Publications

• Link to my refereed papers on the NASA ADS system
• Link to my Google Scholar Page
• Book: The Structure and Evolution of Stars, Eldridge & Tout (World Scientific Press)
• Book Chapters
  • Handbook of Supernovae
  • Impact of Binaries
  • Star formation
• Link to my PhD Thesis

 

Employment & Education

• 2020-present, Associate Professor, Department of Physics, University of Auckland, NZ.
• 2014-2020, Senior Lecturer, Department of Physics, University of Auckland, NZ.
• 2011-14, Lecturer, Department of Physics, University of Auckland, NZ.
• 2007-11, Research Associate, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, UK.
• 2006-07, Research Fellow, Astrophysics Research Centre, Queens University Belfast, UK.
• 2004-05, CNRS Postdoctoral Research, Institut d’Astrophysics de Paris, University dePierre & Marie Curies, France.
• 2016-17, Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice, University of Auckland, NZ.
• 2005, PhD, Astrophysics, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, UK.
• 2004, MA, Natural Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK.
• 2001, BA & MSci, Natural Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK.

 

Professional distinctions and memberships

• 2020: Astronomical Society of Australia’s Anne Green Award
• 2018: Faculty of Science Dean’s Awards for Teaching Excellence for Sustained Excellence
• 2017: Carnegie Distinguished visitor
• 2016: One of Nature’s Outstanding referees of the year.
• 2016, Physics Department Teacher of the Year.
• 2016-present, Member of Inclusive, Diverse, Equitable Astronomy Committee for ASA.
• 2015, Visiting Fellowship at University of Warwick.
• 2015, Visiting By-Fellowship at Churchill College, University of Cambridge.
• 2014-2017, Chair of LoC and SoC for Massive Stars IAU Symposium in NZ in 2016.
• 2015-2017, Member of SOC for NASA Space Telescope Science Institute meeting on Superluminous supernovae and gamma-ray bursts.
• 2016, Member of Science Organizing Committee (SOC) for Astronomical Society of Australia’s Annual Scientific Meeting.
• 2016-present, Fellow of the Astronomical Society of Australia (ASA).
• 2012, Physics Department Teacher of the Year.
• 2012-present, Member of New Zealand Institute of Physics.
• 2002-present, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, UK.
• 2003, Awarded the ED Davie Scholarship at Fitzwilliam College.
• 2001, Awarded Senior Scholarship at Fitzwilliam College.
• 1999-present, Member of the Institute of Physics, UK.
• 1998, Awarded Scholarship at Fitzwilliam College.

Committee Memberships at University of Auckland

• 2013-2017: Faculty of Science Equity Committee
• 2012, 2015-2017: Department of Physics Research Committee
• 2012, 2015-present: Department of Physics Postgraduate Committee

 

List of invited colloquia and conference talks

• 2017: Carnegie Distinguished visitor, invited colloquium (funded two weeks visit to work at Carnegie
  Observatories, Pasadena, USA). (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDh6yFjudIM).
• 2017: Invited talk at Impact of binary stars Conference, Munich, Germany.
• 2017: Invited talk at Mock Perth: Challenges for Simulations i the Era of SKA and Large IFU Surveys. Perth,
  Australia.
• 2016: Invited Seminar at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
• 2016: Invited Colloquium at Connection between SLSNe and LGRBs meeting at the Space Telescope
  Science Institute in Baltimore (funded trip to Baltimore, USA). https://webcast.stsci.edu/webcast/detail.xhtml?talkid=4876&parent=1
• 2016: Invited talk at the Centre for Astrophysics at Harvard (funded trip to Harvard, USA).
• 2016: ANITA Summer School Invited Lecturer on Binary stars. Melbourne, Australia.
• 2016: Invited talk at Monash University meeting on Super-AGB stars and electron-capture supernovae.
  Melbourne, Australia.
• 2015: Invited talk Understanding Nebular Emission of high-redshift galaxies (invitation only workshop).
  Carnegie Observatories, Pasadena, USA.
• 2015: Invited talk at Potsdam Wolf-Rayet Workshop, Germany.
• 2014: Invited talk at Stellar Tango at the Rockies, Canada.
• 2013: Massive stars Conference, Rhodes, Greece.
• 2013: Seminar at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
• 2013: Seminar at Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia.
• 2012: Seminar at University of Canterbury, New Zealand.
• 2012: Colloquium at Harvard Centre for Astrophysics, USA.
• 2012: IAU Special Session, Beijing, China.
• 2012: National Astronomy Meeting, Manchester, UK.
• 2011: Seminar at National Central University Taiwan.
• 2011: Colloquium at Tsing Hua University, Taiwan.
• 2011: Seminar at Liverpool John Moores University.
• 2010: Colloquium at University of Utrecht, Netherlands.2010, Progenitors and environments of stellar explosions. Paris, France. (Discussion session chair).
• 2009, Solar Physics Summer School Lecture, Birmingham, UK.
• 2009: Workshop on Super-AGB stars, Strasbourg, France.
• 2009: National Astronomy Meeting, Hatfield, UK.
• 2009: Solar Physics Summer School Lecture, Birmingham, UK.
• 2009: Seminar at the University of Keele
• 2008: Seminar at the University of Sheffield
• 2007: Colloquium at University of Utrecht, Netherlands.
• 2006: Seminar at the University of Bristol
• 2006, Massive Stars & Supernovae, RAS Monthly Meeting, London, UK.
• 2006, National Astronomy Meeting, Leicester, UK.

Other conference addresses

• 2010: Have Observations Revealed a Variable IMF? Arizona, USA. (Talk).
• 2009: National Astronomy Meeting, Glasgow, UK. (Talk).
• 2009: Long-GRB Progenitor Workshop, Leicester, UK. (Talk).
• 2008: National Astronomy Meeting, Belfast, UK. (Talk).
• 2007: IAU 250: Massive stars as cosmic engines, Kauai, Hawaii, USA. (Talk).
• 2006: Supernovae and their host galaxies, EARA Workshop, IAP, Paris, France. (Talk).
• 2006: Discussion Meeting on GRBs, Royal Society, London,UK. (Poster Prize Winner).
• 2006: The CSM and Late Stages of Massive Stellar Evolution, Ensenada, Mexico. (Talk).
• 2006: May Symposium, Baltimore, USA. (Poster).
• 2004: Nucleosynthesis in AGB Stars, Cambridge, UK (Talk).
• 2004: 1604-2004 Supernovae as Cosmological Lighthouses, Padua, Italy. (Talk).
• 2003: Supernovae and Gamma-Ray Burst Workshop, Cambridge, UK. (Talk).
• 2002: 3D Stellar Evolution, University of California Davis, USA. (Talk).

 

Workshop/Conference Organisation

• 2011: One-day Workshop: Massive star to Supernovae. Organised and ran a one-day workshop in Cambridge on
  massive stars and supernovae. Attended by approximately 30 UK & European astronomers.
• 2009: One-day Workshop: Massive star to Supernovae. Organised and ran a one-day workshop in Cambridge on
  massive stars and supernovae. Attended by approximately 20 UK astronomers.
• 2008: Co-organiser for a Royal Astronomical Society Monthly Meeting. Co-organised a one-day meeting/workshop on
  the minimum mass for supernovae/most massive AGB stars.
• 2004: Local Organising Committee for Nucleosynthesis in AGB Stars, Cambridge, UK

 

Outreach and Public Understanding of Science

• 2013: Stardome, Auckland, NZ.
• 2012: Gave talks and ran activities at two Department events for school students.
• 2010, Chester Astronomical Society Lecture, Chester.
• 2008, Highlands Astronomical Society Lecture, Inverness.
• 2006, East Antrim Astronomical Society Lecture.
• 2008, 09, 10, Institute of Astronomy Open Day Lectures.
• 2004, 07, 08, 09, 10 Institute of Astronomy Open Evening Public Lecture

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