Potential PhD Projects

Ivy invites applications from students with a strong background in physics/astronomy and/or computer science/software engineering for a joint CSIRO -- ICRAR/UWA PhD position to work with her at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR; located at the University of Western Australia) and the CSIRO Astronomy & Space Science division located in Kensington, Perth.

In particular, the successful candidate will be expected to work on PhD projects in the following areas:

• The ASKAP WALLABY survey of atomic Hydrogen to reveal how star formation is quenched in low-z galaxies beyond the local Volume

• Investigate the cold gas (atomic Hydrogen) properties of galaxies that are growing central supermassive black holes using the combination of radio continuum and HI observations

• Machine/deep learning applications to help solve the massive data challenges faced by the next-generation telescopes and surveys

CSIRO Astronomy & Space Science and ICRAR are the two leading Australian institutions in radio astronomy and leading Australia's participation in the international Square Kilometre Array project. ICRAR was established in 2009 as a high profile equal joint venture between Curtin University and UWA. The benefits of CSIRO co-supervision can be found here.

Please see the UWA entry and English language requirements at https://study.uwa.edu.au/how-to-apply and https://www.icrar.org/study-with-icrar/postgraduate-opportunities/instructions-scholarship-application/

Also please email me should you be interested in these positions and would like more information.