Professor Karl Glazebrook
What I do
I am an observational astronomer doing research and teaching with occasional forays in to developing novel astronomical instrumentation. My research interests include observational cosmology and the formation and evolutionary history of galaxies. I am a new Professor at Swinburne and am leading a new group here focussed on these questions which are addressed by observations on the largest telescopes (4-8m diameter) such as Gemini, Magellan and the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT).
Some major research projects I work on include:
‘WiggleZ’, which is aiming to detect Baryon Oscillations (‘Cosmic Sound’) in the galaxy distribution in the distant universe (z=1) using the AAT and use these to measure the effect of dark energy on the cosmological expansion.
The Gemini Deep Deep Survey (GDDS) has measured the evolution of galaxies over 0<z<2 using Gemini and the Hubble & Spitzer Space Telescopes,and has resulted (so far) in 9 published papers.
In collaboration with Carnegie Observatories & Durham University we have developed the LDSS3 spectrograph for the Magellan Clay Telescope. We are using this to carry out a successor to GDDS aimed at understanding the role of environment and “cosmic downsizing” in galaxy evolution at 1<z<2.
I am always interested in contacting new PhD students so please contact me if you are interested in observational cosmology research at Swinburne.
This is the home page of Karl Glazebrook. I am a Professor in the Centre for Astrophysics & Supercomputing at the Swinburne University of Technology.
Contact details:
Mail number H39
Swinburne University of Technology
PO Box 218
Hawthorn
Victoria 3122
Australia
