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Anita Petzler has joined CSIRO as a Research Plus Postdoc to work on
the spectral-line commissioning of the cryogenically cooled phased
array feed (CryoPAF) receiver on the 64m Murriyang Radio Telescope at
Parkes. Her work will also include research into the local
environments of high-mass star formation regions within the Milky Way
through observations of hydroxyl masers using the new Ultra-Wideband
receiver and eventually the CryoPAF. Anita completed her PhD at
Macquarie University under the supervision of Dr Joanne Dawson and
Prof Mark Wardle. Her thesis examined the utility of the four
ground-rotational state transitions of the hydroxyl molecule in
tracing the environment of the diffuse molecular interstellar
medium. Her work has received numerous awards, including the
Australian Institute of Physics Award for Postgraduate Excellence in
November 2018, and the Highly Commended Higher Degree Research Student
Award in the Macquarie University Faculty of Science and Engineering
Excellence Awards in December 2020. The image above shows Anita with
her son in front of a giant sequoia tree in Sequoia National Park in
California, USA. Anita is originally from California (San Diego) and
loves taking her son to see all the amazing places she got to visit as
a child.
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