J. Bland-HawthornProfessor

In November 2007, I moved from the Australian Astronomical Observatory to take up a Federation Fellow Professorship at the Institute of Astronomy, School of Physics, University of Sydney. I am a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and the Optical Society of America. I am co-founder and associate director of the Institute of Photonics and Optical Science (IPOS) and an active member of the Sydney Institute for Astronomy (SIFA). I am a Visiting Professor of the Australia National University, Canberra and hold visiting positions with schools in France, Spain, UK and USA. Research interests Near-field Cosmology Galactic archaeology Galactic dynamics Chemical tagging Ultra-faint dwarf galaxies First stars: chemical signatures Far-field Cosmology First stars: formation and evolution First galaxies: formation and evolution Intergalactic medium and metagalactic radiation Galaxy accretion processes: stars, gas Galaxy feedback mechanisms: winds, jets, radiation INSTRUMENT SCIENCE Astrophotonics, Space Photonics & Quantum Astronomy photon orbital angular momentum o ultrabroadband fibre Bragg gratings integrated photonic spectrographs hexabundles & photonic lanterns 3D spectrographs tunable imaging filters Fabry-Perot interferometers o integral field spectrographs Differential techniques OH suppression nod & shuffle, charge shuffling Selected publications Gunawardhana, M., Hopkins, A., Taylor, E., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Norberg, P., Baldry, I., Loveday, J., Owers, M., Wilkins, S., Colless, M., Croom, S., et al (2015). Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): Bivariate functions of Hα star-forming galaxies. Royal Astronomical Society. Monthly Notices, 447(1), 875-901. [More Information] Carpenter, J., Leon-Saval, S., Salazar Gil, J., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Baxter, G., Stewart, L., Frisken, S., Roelens, M., Eggleton, B., Schroeder, J. (2014). 1x11 few-mode fiber wavelength selective switch using photonic lanterns. Optics Express, 22(3), 2216-2221. [More Information] Sanchez, S., Rosales-Ortega, F., Iglesias-Páramo, J., Mollá, M., Barrera-Ballesteros, J., Marino, R., Perez, E., Sánchez-Blazquez, P., González Delgado, R., Cid Fernandes, R., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Ellis, S., Lopez-Sanchez, A., et al (2014). A characteristic oxygen abundance gradient in galaxy disks unveiled with CALIFA. Astronomy and Astrophysics (A and A), 563, 1-25. [More Information] Guglielmo, M., Lewis, G., Bland-Hawthorn, J. (2014). A genetic approach to the history of the Magellanic Clouds. Royal Astronomical Society. Monthly Notices, 444(2), 1759-1774. [More Information] Minchev, I., Chiappini, C., Martig, M., Steinmetz, M., de Jong, R., Boeche, C., Scannapieco, C., Zwitter, T., Wyse, R., Binney, J., Bland-Hawthorn, J., et al (2014). A new stellar chemo-kinematic relation reveals the merger history of the milky way disk. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 781(1), 1-6. [More Information] Conrad, C., Scholz, R., Kharchenko, N., Piskunov, A., Schilbach, E., Röser, S., Boeche, C., Kordopatis, G., Siebert, A., Williams, M., Bland-Hawthorn, J., et al (2014). A RAVE investigation on Galactic open clusters: I. Radial velocities and metallicities. Astronomy and Astrophysics (A and A), 562, 1-16. [More Information] Munari, U., Henden, A., Frigo, A., Zwitter, T., Bienaymé, O., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Boeche, C., Freeman, K., Gibson, B., Gilmore, G., et al (2014). APASS Landolt-Sloan BVgri photometry of RAVE stars. I. Data, effective temperatures, and reddenings. The Astronomical Journal, 148(5), 1-15. [More Information] Walcher, C., Wisotzki, L., Bekeraite, S., Husemann, B., Iglesias-Páramo, J., Backsmann, N., Barrera-Ballesteros, J., Catalán-Torrecilla, C., Cortijo, C., Del Olmo, A., Bland-Hawthorn, J., et al (2014). CALIFA: A diameter-selected sample for an integral field spectroscopy galaxy survey. Astronomy and Astrophysics (A and A), 569, 1-18. [More Information] Robertson, P., Bland-Hawthorn, J. (2014). Centre of the galaxy - Sixtieth anniversary of an Australian discovery. Australian Physics, 51(6), 194-199. Piffl, T., Binney, J., McMillan, P., Steinmetz, M., Helmi, A., Wyse, R., Bienaymé, O., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Freeman, K., Gibson, B., et al (2014). Constraining the Galaxy's dark halo with RAVE stars. Monthly Notices Royal Astronomical Society, 445(3), 3133-3151. [More Information] Antoja, T., Helmi, A., Dehnen, W., Bienaymé, O., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Famaey, B., Freeman, K., Gibson, B., Gilmore, G., Grebel, E., et al (2014). Constraints on the Galactic bar from the Hercules stream as traced with RAVE across the Galaxy. Astronomy and Astrophysics (A and A), 563, Article number A60. [More Information]