Maiolino investigates the formation, evolution and transformation of galaxies and black holes, with a current focus on the discovery and characterisation of massive black holes and Pop III star signatures in the early Universe using JWST/NIRSpec; he is also Project Scientist for the MOONS multi-object spectrograph (VLT) and the ANDES high-resolution spectrograph (ELT).
Markoff studies the extreme physics of accretion and jet formation around black holes of all scales, combining multi-wavelength observations with computational simulations; she is a founding member of the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration that produced the first black hole images, and co-leads a new EHT station in Namibia.
Studies galaxy formation and evolution using spectroscopic surveys of high-redshift galaxies with JWST and other facilities.
Studies the structure, kinematics, and dynamics of star clusters and star-forming regions, stellar binary populations, and alternative stellar-evolution pathways such as blue stragglers.
Observational astronomer studying the growth of supermassive black holes and their co-evolution with host galaxies.
McMahon develops data-intensive, multi-wavelength observational techniques for wide-field imaging surveys (including gravitationally lensed quasar discovery in Gaia data) and plays a leading role in the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) and MOONS spectrograph projects, as well as national AI research infrastructure for astronomy.
Mohanty's group studies the formation and early evolution of stars, brown dwarfs and planetary systems, combining optical/infrared spectroscopy and ALMA observations of protoplanetary disks to understand accretion, disk chemistry and planet formation.
Moore develops novel Bayesian data-analysis techniques for gravitational-wave time-series data from merging black hole binaries, using these signals to probe astrophysics and fundamental physics, including tests of general relativity and constraints from future space-based (LISA) observations.
Mortlock develops Bayesian statistical methods to find and characterise rare astrophysical objects in large sky surveys, most notably the discovery of some of the most distant known quasars, informing early-Universe black-hole growth and reionisation studies.
Observational astronomer studying time-domain astrophysics and transients (supernovae) using wide-field surveys and follow-up instrumentation.