Experience

Astronomy Australia Limited

• Australia
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Program Manager

  • Jul 2018 - Present

  I am a Program Manager (part-time, 2.5 days/week) with Astronomy Australia Ltd in their Sydney office at Macquarie University. I am responsible for support and community engagement with Australian astronomers' access to (i) overseas optical telescopes including the European Southern Observatory, the Vera Rubin Observatory, and the Giant Magellan Telescope under construction in Chile; and (ii) the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) and the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) radio… Show more I am a Program Manager (part-time, 2.5 days/week) with Astronomy Australia Ltd in their Sydney office at Macquarie University. I am responsible for support and community engagement with Australian astronomers' access to (i) overseas optical telescopes including the European Southern Observatory, the Vera Rubin Observatory, and the Giant Magellan Telescope under construction in Chile; and (ii) the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) and the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) radio telescopes in Australia. Show less I am a Program Manager (part-time, 2.5 days/week) with Astronomy Australia Ltd in their Sydney office at Macquarie University. I am responsible for support and community engagement with Australian astronomers' access to (i) overseas optical telescopes including the European Southern Observatory, the Vera Rubin Observatory, and the Giant Magellan Telescope under construction in Chile; and (ii) the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) and the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) radio… Show more I am a Program Manager (part-time, 2.5 days/week) with Astronomy Australia Ltd in their Sydney office at Macquarie University. I am responsible for support and community engagement with Australian astronomers' access to (i) overseas optical telescopes including the European Southern Observatory, the Vera Rubin Observatory, and the Giant Magellan Telescope under construction in Chile; and (ii) the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) and the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) radio telescopes in Australia. Show less



Macquarie University

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Research Fellow

  • Jul 2018 - Present

  Adjunct Research Fellow with the Department of Physics & Astronomy at Macquarie University. I conduct research using telescopes at the European Southern Observatory in Chile, as well as radio telescopes operated by CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science in Australia, and the Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) operated by NASA & DLR. Adjunct Research Fellow with the Department of Physics & Astronomy at Macquarie University. I conduct research using telescopes at the European Southern Observatory in Chile, as well as radio telescopes operated by CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science in Australia, and the Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) operated by NASA & DLR.



Australian Astronomical Optics – Macquarie

• Australia
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of International Telescopes Support

  • Jan 2015 - Jun 2018

  Coordinating Australian usage of large, offshore telescope facilities including Gemini, Magellan, and Keck Observatories. Conduct my own research using these facilities. Manage 3 staff and a budget of $300K/year. Supervise undergraduate and postgraduate students. Contribute to AAO public outreach.

• Australian Gemini Scientist

  • Jan 2008 - Dec 2014

  Manage the Australian Gemini Office at the Australian Astronomical Observatory, which coordinates Australia's usage of the Gemini and Magellan telescopes. Carry out research on core-collapse supernovae using Gemini and the Australia Telescope Compact Array.

• Staff Astronomer

  • Oct 1999 - Dec 2007

  Support astronomer for IRIS2 and UCLES. ATAC Technical Secretary.



University of Hawaii at Manoa

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• UKIRT Operations/Research Scientist

  • 1997 - 1999

  Research Astronomer and Telescope Operator. Research Astronomer and Telescope Operator.