People
ACA Management Committee
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ACA Assistant Director, Lecturer
Albert is a lecturer in the school of chemistry.
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ACA Assistant Director, Scientia Lecturer
Anna is from Sydney and did her BSc at the Univeristy of Sydney (2009), doing Honours research in optics and photonics with Dr. Maryanne Large.... More
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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
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/ Australian Government Women in STEM Ambassador
Professor Lisa Harvey-Smith is an astrophysicist, the Australian Government’s Women in STEM Ambassador and a Professor of... More
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A/Professor
Associate Professor Carol Oliver is a science communication researcher and education-focused academic interested in the way we... More
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Research Associate
Raphael is originally from Carinthia, Austria. He completed his Master’s degree in Economic Geology at the University of Leoben (Austria),... More
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Lecturer
Dr Laura McKemmish is a quantum chemist and molecular physicist who uses computers to simulate the ways in which different molecules absorb light... More
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Professor
Paul Curmi is a structural biologist and molecular biophysicist. His laboratory focuses on the structure and function of proteins:... More
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Postdoctoral Researcher
Christine has a research background in biomedical engineering and developing devices that provide specialised sets of conditions for the study of... More
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Professor
Prof. Tim Schmidt is a spectroscopist whose work spans astrochemistry to renewable energy.
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Emeritus 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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Professor, President of the Academic Board UNSW
President of the Academic Board at the University of New South Wales
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A/Prof
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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A/Prof
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. 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
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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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Professor
Prof Tracie Barber is a UNSW fluid dynamics researcher with a background in aerospace engineering and a focus in the last ten years on biomedical... More
PhD Students
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PhD Candidate
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PhD. Candidate
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PhD Candidate
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PhD Candidate
Luke Steller is a PhD candidate at the Australian Centre for Astrobiology. His research involves studying ancient and modern hot spring systems to... More
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PhD Candidate
Michaela is a PhD student at the University of Auckland/Te Wānanga o Waipapa, New Zealand. Her research investigates the oldest evidence of... More
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PhD Candidate
Quoc (Jeremy) will be a PhD student in the Fahrenbach group starting in T1 of 2021. He majored at UNSW in molecular cell biology and was a... More
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Ph.D Candidate
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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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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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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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MPhil Candidate
Scarlett recenty completed her Bachelor’s degree in Molecular and Cell Biology at UNSW (2020). Her masters research focuses on biodiversity... More
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MPhil Candidate
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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Professor
Prof Kathy Campbell is a geologist, paleoecologist and astrobiologist at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
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Professor
Eizo Nakamura has been leading the Pheasant Memorial Laboratory (PML) at the Institute for Planetary Materials, Okayama University at Misasa. Eizo... More
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Director of Special Projects
Currently Peter is employed as Director of Special Projects with Southern Cross University. He is also Owner and Executive Director of... More
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Research Professor
David Deamer is a Research Professor of Biomolecular Engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
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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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Sessional Academic
Therese Morris is an Earth system scientist from Curtin University in Perth, who has worked in both petroleum industry exploration geoscience and... More
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Doctor
Bruce Damer is an Associate Researcher in Biomolecular Engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz and founder of DigitalSpace... More
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PhD graduate of the ACA
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PhD graduate of the ACA
Georgia is a recent PhD graduate of the ACA, whose thesis was on the identification of novel macroscopic fossils from the beginning of the great... 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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Doctor
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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Doctor
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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Assitant Professor
Elizabeth A. Blaber, Ph.D. is a Assistant Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She earned her Bachelor of Medical Sciences (Honours... More
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UNSW ACA graduate
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Associate Member
Dr. Adrian Brown is currently working as the Mars2020 Deputy Program Scientist at NASA Headquarters in Washington D.C. in the United... 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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Doctor
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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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Doctor/ Research Officer (Palaeontology)
Dr Tara Djokic completed her PhD with the Australian Centre for Astrobiology in 2019. Her research involved the discovery of Earth’s oldest... 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 primary research interest is the evolution of membrane dynamics in three domains of life and biophysical roles of polycyclic triterpenoids in... 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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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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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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See Pieter's page at the University of Connecticut: http://www.marinesciences.uconn.edu/faculty/faculty.php?users=piv02001
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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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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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Professor
I am a Professor in the Centre for Astrophysics. My research focuses on the detection and characterisation of extrasolar planets. Some... More
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Senior Lecturer
I am a senior lecturer at University of South Queensland and a former ARC Super Science Fellow who worked on the Exoplanetary Science ... More
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