Who are we?

Chris Power (ICRAR/U. Western Australia) is a computational and theoretical astrophysicist, working on a diverse range of topics in galaxy formation and cosmology, and is internationally recognised for his expertise in cosmological dark matter simulations.

Karl Glazebrook FAA (Swinburne U.T.) is an observational astronomer who studies the evolution of galaxies across time, using the largest ground-based telescopes (e.g. Keck, Magellan) and spaced-based telescopes (e.g. HST, JWST), and develops astronomical instrumentation and software.

Professor Csaba Balazs (Monash U.) is a particle cosmologist who works on the exploration and phenomenology of the dark sector.

Nicole Bell (U. Melbourne) works on dark matter particle phenomenology, with a focus on terrestrial experiments, astroparticle physics constraints, and dark matter models.

Irene Bolognino (U. Adelaide) is an astroparticle physicist with expertise in dark matter, neutrinos and cosmic rays, and works on the IceCube, SABRE and Cygnus experiments.

Michelle Cluver (Swinburne U. T. ) uses space-based mid-infrared imaging to study nearby galaxies and how they evolve within the Cosmic Web, and she will map millions of galaxies in the nearby Universe as co-PI of the ESO 4MOST Hemisphere Survey (4HS).

Roland Crocker (ANU) is a high-energy astrophysicist with expertise in emission from the Galactic Centre, which will crucially inform investigations of indirect dark matter detection.

Tamara Davis (U. Queensland) is an astrophysicist who studies the elusive dark sector of dark matter and dark energy, by making maps of the cosmic distribution of galaxies on the largest scales.

Matthew Dolan (U. Melbourne) is a particle physicist who works on the phenomenology of Beyond The Standard Model physics, including the phenomenology of all aspects of dark matter.

Simon Driver (ICRAR/U. Western Australia) is an observational astronomer studying the evolution of mass, energy, and structure, from the Big Bang to the present day, using large galaxy surveys.

Theresa Fruth (U. Sydney) is an astroparticle physicist and experimentalist working on dark matter direct detection.

Cullan Howlett (U. Queensland) builds maps of the Universe using data from facilities such as DESI and 4MOST, and studies how different types of Dark Matter would change how this map looks.

Paul Jackson (U. Adelaide) is an experimental particle physicist who uses particle colliders such as CERN and KEK to search for evidence of supersymmetric particles.

Mark Krumholz (ANU) is an expert in the transport of particles and radiation through interstellar gas and magnetic fields, and in modelling how this transport affects high-energy emission.

Claudia Lagos (ICRAR/U. Western Australia) creates simulated galaxy surveys from state-of-the-art simulations, to develop methods to connect our observations with the underlying dark matter properties and test different dark matter particle candidates using extragalactic observations.

Greg Lane (ANU) is an experimental nuclear physicist who develops instruments to carry out dark matter direct detection.

Christopher Lawrence (Monash U.) is an Aboriginal health and wellbeing researcher, who also runs the National Indigenous Space Academy (NISA) with NASA.

Geraint Lewis (U. Sydney) hunts for dark matter using gravitational lensing and galactic archaeology.

Laura Manenti (U. Sydney) is an astroparticle physicist and instrumentalist, developing dark matter detection experiments using quantum sensors.

Ciaran O'Hare (U. Sydney) is an astroparticle physicist who works on dark matter direct detection, axions, and dark matter halo models.

Yuxiang Qin (ANU) studies the nature of ancient galaxies and dark matter using 21-cm cosmology and will work on mapping the dark matter distribution with radio telescopes, including the Square Kilometre Array.

Aaron Robotham (ICRAR/U. Western Australia) works on large galaxy surveys and the development of cutting-edge algorithms to identify and characterise galaxies in both observations and simulations.

Gavin Rowell (U. Adelaide) is an observational astronomer who studies high-energy gamma rays, and will use the next-generation CTA gamma-ray facility to search for dark matter and its particle properties.

Ned Taylor (Swinburne U.T.) is an observational astronomer who studies the demographics of galaxies, and he will map millions of galaxies in the nearby Universe as co-PI of the ESO 4MOST Hemisphere Survey (4HS).

Martin White (U. Adelaide) co-leads an international team (GAMBIT) that interrogates theories of dark matter using a large range of particle physics and astrophysics data. He also performs dark-matter searches using gamma-ray astronomy, and develops industry applications of physics techniques.