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Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Faculty of Science

Orcid identifier0000-0002-4405-3273 (opens in a new tab)⁠

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Faculty of Science

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COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
Australian Telescope Users Committee member
1 Sep 2026
Member
MEDIA
What will the world’s largest telescope tell us about space? (opens in a new tab)⁠
3 Apr 2026
MORELEARN MORE (opens in a new tab)
MEDIA
ABC News TV: Artemis II mission science (opens in a new tab)⁠
2 Apr 2026
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MEDIA
Triple J Science with Dr Karl: Super voids, satellite noise and asteroid navigation (opens in a new tab)⁠
12 Mar 2026
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MEDIA
ABC Lab Notes: Lab Notes: Why buying a star name is nonsense (opens in a new tab)⁠
20 Feb 2026
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COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
ASA Stellar and Planetary Astronomy chapter committee member
1 Jan 2026
Elected member
MEDIA
The Conversation: Is it aliens? Why that’s the least important question about interstellar objects (opens in a new tab)⁠
3 Nov 2025
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COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
Newcastle Scientific Organising Committee
1 Nov 2025
Member
MEDIA
The total lunar eclipse - BBC News (opens in a new tab)⁠
7 Sep 2025
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MEDIA
The Conversation: What’s a ‘black moon’? Here’s why it’s worth looking up at the sky this week (opens in a new tab)⁠
22 Aug 2025
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COMMUNITY SERVICE
Education / Training
12 Aug 2025
Randwick City Library National Science Week workshop for primary school aged children
MEDIA
2GB: Live audience Q+A with Mark levy (opens in a new tab)⁠
5 May 2025
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MEDIA
The Conversation: The best space telescope you never heard of just shut down (opens in a new tab)⁠
31 Mar 2025
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MEDIA
ABC Conversations: The secrets in the stars – what we can learn about habitable planets, alien life and ourselves (opens in a new tab)⁠
28 Nov 2024
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MEDIA
ABC Radio National “The Science Show”: Ready for the big flash (opens in a new tab)⁠
9 Nov 2024
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EVENT PARTICIPATION
Workshop
6 Nov 2024
I was invited to join the Scientific Organising Committee for the 10th Australian Exoplanet Workshop held in Brisbane in November 2024.
MEDIA
Science is better than science fiction
16 Oct 2024
SXSW panel host
COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
Australian Telescope National Facility scientific organising committee
1 Sep 2023
Member
MEDIA
The Soundtrack of Australia, Episode 2: The Sounds We Can’t Hear (opens in a new tab)⁠
22 Aug 2023
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COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
Australian-Chine Consortium for Astrophysical Research scientific organising committee
1 Jul 2023
Member
MEDIA
I was a guest on Dr Karl Kruszelnicki's Shirtloads of Science podcast for episodes 339 (opens in a new tab)⁠
4 Jun 2023
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COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
Kerastari conference scientific organising committee
1 Jun 2023
Member
MEDIA
I was a guest on Dr Karl Kruszelnicki's Shirtloads of Science podcast for episodes 338 (opens in a new tab)⁠
28 May 2023
MORELEARN MORE (opens in a new tab)
MEDIA
I have been a guest on the Astrophiz podcast (opens in a new tab)⁠
12 Apr 2023
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MEMBERSHIP
Variables and Slow Transients with ASKAP (VAST)
1 Jan 2022
I am joint Project Scientist of the ASKAP Variables and Slow Transients collaboration with Dr Joshua Preston Pritchard. I organise and facilitate the monthly VAST telecons, including arranging speakers. I organised the 2023 and 2025 VAST workshops.