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ProfessorJonathan Hawthorn

Professor

Faculty of Science

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  • Professor
    Faculty of Science

RESEARCH INTERESTs

Near-field Cosmology

  • Galactic archaeology
  • Galactic dynamics
  • Chemical tagging
  • Ultra-faint dwarf galaxies
  • First stars: chemical signatures

Far-field Cosmology

  • First stars: formation and evolution
  • First galaxies: first discs
  • Intergalactic medium and metagalactic radiation
  • Galaxy accretion processes: stars, gas
  • Galaxy feedback mechanisms: winds, jets, radiation

Astrophotonics, Space Photonics & Quantum Astronomy

  • photon orbital angular momentum
  • ultrabroadband fibre Bragg gratings
  • integrated photonic spectrographs
  • hexabundles & photonic lanterns

3D spectrographs

  • tunable imaging filters
  • Fabry-Perot interferometers
  • integral field spectrographs
  • OH suppression, nod & shuffle, charge shuffling

Joss's research aligns with the Faculty of Science Research Strengths - Understanding the Universe, Earth and Space Exploration and Technologies.

FUNDED RESEARCH

  • GRANT
    MAVIS: A Revolutionary New Instrument for the European Southern Observatory
    Australian Research Council (ARC)24 Oct 2024 - 24 Oct 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    • Croom S,
    • Baumgardt H,
    • Bland-Hawthorn JJ,
    • Martell SL,
    • Mendel J
  • GRANT
    Galactic seismology: a new window on Milky Way's evolution
    Australian Research Council (ARC)4 Nov 2022 - 15 May 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    • Bland-Hawthorn JJ,
    • Freeman K
  • GRANT
    Exploring the Dynamic Universe with DREAMS
    Australian Research Council (ARC)6 Jan 2021 - 5 Jan 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Bland-Hawthorn JJ
  • GRANT
    Enlisting the power of big data visualisation to help stamp out slavery in the supply chain
    School of Physics1 Jan 2019
    People funded by this grant:
    • Murray J,
    • Bland-Hawthorn JJ
  • GRANT
    Hector-1: completing the revolutionary multi integral field spectrograph
    Australian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2021
    People funded by this grant:
    • Bland-Hawthorn JJ,
    • Bryant J,
    • Owers M,
    • Lawrence J,
    • Sharp R
  • GRANT
    Work horse fusion slicing system for the SAIL and AAO-USydney labs
    DVC Research1 Jan 2019
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    Australian Astronomical Optics Consortium
    Department of Industry, Science and Resources1 Jul 2018
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    Hexabundle robot positioner for the Hector multi-object spectrograph
    University of Sydney1 Jan 2018
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    ARC Centre of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics in 3 Dimensions
    Australian Research Council (ARC)1 Jul 2017 - 31 Dec 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    • Croton D,
    • Gaensler B,
    • Colless M,
    • Ryan-Weber EV,
    • Wise M
  • GRANT
    Hector-1: completing a revolutionary machine to unravel how galaxies evolve
    Australian Research Council (ARC)7 Jan 2017
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    Advanced Photonics Sensors for Food Safety in Autonomous Robotic Platforms
    DVC Research1 Jan 2017
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    The first multicore fibre gratings to suppress the night sky background
    Australian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2016
    People funded by this grant:
    • McDermid R,
    • Kewley L,
    • Lawrence J,
    • Crouch W,
    • Sharp R
  • GRANT
    A revolutionary new sensor for in-field measurements of food safety in leafy vegetables
    Horticulture Innovation Australia1 Jun 2015
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    Galactic archaeology - fossil evidence of how our Galaxy's disk formed
    Australian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2018
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    Hector - a revolutionary spectrograph for understanding how galaxies evolve
    Australian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2015
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    The origin of dwarf elliptical galaxies: little giants or regular irregulars
    DVC Research1 Jan 2015
    People funded by this grant:
    • Scott N,
    • Bland-Hawthorn JJ
  • GRANT
    Hector: a revolutionary survey machine to discover how galaxies formed
    Australian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2014
    People funded by this grant:
    • Bland-Hawthorn JJ
  • GRANT
    TAIPAN - a spectrograph to survey the southern sky
    Australian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2014
    People funded by this grant:
    • Bland-Hawthorn JJ
  • GRANT
    Space SyReNS
    DVC Research1 Jun 2013
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    The SAMI facility - a revolutionary multi-object hexabundle spectrograph
    Australian Research Council (ARC)1 Mar 2013 - 31 Dec 2014
    People funded by this grant:
    • Bryant J,
    • Parker QA,
    • Jones H,
    • Colless M,
    • Couch WJ
  • GRANT
    GNOSIS-J: completing the revolutionary OH suppression spectrograph
    Australian Research Council (ARC)26 Feb 2013 - 28 Jan 2014
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    Hector: a revolutionary survey machine to discover how galaxies formed - BSG
    DVC Research1 Jan 2013 - 31 Dec 2019
    People funded by this grant:
    • Bland-Hawthorn JJ
  • GRANT
    Research infrastructure for Optical Lithography
    DVC Research1 Jan 2013
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    Galactic Archaeology: A Radial Velocity Experiment to Unveil the History of the Milky Way
    Australian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2012 - 30 Apr 2015
    People funded by this grant:
    • Parker QA,
    • Bland-Hawthorn JJ,
    • Freeman KC
  • GRANT
    QB50 - University of Sydney's second generation satellite for initial-integrated Nano Spectrograph, Propulsion, Imager and Radiation Explorer
    European Commission (Belgium)1 Jan 2012
    People funded by this grant: