People
ACA Management Committee
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ACA Assistant Director; Senior Lecturer
Dr Burns has expertise in the study of stromatolite communities. Of particular significance, Dr Burns conducted the first polyphasic study of... More
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ACA Assistant Director; Professor
Prof. Pall Thordarson (Palli) obtained his BSc. from U. Iceland in 1996 and a PhD in Organic Chemistry from the University of Sydney in 2001.... More
Director
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Director ACA
My research interest is the early Earth, how it formed, how crust developed on the surface and changed over time, and how life gained a foothold... More
UNSW Members
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Professor
My current research is mostly in planetary astronomy including observations of solar system objects, extrasolar planets, and modelling of... More
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ARC QEII Fellow
My research focuses on microbes (Bacteria, Archaea and microbial Eukaryotes), primarily from marine environments, and how they interact with each... More
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Lecturer
Michael is a lecturer in astronomy and physics in the Department of Astrophysics at UNSW. His research revolves around applying the techniques of... More
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Doctor
My research is focused on the composition of extrasolar terrestrial planets and how "Earth-like" they are. Should we expect to see many... More
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Associate Professor
President of the Academic Board at the University of New South Wales
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Senior Lecturer
Dr Maria Cunningham has research interests in radio astronomy, molecular line astronomy and bioastronomy. She is currently working on several... More
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Senior Lecturer
Dr Ferrari's major interest is in microbial diversity of soil bacteria and the development of novel culturing approaches for the hitherto... More
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Scientia Professor
My research interests include a number of challenging problems in atomic, nuclear, elementary particle, solid state physics and astrophysics:... More
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I have a special interest in big data and the potential to glean meaningful insights from them to inform decision making, especially in the field... More
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Doctor
I am an ARC Super Science Fellow in Exoplanetary Science in the department of Astrophysics and Optics of the School of Physics at UNSW under... More
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ARC DECRA Fellow and Lecturer
My heart lies in Materials Chemistry, but I am becoming more interested in understanding how materials are formed. With this I am keen on... More
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Professor
Prof Sherwood has co-authored over 60 papers published in peer reviewed journals. His 2005 Science paper on atmospheric warming was covered... More
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Management Committee ACA / Professor
I'm a Professor and Discovery Outstanding Researcher at the University of New South Wales, where I head the... More
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Founding ACA Director
Malcolm Walter is the Founding Director of the Australian Centre for Astrobiology. He has worked for 35 years on the geological evidence of early... More
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Professor
I lead the observational work at UNSW using high resolution spectroscopy of quasars to search for variations in the fundamental constants of... More
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Lecturer
I am a Lecturer in the School of Physics, and a member of the UNSW Exoplanetary Science team. My research focuses on the detection and... More
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Doctor
I am an ARC Super Science Fellow working on the Exoplanetary Science project in the Astronomy Department in the School of Physics under... More
PhD Students
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PhD candidate
I’m interested in studying microfossils and stromatolites, and am currently working on the adaptation of life to the Great Oxidation Event,... More
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PhD candidate
Brett Biddington owns his own Canberra-based consulting firm which focuses on space and cyber-space policy, security and industry... More
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Doctoral Student
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PhD candidate
My research is re-examining the seventeen years of spectra obtained by the Anglo-Australian Planet Search. Having theoretically found what... More
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PhD candidate
My research interests are vast. My current research involves characterising early life on Earth and the environmental settings that accompany this... More
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PhD candidate
Kerrie Dougherty is an independent space historian, curator and writer and a lecturer in the Space Humanities department of the International... More
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PhD candidate
Isabelle’s research area is in science education and science communication. Isabelle’s main research focus is on how informal science... More
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Vicki Lowe is completing her PhD in observational astronomy and is co-affiliated with the University of... More
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Mostly when we think of the fossil record we think of physical fossils, but many organisms leave behind chemical fossils as well. These chemical... More
Masters & Honours Students
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The geometry and kinematics of hydrothermal vein emplacement in the 3.5 Ga Dresser Formation, North Pole Dome, Western Australia.
Associate Members
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ACA affiliate member
My astrobiology interests lie at the interface between gravitation, planetary properties and climate. I am particularly interested in how... More
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Post-doctoral researcher - Washington State University
Rick is currently working as a senior post-doc at Washington State University and has been collaborating with Brendan Burns for over six years,... More
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Doctor - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
My main research focus is detection and characterization of ancient microbial... More
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Professor
Ariel Anbar studies the geological, chemical and biological processes that shape the environment of Earth and other planets, and how they have... More
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PhD candidate
I am currently a postgrad student working with Jeremy Bailey in the astrophysics department of UNSW. My research focuses on the... More
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Associate Member
Adrian Brown is a planetary scientist working at the SETI Institute and NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California. He is a specialist... More
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Doctor
Dr. Graziella Caprarelli's area of professional expertise is in the study of volcanic activity of Earth and Mars. Because the most common... More
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PhD candidate
Thesis title: Molecular and Microbial Diversity of Cyanobacteria from Australian Biological Soil Crusts
Supervisor: Brett Neilan
Co-... More
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Doctor
My career has been extremely varied and when asked what my expertise is in I generally reply I am a geological general practioner. I... More
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Doctor
Qualifications:
B.Sc. (Hons) Macquarie University (1984)
PhD Curtin University (2000). Thesis Title: Mapping Mineralogy and Surface... More
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Professor
The Decho Microbial Interactions laboratory investigates microbial biofilms and mats, focusing specifically on processes occurring within the... More
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NASA JPL
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Professor
Simon George was awarded a BSc (Hons) degree in geology from St Andrews University in Scotland in 1985 and then worked as a mudlogger. He obtained... More
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Professor
Professor Kliti Grice Grice is an internationally renowned organic geochemist who creatively combines geological information with data on... More
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Lecturer, USQ
From the age of five, Jonti has been fascinated by astronomy - ever since he caught five minutes of "The Sky At Night", the BBC's 20... More
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Associate Member
My research interest is the evolution of life on Earth in the aspect of organic molecules. Present organic molecules have a wide variety of... More
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My research interests lie in the field of ancient biogeochemistry. I am particularly interested in using biomarkers as proxies for early life and... More
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My current research focuses on the origin and evolution of planetary interiors and surfaces; and the roles of volatiles, pH, and oxygen fugacity... More
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Emeritus Professor
Emeritus Professor, University of Sydney Adjunct Professor, University of Technology
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Doctor
Ian Morrison has been awarded a second doctorate, the latest one being in broadband SETI. His PhD research for the second doctorate was focussed... More
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Professor
Brett received a PhD in 1995 from UNSW and has held Postdoctoral positions at Stanford (NASA Fellow) and Humboldt University Berlin (Alexander von... More
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Associate Professor
Early Precambrian crustal evolution, climate, environment and emerging life. This is undertaken via integrated field studies (including geological... More
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Quentin Parker obtained a BSc(Hons) in 1982 and a PhD (1986) from the University of St.Andrews in Scotland. He joined the faculty at Macquarie in... More
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Doctoral deg. in Geological Sciences
Franco Pirajno, has a PhD equivalent (Doctoral degree in Geological Sciences) from the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory, University Federico II of... More
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Chief Scientist
David Saul is a molecular biologist with a long-standing interest in extremophilic microorganisms. He has studied, both extremes of temperatures... More
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Professor
My main research interest is when and how cyanobacteria and eukaryotes evolved. I am investigating this problem by studying the geological... More
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Professor
At the Summons lab at MIT we study organic matter from microbes, environmental samples, and rocks. Ancient rocks and oils contain a rich abundance... More
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Matilda Thomas is a research scientist at Geoscience Australia and has... More
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Astronaut
Dr. Thomas was selected by NASA in March 1992 and reported to the Johnson Space Center in August 1992. In August 1993, following one year of... More
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The aim of my PhD was to examine the microbial communities associated with stromatolites and other microbialites around Australia at sites that... More
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See Pieter's page at the University of Connecticut: http://www.marinesciences.uconn.edu/faculty/faculty.php?users=piv02001
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ARC Future Fellow at UWA
My broad research interests encompass the origin of life on Earth, the refinement of criteria for assessing signs of life in the Precambrian rock... More
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Professor
Gregg's page at the University of Queensland: http://www.earth.uq.edu.au/prof-gregg-webb
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Scientist - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Ken Williford is a scientist at the Caltech/NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, USA. Ken has been associated with the NASA... More
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