

Thesis title: 'Investigating the role of magnetic fields in galaxy and structure evolution'

Kleiner, Mr Dane

Home Institute: Monash University, Degree: PhD
Supervisors: Jones, Dr Heath; Koribalski, Dr Baerbel; Pimbblet, Dr Kevin;
Research Interests:

Thesis title: The large scale structure's effect on the HI content of galaxies".

Krishnan, Mr Vasaant

Home Institute: University of Tasmania, Degree: PhD
Supervisors: Breen, Dr Shari; Ellingsen, Dr Simon;
Research Interests:

Masers,Astrometry Thesis: Astrometric observation of methanol masers

Lowe, Ms Vicki

Home Institute: University of NSW, Degree: PhD
Supervisors: Cunningham, Dr Maria; Rathborne, Dr Jill; Urquhart, Dr James;
Research Interests:

"The environments of high-mass star formation"

Moss, Ms Vanessa

Home Institute: University of Sydney, Degree: PhD
Supervisors: McClure-Griffiths, Dr Naomi; Murphy, Dr Tara;
Research Interests:

Disk halo interaction in the Milky Way

Musaeva, Ms Ayna

Home Institute: University of Sydney, Degree: PhD
Supervisors: Farrell, Dr Sean; Koribalski, Dr Baerbel; Sadler, Professor Elaine;
Research Interests:

Thesis title "Intermediate mass black holes in dwarf galaxies".

Patra, Ms Nipanjana

Home Institute: Raman Research Institute, Degree: PhD
Supervisors: Ekers, Professor Ron; Subrahmanyan, Professor Ravi;
Research Interests:

Thesis title: "Measurement of spectral features in the Cosmic Radio Background".

Petroff, Ms Emily

Home Institute: Swinburne University of Techonolgy, Degree: PhD
Supervisors: Bailes, Professor Matthew; Johnston, Dr Simon; van Straten, Dr Willem;
Research Interests:

Pulsars, radio surveys, gravitational waves, the interstellar medium

Rampadarath, Mr Hayden

Home Institute: Curtin University, Degree: PhD
Supervisors: Morgan, Dr John; Tingay, Professor Steven; Tzioumis, Dr Tasso;
Research Interests:

VLBI, Wide-field VLBI, AGNs, Starburst Galaxies, SETI, Gravitational Lens, Galaxies. Thesis "Application of Wide-Field VLBI".

Ravi, Mr Vikram

Home Institute: University of Melbourne, Degree: PhD
Supervisors: Hobbs, Dr George; Wyithe, Dr Stuart;
Research Interests:

galaxy formation, gravitational waves, pulsars, radio transients, interferometry, Thesis "Evincing the history of massive black hole and galaxy populations with gravitational waves".

HomePage: http://www.unimelb.edu.au/

Rees, Mr Glen

Home Institute: Macquarie University, Degree: PhD
Supervisors: Norris, Dr Ray; Parker, Dr Quetin; Spitler, Dr Lee;
Research Interests:

Cosmology using next generation radio telescopes

Reeves, Ms Sarah

Home Institute: University of Sydney, Degree: PhD
Supervisors: Koribalski, Dr Baerbel; Murphy, Dr Tara; Sadler, Professor Elaine;
Research Interests:

"HI and OH absorption line studies of nearby galaxies"

Servajean, Ms Elise

Home Institute: Unidersidad de Chile, Degree: PhD
Supervisors: Garay, Dr Guido; Rathborne, Dr Jill;
Research Interests:

Thesis title: The physical and kinematical sturcture of massive and dense cold cores

Swain, Mr Matthew

Home Institute: Shore School, Degree: PhD
Research Interests:

Doing work experience at the Parkes Telescope

HomePage: www.shore.nsw.edu.au/ý

Titmarsh, Ms Anita

Home Institute: University of Tasmania, Degree: PhD
Supervisors: Breen, Dr Shari; Ellingsen, Dr Simon;
Research Interests:

Thesis "Investigating the earliest stages of high-mass star formation".

Walker, Ms Mia

Home Institute: Curtin University of Technology, Degree: PhD

HomePage: http://www.curtin.edu.au/

Wienen, Ms Marion

Home Institute: , Degree: PhD
Supervisors: Koribalski, Dr Baerbel; Kroupa, Professor Pavel; Menten, Professor Karl;
Research Interests:

Thesis "Galactic high-mass star formation at submillimeter wavelenghts"

Wolfinger, Ms Kathrin

Home Institute: Swinburne University, Degree: PhD
Supervisors: Kilborn, Dr Virginia; Koribalski, Dr Baerbel; Ryan-Weber, Dr Emma;
Research Interests:

Thesis "The effect of environment on the evolution of nearby gas-rich spiral galaxies"

Wong, Mr Graeme

Home Institute: University of Western Sydney, Degree: PhD
Supervisors: Filipovic, Dr Miroslav; Green, Dr James; Horiuchi, Dr Shinji; Tothill, Dr Nick;
Research Interests:

Thesis: "Physics and chemistry of molecular gas in the Milky Way Galaxy".

Young, Mr Tye

Home Institute: Australian National University, Degree: PhD
Supervisors: Jerjen, Dr Helmut; Koribalski, Dr Baerbel; Lopez-Sanchez, Dr Angel R;
Research Interests:

Thesis "Multi-wavelength properites of dwarf galaxies in the local volume".

Yuen, Mr Rai

Home Institute: University of Sydney, Degree: PhD
Supervisors: Manchester, Dr Dick; Melrose, Professor Don;
Research Interests:

Pulsars, magnetosphere, Plasma Physics

Zhu, Mr Xingjiang

Home Institute: University of Western Australia, Degree: PhD
Supervisors: Blair, Professor David; Hobbs, Dr George; Wen, Professor Linqing;
Research Interests:

Pulsar timing and Gravitational waves

Zinn, Mr Peter-Christian

Home Institute: Ruhr-University Bochum, Degree: PhD
Supervisors: Norris, Dr Ray;
Research Interests:

Thesis "New avenues in galaxy evolution studies: large-scale magnetic fields and properties of high-redshift radio emitters".