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ProfessorTara Murphy

Head of School, School of Physics

Faculty of Science

Orcid identifier0000-0002-2686-438X (opens in a new tab)⁠
  • Head of School, School of Physics
    Faculty of Science

RESEARCH INTERESTs

My research aligns with the Faculty of Science Research Strengths - Understanding the Universe, Fundamental Laws of Nature, Earth and Space Exploration and Technologies, Data and Decisions.

FUNDED RESEARCH

  • GRANT
    Australian Participation in the Legacy Survey of Space and Time
    Australian Research Council (ARC)1 Jul 2024 - 30 Jun 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    • Murphy T
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    ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (opens in a new tab)⁠
    Australian Research Council1 Apr 2024 - 31 Mar 2031
    People funded by this grant:
    • Bailes M,
    • Davis T,
    • McClelland D,
    • Blake C,
    • Deller A
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    ARC CRE for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav)
    Australian Research Council (ARC)1 Apr 2024
    People funded by this grant:
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    Physics Foundation HDR Scholar Scheme
    School of Physics1 Jan 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    • Murphy T
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    The next generation fast radio burst detector for Australia
    Australian Research Council (ARC)28 Feb 2022 - 31 Dec 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    • Murphy T,
    • Shannon RM
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    Illuminating the cosmic web with Fast Radio Bursts
    Australian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2022 - 16 Sep 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    • Murphy T
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    A major upgrade to the Australia Telescope Compact Array
    Australian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    • Murphy T
  • GRANT
    Apocalypse Science, Economics and Culture
    DVC Education1 Jan 2020
    People funded by this grant:
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    Radio follow-up of gravitational wave events
    Australian Research Council (ARC)4 Mar 2019 - 30 Jun 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    • Bell M,
    • Murphy T
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    SOAR Fellowship - Murphy, Tara
    DVC Research1 Jan 2017
    People funded by this grant:
    • Murphy T
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    The radio transient sky in real time
    Australian Research Council (ARC)6 Jun 2016 - 31 Aug 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    • Murphy T
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    Expanding our view of the Universe with the Murchison Widefield Array
    Australian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2016 - 31 Mar 2017
    People funded by this grant:
    • Quinn P,
    • Bailes M,
    • Gaensler B,
    • Murphy T,
    • Cairns I
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    Exoplanets, Dwarf Stars, & Pulsars: Studying Coherent Galactic Sources with the MWA
    DVC Research1 Feb 2015
    People funded by this grant:
    • Kaplan D,
    • Murphy T
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    Mapping the universe with the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (PanSTARRS) (opens in a new tab)⁠
    Australian Research Council19 Mar 2014 - 31 Dec 2016
    People funded by this grant:
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    Mapping the Universe with the SkyMapper Telescope
    Australian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2014
    People funded by this grant:
    • Burgett W,
    • Kaiser N,
    • Meyer M,
    • Chambers K,
    • Meurer H-G
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    The two voices of black holes: building a collaboration for radio follow-up of Active Galaxies detected with the NuSTAR satellite.
    DVC International1 Jan 2014
    People funded by this grant:
    • Murphy T,
    • Reynolds C,
    • Tingay S,
    • Ajello M,
    • Burlon D
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    ARC Centre of Excellence in All-sky Astrophysics CAASTRO
    Australian Research Council (ARC)1 May 2011 - 31 Mar 2018
    People funded by this grant:
    • Hopkins A,
    • Wolf C,
    • Blake C,
    • Mould J,
    • Webster RL
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    Extreme Events: Mining the Radio Sky for Gamma-ray Bursts with Intelligent Algorithms
    Australian Research Council (ARC)7 Apr 2011 - 31 Dec 2015
    People funded by this grant:
    • Murphy T
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    New Dimensions in Radio Astronomy: Mining Sparse Datasets with the Australian SKA Pathfinder
    Australian Research Council (ARC)29 Nov 2010 - 31 Dec 2014
    People funded by this grant:
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    Building a Collaboration for Transient Detection with SKA Pathfinders
    DVC International1 Jan 2010
    People funded by this grant:
    • Murphy T
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    New dimensions in radio astronomy: Mining sparse datasets with the Australian SKA Pathfinder - FELLOWSHIP #1
    Australian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2010
    People funded by this grant:
    • Gaensler B,
    • Allison J,
    • Allison J,
    • Sadler E,
    • Murphy T
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    New dimensions in radio astronomy: Mining sparse datasets with the Australian SKA Pathfinder - FELLOWSHIP #2
    Australian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2010
    People funded by this grant:
    • Sadler E,
    • Robishaw T,
    • Murphy T,
    • Gaensler B,
    • O'Sullivan S
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    New dimensions in radio astronomy: Mining sparse datasets with the Australian SKA Pathfinder - FELLOWSHIP #3
    Australian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2010
    People funded by this grant:
    • Hancock P,
    • Gaensler B,
    • Farrell S,
    • Murphy T,
    • Sadler E
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    Opening the window on the variable universe with the Square Kilometre Array and its pathfinders
    Department of State and Regional Development (NSW)1 Jan 2009
    People funded by this grant:
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    Exploiting Scientific Information with Question Answering
    Australian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2006
    People funded by this grant:
    • Curran J,
    • Murphy T