Astrophysics Professor and Future Fellow at ICRAR, SKA-Low Chief Operations Scientist, runner, Mum, EoR chaser, ASTRO 3D scientist. Views are my own.
Joined September 2012
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24 Jul 2023
Exciting to see ESO and SKAO working together for greater scientific understanding skao.int/en/news/479/skao-si…
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4 Jul 2023
Dr Nichole Barry after delivering the Louise Webster Prize talk at the annual science meeting of the ASA, for her work to detect the Epoch of Reionisation @hyperspaceme @ARC_ASTRO3D #asaasm2023
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Cathryn Trott retweeted
20 Apr 2023
A four-hour loop of the #SolarEclipse2023 satellite imagery, as promised. Another interesting impact - temperature drops were recorded across #WA and the #NT due to the reduced incoming solar radiation!
satview.bom.gov.au/
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Cathryn Trott retweeted
7 Mar 2023
Tracing 13 billion years of history by the light of ancient quasars. A paper today led by @astro_bec @ARC_ASTRO3D @Swinburne has found new evidence for rapid heating in the early universe. In @RAS_Journals doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad29…. Media release at scienceinpublic.com.au/categ…
ALT The rapid emergence of warm carbon and its relationship to the formation of the first stars and galaxies. ASTRO 3D/Swinburne University
ALT Dr Rebecca Davies, ASTRO 3D/Swinburne University
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#ICRAR #researchers have developed a low cost, portable Space Domain Awareness System which can be used to detect #spacejunk, #satellites & #aircraft, funded by #WesternAustralia's #DefenceScienceCentre.
Read more: icrar.org/portable-sda/
#Research #RadioAstronomy
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Cathryn Trott retweeted
12 Jan 2023
🚨 Job alert 🚨
We have a postdoc position on HI Intensity Mapping with MeerKAT in Manchester, working with Prof Keith Grainge and myself.
If you have a background in 21cm cosmology and processing interferometric radio data, please consider applying!
jobs.manchester.ac.uk/displa…
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5 Dec 2022
In Australia and South Africa, construction has started on the biggest radio observatory in Earth's history theconversation.com/in-austr… via @ConversationEDU
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💯 What a knock on debut! 👏
🏏 20-year-old Ashley Chandrasinghe has brought up his maiden first class century, scoring 119 not out off 333 balls for @VicStateCricket in the #SheffieldShield against Tasmania at Bellerive.
📰 bit.ly/abcsport #TASvVIC
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Cathryn Trott retweeted
24 Oct 2022
SARAO has a position available for a System Engineer to join its team in Cape Town, Western Cape.
Contract type: Long Term Contract
Closing date: 31 October 2022. For more information or to apply, visit sarao.ac.za/job/vacant-post-… #engineeringjobs #vacancies #Capetown #jobs
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There are lots of connections between #engineering and the field of #radioastronomy! Check out this event run by @CurtinStem next month. Tickets are free!
eventbrite.com.au/e/girls-en…
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17 Oct 2022
Surprise discovery of radio signals could help track space junk and limit global security risks abc.net.au/news/2022-10-18/s…
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Cathryn Trott retweeted
16 Oct 2022
A historic result in surveys of millions of stars. Project entire dataset into a 2D plane using amazing t-SNe manifold based algorithm. Look for groupings. One such group are precious metal poor stars as found here in follow-up!
@sifa_astro @galahsurvey
arxiv.org/pdf/2210.05161.pdf
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Cathryn Trott retweeted
10 Aug 2022
SARAO has positions available for two Telescope Operators to join its team in Cape Town. Job level: Skilled / Middle Management. Contract type: Permanent. Closing date: 16 August 2022. For more info or to apply, visit sarao.ac.za/vacancies
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Cathryn Trott retweeted
31 Jul 2022
Open now! Scholarships to support Women studying for STEM in Australia.
Must apply before starting your degree or PhD.
Spread the word!
atse.org.au/career-pathways/…
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#JobAlert There's a rare opportunity to join our team of high-achieving science communication professionals as our Outreach and Education Coordinator. Applications close 10th August. #scicomm #womeninSTEM #IndigenousinSTEM #STEM #education #SciCommChat
icrar.org/employment/
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There are several PhD projects and scholarships available at ICRAR-@CurtinUni right now. Want to work with @CathAstro? How about @ColourfulCosmos or @nseymouruk?
Project list: bit.ly/3zgbW8H
Scholarship: bit.ly/3zdMGQw
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18 Jul 2022
Would you like to join ICRAR-Curtin to undertake a PhD with me and Prof David Davidson to define and design the Cosmic Dawn and EoR science program with the SKA?
PhD scholarship open now for domestic and international students:
scholarships.curtin.edu.au/S…
@ICRAR @CurtinUni
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Cathryn Trott retweeted
11 Jul 2022
I had to make a before and after to really appreciate how good the James Webb Telescope really is.
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