Our People

Our team of researchers, educators, and students are delivering exciting research, education, and community programs and sharing their passion with academic and public audiences around the world.

ACADEMICS

Duane Hamacher (Program Director)

Associate Professor of Cultural Astronomy

School of Physics

Gerhard Wiesenfeldt (Program Co-Director)

Lecturer in the History & Philosophy of Science

School of Historical & Philosophical Studies, University of Melbourne

Martin Bush

Senior Lecturer in the History of Science

School of Historical & Philosophical Studies, University of Melbourne

Brent Davis

Senior Lecturer in Archaeology

School of Historical & Philosophical Studies, University of Melbourne

Morgan Saletta

Honorary Senior Research Associate

School of Historical & Philosophical Studies, University of Melbourne

Rachel Morgain

Deputy Director, Melbourne Biodiversity Institute

School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne

Tim Patston

Senior Fellow in Creative Education

Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne

Simon Cropper

Associate Professor of Psychology

Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne

Daniel Little

Professor of Psychology

Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne

Charles Kemp

Professor of Psychology

Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne

Jacinta Den Besten

Senior Lecturer in Physics Education

School of Physics, University of Melbourne

Maurizio Toscano

Senior Lecturer in Science Education

Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne

Kirstine Wallis

Lecturer in Landscape Architecture

University of Melbourne and Wyndham City Council

Lynne Kelly

Honorary Fellow in Physics

Memory, Orality & Mnemonic Theory – University of Melbourne

Stephi Bernard

Teaching Assistant in Cultural Astronomy

University of Melbourne

AFFILIATES

Krystal De Napoli

Education & Outreach Officer

ASTRO-3D, Swinburne University of Technology

Stacy Mader

Senior Experimental Scientist

CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science

Robert Fuller

Adjunct Fellow in Cultural Astronomy

Western Sydney University

Ray Norris

Professor of Astrophysics

Western Sydney University / CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science

Tanya Hill

Honorary Fellow in Physics

Senior Curator/Director – Melbourne Planetarium

Anna Neumann

PhD Candidate

University of Southern Queensland

Jarita Holbrook

Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow

School of Social & Political Science, University of Edinburgh

Annette Lee

Lakota/Dakota Astrophysicist and Artist

Director – Native Skywatchers

Bon Mott _/\_

Artist, Curator, and Performance Artist

Second Space Projects, Melbourne

Emma Barnett

Astronomy Education Graduate

School of Physics, University of Melbourne

STUDENT RESEARCHERS

Bridget Kelly

Doctor of Philosophy, University of Melbourne

Topic: Constellation grouping and visual perception

Amanda Goldfarb

Doctor of Philosophy, University of Melbourne

Topic: Astronomy of the eastern Kulin Nations

Jessica Heim

Doctor of Philosophy, University of Southern Queensland

Topic:  Light Pollution, Mega-constellations, and Ethics

Jamie Rooney

Doctor of Philosophy, University of Melbourne

Topic: Astronomy of the Northern Kulin Nation

Tobias Selkirk

Doctor of Philosophy, University of Melbourne

Topic: Environmental Hydrology & Cultural Astronomy

Trevor Leaman

Doctor of Philosophy, University of New South Wales

Topic: Astronomy of the Wiradjuri people of New South Wales

Peter Swanton

Master of Philosophy, Australian National University

Topic: Aboriginal Astronomy, Education, and Dark Sky Studies

Elizabeth Brooker

Master of Arts, University of Oklahoma

Topic: Torres Strait Islander astronomy

Casey Domingo

Laby Scholar, University of Melbourne

Topic: Indigenous Astronomy

Harriet Hurley

Student Researcher, University of Melbourne

Topic: Anthropology and Sociology of Space