| name: | MICHAEL THOMAS MURPHY |
| institute: | Centre for Astrophysics & Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology |
| Mail H39, PO Box 218, Hawthorn, Victoria 3122, Australia | |
| email: | mmurphy |AT| swin edu au |
| phone: | +61 (0)3 9214 5818 |
| fax: | +61 (0)3 9214 8797 |
| nationality: | Australian |
| 2003: | PhD in Physics (Observational Cosmology) at University of New South Wales, Sydney |
| Thesis submitted December 20, 2002; accepted May, 6, 2003 without revision. | |
| Graduated May 13, 2003. | |
| 1998: | BSc at UNSW with First Class Honours in Physics. Awarded University Medal in Physics. |
| 2012- : | Associate Professor at the Centre for Astrophysics & Supercomputing (CAS), Swinburne University of Technology, Australia. |
| 2008- : | QEII Research Fellow at the CAS. |
| 2007: | Lecturer at the CAS. |
| 2005-07: | STFC Advanced Fellow at the Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, UK. |
| 5-year self-directed pure research fellowship. | |
| 2003-05: | Research Fellow of Darwin College, Cambridge UK. |
| 2003-06: | Research Associate at the Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, UK. |
| Self-directed research fellowship under STFC observational rolling grant. |
| publications: | See publications page for all refereed journals articles, conference proceedings and |
| non-technical/popular articles. | |
| > 2800 citations in ADS & SPIRES. | |
| presentations: | More than 50 seminars and colloquia in 12 countries since 1999. |
| See publications page for detailed list. |
| 2005- : | Berkeley J. Zych (IoA; Co-supervisor Paul Hewett), CaII quasar absorbers and their host galaxies. |
| 2004-07: | Honours/Part III Astrophysics research project advisor (IoA). |
| 2003: | Part II Astrophysics essay advisor (IoA). |
| 1999-01: | Tutor for "Cosmology" and "Are We Alone?" courses (UNSW). |
| 1999-01: | Third year Lasers & Optoelectronics Laboratory demonstrator (UNSW). |
| 2000: | First year physics tutor (mechanics, waves, solids, fluids, electronics) (UNSW). |
| 2000: | Tutor for physics high-school-to-University bridging course (UNSW). |
| 1999: | First year physics laboratory demonstrator (UNSW). |
| 2005: | Winner of UNSW U Committee Prize for Excellence in Science best PhD thesis within |
| Faculty of Science in 2003. | |
| 2004: | Winner of NSW state division in Australian Institute of Physics Bragg Medal competition for |
| best Australian physics PhD thesis. | |
| 2003: | Awarded 5-year research grant by STFC under Advanced Fellowship scheme. Value = £200k. |
| 2002: | Equal second place in Young Researchers Competition held at the "Ultimate reality" |
| symposium for John Wheeler's 90th birthday in Princeton. | |
| 2002: | Awarded SigmaXi grant (3 month merit based travel grant for collaborative research at U. |
| Cal. San Diego, Obs. Carnegie Inst. Wash., Caltech, Penn State U. and the IoA). | |
| 2001: | Winner of the Australian Institute of Physics Post-graduate Excellence Award (best |
| postgraduate contribution to physics). | |
| 2000: | Awarded Australian Bicentennial Scholarship by King's College London (3 month travel grant for |
| for collaborative research at the IoA). | |
| 1999: | Australian Post-Graduate Award (3 year merit subsistence grant). |
| 1999: | Astronomical Society of Australia Bok Prize (best Australian astronomy honours thesis). |
| 1998: | UNSW Honours Year Scholarship (1 year merit based subsistence grant). |
| 1998: | UNSW Physics Prize for best physics honours research. |
| years | telescope | instrument | wave-band | duration | project |
| 99: | AAT | LDSS++ | Optical/IR | 2 nights | QSO imaging & spectroscopy |
| 04/02: | ATCA | Interfer. | Radio | 20 hours | QSO spectroscopy (3 proposals) |
| 04: | Effelsberg | Spec.-line | Radio | 64 hours | QSO spectroscopy |
| 06/04/03: | GBT | Spec.-line | Radio | 121.5 hours | QSO spectroscopy (4 proposals) |
| 06: | Gemini-North | GMOS | Optical | 4 hours | QSO spectroscopy |
| 05: | Gemini-South | bHROS | Optical | 6 nights | PI of bHROS science demo. team |
| 04: | GMRT | Spec.-line | Radio | 48 hours | QSO spectroscopy |
| 06: | INT | WFC | Optical | 6 nights | QSO/Galaxy wide-field imaging (2 proposals) |
| 04: | IRAM 30-m | Spec.-line | Millimetre | 48 hours | QSO spectroscopy |
| 05: | Keck | ESI | Optical | 2 nights | QSO spectroscopy (DDT) |
| 05: | Keck | HIRES | Optical | 2 nights | QSO spectroscopy (DDT) |
| 99-02: | Mopra | Spec.-line | Millimetre | 3 years | Support astronomer |
| 04: | MSSSO 2.3-m | DBS | Optical | 5 nights | Galaxy rotation curves |
| 00: | MSSSO 2.3-m | DBS | Optical | 10 nights | QSO spectroscopy |
| 04: | MSSSO 40-in | WFI | Optical | 4 nights | QSO/galaxy wide-field imaging |
| 97-98: | MSSSO 16-in | Imager | Optical | 2 months | Nebulae, LMC, SMC |
| 04/03: | Nobeyama | Spec.-line | Millimetre | 88 hours | QSO spectroscopy (2 proposals) |
| 04: | NTT | SUSI2 | Optical | 2 nights | QSO/galaxy wide-field imaging |
| 02: | OSO 20-m | Spec.-line | Millimetre | 75 hours | QSO spectroscopy |
| 04/02: | Parkes | Spec.-line | Radio | 140 hours | QSO spectroscopy (3 proposals) |
| 06: | SALT | RSS | Optical | 4 hours | QSO spectroscopy |
| 02: | SEST | Bolom. | Millimetre | 40 hours | QSO SEDs |
| 02/01: | SEST | Spec.-line | Millimetre | 110 hours | QSO spectroscopy (3 proposals) |
| 04: | Tidbinbilla | Spec.-line | Radio | 32 hours | QSO spectroscopy |
| 02: | VLA | Interfer. | Radio | 20 hours | QSO SEDs |
| 06: | VLT | FORS2 | Optical | 21 hours | QSO spectroscopy |
| 06: | VLT | FORS2 | Optical | 3 nights | Galaxy spectroscopy |
| 06: | VLT | SINFONI | IR | 12 hours | QSO/Galaxy IFU spectroscopy |
| 03: | VLT | UVES | Optical | 19 hours | QSO spectroscopy (2 proposals) |