Masters Alumni

(Image: The South Pole Telescope during the Austral winter)

Masters of Philosophy (MPhil) since 1996

1996

Robert Schmidt
Self-employed software and nanotechnology expert. (unconfirmed)

1997

Brett Holman
Lecturer, School of Humanities, University of New England.
Teaching Areas – Modern European history, Modern British history, War and society. Research Interests –

• The theory, anticipation and experience of aerial bombardment in Britain, c.1900 to 1945, particularly in the civilian and public sphere.
• Airmindedness and the aeroplane in British and Australian culture.
• Panic and fear in the modern era, particularly in Britain but also as a transnational phenomenon.
• Mystery aircraft scares in the early twentieth century.
• The history and memory of war, in Britain and Australia.

2000

Malte Marquarding
Works in the Computing Group at Australia Telescope National Facility, CSIRO
Late-Type Galaxies

2004

Oiwei (Ivy) Wong
Completed a PhD with Astrophysics Group, University of Melbourne.

2006

Alpha Mastrano
Completed a PhD with Astrophysics Group, University of Melbourne.

2006

Travis Stenborg
Currently completing a PhD, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Macquarie University, Sydney
After completing his studies on minor planets, Travis worked as a software engineer; completed a solo desert crossing; and then a MComp(Hons) (ANU, 2009), before starting his current PhD research on planetary nebulae.

2010

Stephen Petrie
Currently completing a PhD in epidemiology at the School of Population Health, University of Melbourne
Stephen’s Masters’ thesis was on analysing galactic structure in the universe. He then began a PhD in epidemiology in 2010, working on mathematical models of the within-host dynamics of the influenza virus, and the subsequent ramifications regarding population-level flu transmission. His research expertise includes influenza, viral immunology, mathematical modelling, infectious disease epidemiology and computational modelling.

2012

Sudhir Raskutti
Currently completing a PhD in the Department of Astrophysics, Princeton University, USA
Sudhir’s thesis was on the thermal memory of reionization.

2014

Nastaran Rezaee
Considering a PhD in nano-physics
MPhil thesis: ‘Noise Characterization of the Murchison Widefield Array Simulation’.

Masters of Science (MSc) (replaced Honours in 2009)

2010

Sarah Traine
Currently completing a PhD, Macquarie University, Sydney
MSc: ‘Polarimetry of low and high energy neutron star emisssions’. Sarah’s PhD is investigating planetary and protostellar disks.

Taissa Danilovich
Currently completing a PhD, Onsala Space Observatory, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
MSc: ‘The Physics of the Tully-Fisher Relation’.
Taïssa currently studies molecules (mainly) which are being ejected from low- to intermediate-mass stars after they run out of hydrogen fuel to fuse in their core. This will be the fate of stars like our sun. Studying the rate at which matter is ejected from these stars and the composition of the ejecta teaches us about the chemical evolution and composition of matter in galaxies. This is especially true since AGB stars are responsible for the production of a significant portion of heavier elements.

Lachlan Hislop
After spending six months as a Data Officer with the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Lachlan is now employed as a Graduate Project Officer in the areas of Corporate Strategy & Business Planning and Prevention Strategy & Research at Worksafe Victoria
MSc: ‘The extra-galactic distance scale: a Tip of the Red Giant Branch calibration of the Tully-Fisher Relation’.

2011

Rhyan Hoey
Working as an engineer/research consultant, BMT Design & Technology, Melbourne Office. (unconfirmed)
MSc: ‘Stratified spherical Couette flow in neutron stars’.

Craig Burnett
Currently completing a PhD, Astrophysics Group, University of Melbourne
MSc: ‘Radio emission physics via stokes tomography’.

Catherine de Burgh-Day
Currently completing a PhD, Astrophysics Group, University of Melbourne
MSc: ‘Detecting and studying weakly lensed objects using neutral hydrogen velocity maps’.

Robert Barone-Nugent
Currently completing a PhD, Astrophysics Group, University of Melbourne
MSc: ‘Improving type 1A supernovas as distance indicators in the near infrared’.

Timothy Bedin
(Python) Software programmer (unconfirmed)
MSc: ‘Extended source subtraction with the MWA’. Tim’s interests include software development, HTML5, data analytics, web development, Java script, Open Source.

2012

Tracey Ly
MSc: ‘The near-infrared broad emission lines of active galactic nuclei – how do they vary?’

2013

Belinda Nicholson
Currently completing a PhD, University of Southern Queensland
Currently studying the colliding galaxies in the far away universe.

Patrick Clearwater
Currently completing a PhD, Astrophysics Group, University of Melbourne
MSc: ‘Phantom: A new tool for gravitational wave experiments with neutron star oscillation modes in the advanced detector era’.

Sinem Ozbilgen
Currently completing a PhD, Astrophysics Group, University of Melbourne
MSc: ‘Is There A Third Parameter In The Tully-Fisher Relation?’

2014

Nicole Darman
MSc: ‘Searching for gravitational waves from supernova remnant SNR 1987A’.