Professor Tamara Davis
Professor

Tamara Davis

Email: 
Phone: 
+61 7 336 53433
Mobile: 
0432 526 989

Background

Professor Tamara Davis is an astrophysicist who studies the elusive “dark energy” that’s accelerating the universe. She completed her PhD in 2004 at the University of New South Wales on theoretical cosmology and black holes, then worked on supernova cosmology in two postdoctoral fellowships, the first at the Australian National University (collaborating with Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory) and the second at the University of Copenhagen. In 2008 she moved to Queensland to join the WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey team working on mapping the galaxies in the Universe. She led the Dark Theme within the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics, is now leading the OzDES survey -- working with the international Dark Energy Survey, and working with working with the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument project. As of 2024 she is Deputy Director of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery.

Her accolades include the Astronomical Society of Australia's Louise Webster Medal for early career research impact, the L'Oréal Women in Science Fellowship for Australia, the Australian Institute of Physics Women in Physics Lectureship, the Australian Academy of Science’s Nancy Millis Medal for outstanding female leadership in science, an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship, the Astronomical Society of Australia's Ellery Lectureship, and a Member of the Order of Australia (AM).

Availability

Professor Tamara Davis is:
Not available for supervision
Media expert

Fields of research

Physical Sciences

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of New South Wales

Research interests

  • Cosmology, Dark Energy, and Dark Matter

    Using supernovae, gravitational waves, and the large-scale structure of the Universe to learn about fundamental physics. On a quest to map all the galaxies in the observable Universe.

Search Professor Tamara Davis’s works on UQ eSpace

317 works between 2001 and 2026
All (317) Journal Article (308) Other Outputs (1) Conference Publication (5) Book Chapter (3)

21 - 40 of 317 works

2026

Journal Article

DELVE Milky Way satellite galaxy census. I. Satellite population and survey selection function in DES, DELVE, and Pan-STARRS

Tan, C. Y., Drlica-Wagner, A., Pace, A. B., Cerny, W., Nadler, E. O., Doliva-Dolinsky, A., Anbajagane, D., Li, T. S., Simon, J. D., Vivas, A. K., Walker, A. R., Adamów, M., Bechtol, K., Carlin, J. L., Casey, Q. O., Chang, C., Chaturvedi, A., Cheng, T.-Y., Chiti, A., Choi, Y., Crnojević, D., Ferguson, P. S., Gruendl, R. A., Ji, A. P., Limberg, G., Medina, G. E., Mutlu-Pakdil, B., Noël, N. E. D., Overdeck, K. ... (DELVE and DES Collaborations) (2026). DELVE Milky Way satellite galaxy census. I. Satellite population and survey selection function in DES, DELVE, and Pan-STARRS. The Astrophysical Journal, 1000 (1) 87, 87. doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ae4479

DELVE Milky Way satellite galaxy census. I. Satellite population and survey selection function in DES, DELVE, and Pan-STARRS

2026

Journal Article

Dark Energy Survey: implications for cosmological expansion models from the final DES baryon acoustic oscillation and supernova data

Abbott, T. M. C., Acevedo, M., Adamow, M., Aguena, M., Alarcon, A., Allam, S., Alves, O., Andrade-Oliveira, F., Annis, J., Armstrong, P., Avila, S., Bacon, D., Bechtol, K., Blazek, J., Bocquet, S., Brooks, D., Brout, D., Burke, D. L., Camacho, H., Camilleri, R., Campailla, G., Carnero Rosell, A., Carr, A., Carretero, J., Castander, F. J., Cawthon, R., Chan, K. C., Chang, C., Chen, R. ... Yanny, B. (2026). Dark Energy Survey: implications for cosmological expansion models from the final DES baryon acoustic oscillation and supernova data. Physical Review D, 113 (6) 063530, 1-31. doi: 10.1103/z2q4-qcdq

Dark Energy Survey: implications for cosmological expansion models from the final DES baryon acoustic oscillation and supernova data

2026

Journal Article

Ultra-faint Milky Way satellites discovered in carina, phoenix, and telescopium with DELVE data release 3

Tan, C. Y., Cerny, W., Pace, A. B., Sharp, J. A., Overdeck, K., Drlica-Wagner, A., Simon, J. D., Mutlu-Pakdil, B., Sand, D. J., Senkevich, A. M., Erkal, D., Ferguson, P. S., Sobreira, F., Atzberger, K. R., Carlin, J. L., Chiti, A., Crnojević, D., Ji, A. P., Johnson, L. C., Li, T. S., Limberg, G., Martínez-Vázquez, C. E., Medina, G. E., Placco, V. M., Riley, A. H., Tollerud, E. J., Vivas, A. K., Abbott, T. M. C., Aguena, M. ... (DELVE and DES Collaborations) (2026). Ultra-faint Milky Way satellites discovered in carina, phoenix, and telescopium with DELVE data release 3. The Astrophysical Journal, 1000 (1) 46. doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ae43e2

Ultra-faint Milky Way satellites discovered in carina, phoenix, and telescopium with DELVE data release 3

2026

Journal Article

Limits on self-interacting neutrinos from the BAO and CMB phase shift

Whitford, Abbé M., Howlett, Cullan, Davis, Tamara M., Camarena, David and Cyr-Racine, Francis-Yan (2026). Limits on self-interacting neutrinos from the BAO and CMB phase shift. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2026 (3) 064, 1-34. doi: 10.1088/1475-7516/2026/03/064

Limits on self-interacting neutrinos from the BAO and CMB phase shift

2026

Journal Article

Dark energy survey year 6 results: photometric dataset for cosmology

Bechtol, K., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Drlica-Wagner, A., Yanny, B., Gruendl, R. A., Sheldon, E., Rykoff, E. S., De Vicente, J., Adamow, M., Anbajagane, D., Becker, M. R., Bernstein, G. M., Carnero Rosell, A., Gschwend, J., Gorsuch, M., Hartley, W. G., Jarvis, M., Jeltema, T., Kron, R., Manning, T. A., O’Donnell, J., Pieres, A., Rodríguez-Monroy, M., Sanchez Cid, D., Tabbutt, M., Tan, C. Y., Toribio San Cipriano, L., Tucker, D. L., Weaverdyck, N. ... (DES Collaboration) (2026). Dark energy survey year 6 results: photometric dataset for cosmology. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 282 (2) 62. doi: 10.3847/1538-4365/ae18d3

Dark energy survey year 6 results: photometric dataset for cosmology

2026

Journal Article

Biasing from galaxy trough and peak profiles with the DES Y3 redMaGiC galaxies and the weak lensing mass map

Hang, Q., Jeffrey, N., Whiteway, L., Lahav, O., Williamson, J., Gatti, M., Derose, J., Kovacs, A., Alarcon, A., Amon, A., Bechtol, K., Becker, M. R., Bernstein, G. M., Campos, A., Rosell, A. Carnero, Kind, M. Carrasco, Chang, C., Chen, R., Choi, A., Dodelson, S., Doux, C., Drlica-Wagner, A., Elvin-Poole, J., Everett, S., Ferté, A., Gruen, D., Gruendl, R. A., Harrison, I., Jarvis, M. ... Vikram, V. (2026). Biasing from galaxy trough and peak profiles with the DES Y3 redMaGiC galaxies and the weak lensing mass map. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 546 (2) stag006. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stag006

Biasing from galaxy trough and peak profiles with the DES Y3 redMaGiC galaxies and the weak lensing mass map

2026

Journal Article

Erratum: DESI 2024 V: Full-Shape Galaxy Clustering from Galaxies and Quasars

Adame, A.G., Aguilar, J., Ahlen, S., Alam, S., Alexander, D.M., Alvarez, M., Alves, O., Anand, A., Andrade, U., Armengaud, E., Avila, S., Aviles, A., Awan, H., Bailey, S., Baltay, C., Bault, A., Behera, J., BenZvi, S., Beutler, F., Bianchi, D., Blake, C., Blum, R., Brieden, S., Brodzeller, A., Brooks, D., Buckley-Geer, E., Burtin, E., Calderon, R., Canning, R. ... The DESI collaboration (2026). Erratum: DESI 2024 V: Full-Shape Galaxy Clustering from Galaxies and Quasars. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2026 (2) E02, 1-8. doi: 10.1088/1475-7516/2026/02/e02

Erratum: DESI 2024 V: Full-Shape Galaxy Clustering from Galaxies and Quasars

2026

Journal Article

LITMUS: Bayesian lag recovery in reverberation mapping with fast differentiable models

McDougall, Hugh, Pope, Benjamin J. S. and Davis, Tamara M. (2026). LITMUS: Bayesian lag recovery in reverberation mapping with fast differentiable models. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 43 e018, 1-17. doi: 10.1017/pasa.2026.10149

LITMUS: Bayesian lag recovery in reverberation mapping with fast differentiable models

2026

Journal Article

Constraining the stellar-to-halo mass relation with galaxy clustering and weak lensing from DES year 3 data

Zacharegkas, G., Chang, C., Prat, J., Hartley, W. G., Mucesh, S., Alarcon, A., Alves, O., Amon, A., Bechtol, K., Becker, M. R., Bernstein, G., Blazek, J., Campos, A., Rosell, A. Carnero, Carrasco Kind, M., Cawthon, R., Chen, R., Choi, A., Cordero, J., Davis, C., Derose, J., Diehl, H. T., Dodelson, S., Doux, C., Drlica-Wagner, A., Eckert, K., Eifler, T. F., Elvin-Poole, J., Everett, S. ... Yamamoto, M. (2026). Constraining the stellar-to-halo mass relation with galaxy clustering and weak lensing from DES year 3 data. Open Journal of Astrophysics, 9, 1-35. doi: 10.33232/001c.155046

Constraining the stellar-to-halo mass relation with galaxy clustering and weak lensing from DES year 3 data

2026

Journal Article

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: dDR6 Sunyaev-Zel’dovich selected galaxy clusters catalog

Aguena, M., Aiola, S., Allam, S., Andrade-Oliveira, F., Bacon, D., Bahcall, N., Battaglia, N., Battistelli, E. S., Bocquet, S., Bolliet, B., Bond, J. R., Brooks, D., Calabrese, E., Carretero, J., Choi, S. K., da Costa, L. N., Costanzi, M., Coulton, W., Davis, T. M., Desai, S., Devlin, M. J., Dicker, S., Doel, P., Duivenvoorden, A. J., Dunkley, J., Ferraro, S., Flaugher, B., Frieman, J., Gallardo, P. A. ... Zubeldia, I. (2026). The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: dDR6 Sunyaev-Zel’dovich selected galaxy clusters catalog. Open Journal of Astrophysics, 9. doi: 10.33232/001c.155863

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: dDR6 Sunyaev-Zel’dovich selected galaxy clusters catalog

2026

Book Chapter

The expanding Universe

Davis, Tamara M. (2026). The expanding Universe. Encyclopedia of Astrophysics. (pp. 1-16) Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/b978-0-443-21439-4.00121-8

The expanding Universe

2025

Journal Article

Dark Energy Survey year 3 results: cosmological constraints from second- and third-order shear statistics

Gomes, R. C. H., Sugiyama, S., Jain, B., Jarvis, M., Anbajagane, D., Halder, A., Marques, G. A., Pandey, S., Marshall, J., Alarcon, A., Amon, A., Bechtol, K., Becker, M., Bernstein, G., Campos, A., Cawthon, R., Chang, C., Chen, R., Choi, A., Cordero, J., Davis, C., Derose, J., Dodelson, S., Doux, C., Eckert, K., Elsner, F., Elvin-Poole, J., Everett, S., Ferté, A. ... Yamamoto, M. (2025). Dark Energy Survey year 3 results: cosmological constraints from second- and third-order shear statistics. Physical Review D, 112 (12) 123515, 1-23. doi: 10.1103/sxlz-t9gb

Dark Energy Survey year 3 results: cosmological constraints from second- and third-order shear statistics

2025

Journal Article

Dark sirens and the impact of redshift precision

Cross-Parkin, Madeline L., Howlett, Cullan, Davis, Tamara M. and Khetan, Nandita (2025). Dark sirens and the impact of redshift precision. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 42 e149. doi: 10.1017/pasa.2025.10111

Dark sirens and the impact of redshift precision

2025

Journal Article

Dark Energy Survey Year 6 results: cell-based coadds and METADETECTION weak lensing shape catalogue

Yamamoto, M., Becker, M. R., Sheldon, E., Jarvis, M., Gruendl, R. A., Menanteau, F., Rykoff, E. S., Mau, S., Schutt, T., Gatti, M., Troxel, M. A., Amon, A., Anbajagane, D., Bernstein, G. M., Gruen, D., Huff, E. M., Tabbutt, M., Tong, A., Yanny, B., Abbott, T. M.C., Aguena, M., Alarcon, A., Andrade-Oliveira, F., Bechtol, K., Blazek, J., Brooks, D., Carnero Rosell, A., Carretero, J., Chang, C. ... Zhang, Y. (2025). Dark Energy Survey Year 6 results: cell-based coadds and METADETECTION weak lensing shape catalogue. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 543 (4), 4156-4186. doi: 10.1093/mnras/staf1661

Dark Energy Survey Year 6 results: cell-based coadds and METADETECTION weak lensing shape catalogue

2025

Journal Article

Dark energy survey year 3 results: cosmological constraints from cluster abundances, weak lensing, and galaxy clustering

Abbott, T. M.C., Aguena, M., Alarcon, A., Amon, A., Anbajagane, D., Andrade-Oliveira, F., Avila, S., Allam, S. S., Bacon, D., Becker, M. R., Bhargava, S., Blazek, J., Bocquet, S., Brooks, D., Carnero Rosell, A., Carretero, J., Castander, F. J., Chang, C., Choi, A., Conselice, C., Costanzi, M., Crocce, M., da Costa, L. N., Pereira, M. E.S., Doux, C., Davis, T. M., Desai, S., Diehl, H. T., Dodelson, S. ... Zhou, C. (2025). Dark energy survey year 3 results: cosmological constraints from cluster abundances, weak lensing, and galaxy clustering. Physical Review D, 112 (8) 083535. doi: 10.1103/3dzh-d8f5

Dark energy survey year 3 results: cosmological constraints from cluster abundances, weak lensing, and galaxy clustering

2025

Journal Article

Can a multi-tracer approach improve the constraints on the turnover scale at low redshift?

Lai, Y., Howlett, C. and Davis, T.M. (2025). Can a multi-tracer approach improve the constraints on the turnover scale at low redshift?. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2025 (10) 071, 1-39. doi: 10.1088/1475-7516/2025/10/071

Can a multi-tracer approach improve the constraints on the turnover scale at low redshift?

2025

Journal Article

Dark energy survey: modeling strategy for multiprobe cluster cosmology and validation for the full six-year dataset

To, Chun-Hao, Krause, Elisabeth, Chang, Chihway, Wu, Hao-Yi, Wechsler, Risa H., Rozo, Eduardo, Weinberg, David H., Anbajagane, D., Avila, S., Blazek, J., Bocquet, S., Costanzi, M., De Vicente, J., Elvin-Poole, J., Ferté, A., Grandis, S., Muir, J., Porredon, A., Samuroff, S., Sanchez, E., Cid, D. Sanchez, Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Weaverdyck, N., Abbott, T. M.C., Aguena, M., Andrade-Oliveira, F., Bacon, D., Becker, M. R., Brooks, D. ... Weller, J. (2025). Dark energy survey: modeling strategy for multiprobe cluster cosmology and validation for the full six-year dataset. Physical Review D, 112 (6) 063537, 1-27. doi: 10.1103/ynqj-6hsb

Dark energy survey: modeling strategy for multiprobe cluster cosmology and validation for the full six-year dataset

2025

Journal Article

DESI 2024 V: Full-Shape galaxy clustering from galaxies and quasars

Adame, A.G., Aguilar, J., Ahlen, S., Alam, S., Alexander, D.M., Alvarez, M., Alves, O., Anand, A., Andrade, U., Armengaud, E., Avila, S., Aviles, A., Awan, H., Bailey, S., Baltay, C., Bault, A., Behera, J., BenZvi, S., Beutler, F., Bianchi, D., Blake, C., Blum, R., Brieden, S., Brodzeller, A., Brooks, D., Buckley-Geer, E., Burtin, E., Calderon, R., Canning, R. ... The DESI collaboration (2025). DESI 2024 V: Full-Shape galaxy clustering from galaxies and quasars. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2025 (9) 008, 1-90. doi: 10.1088/1475-7516/2025/09/008

DESI 2024 V: Full-Shape galaxy clustering from galaxies and quasars

2025

Journal Article

Comparing the DES-SN5YR and Pantheon+ SN cosmology analyses: Investigation based on ‘Evolving Dark Energy or Supernovae systematics’?

Vincenzi, M, Kessler, R, Shah, P, Lee, J, Davis, T M, Scolnic, D, Armstrong, P, Brout, D, Camilleri, R, Chen, R, Galbany, L, Lidman, C, Möller, A, Popovic, B, Rose, B, Sako, M, Sánchez, B O, Smith, M, Sullivan, M, Wiseman, P, Abbott, T M C, Aguena, M, Allam, S, Andrade-Oliveira, F, Bocquet, S, Brooks, D, Rosell, A Carnero, Carretero, J, da Costa, L N ... Weller, J (2025). Comparing the DES-SN5YR and Pantheon+ SN cosmology analyses: Investigation based on ‘Evolving Dark Energy or Supernovae systematics’?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 541 (3), 2585-2593. doi: 10.1093/mnras/staf943

Comparing the DES-SN5YR and Pantheon+ SN cosmology analyses: Investigation based on ‘Evolving Dark Energy or Supernovae systematics’?

2025

Journal Article

Selection function of clusters in Dark Energy Survey year 3 data from cross-matching with South Pole Telescope detections

Grandis, S., Costanzi, M., Mohr, J. J., Bleem, L. E., Wu, H.-Y., Aguena, M., Allam, S., Andrade-Oliveira, F., Bocquet, S., Brooks, D., Carnero Rosell, A., Carretero, J., da Costa, L. N., Pereira, M. E. S., Davis, T. M., Desai, S., Diehl, H. T., Doel, P., Everett, S., Flaugher, B., Frieman, J., García-Bellido, J., Gaztanaga, E., Gruen, D., Gruendl, R. A., Gutierrez, G., Hinton, S. R., Hlacacek-Larrondo, J., Hollowood, D. L. ... Wiseman, P. (2025). Selection function of clusters in Dark Energy Survey year 3 data from cross-matching with South Pole Telescope detections. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 700 A15, 1-19. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/202554177

Selection function of clusters in Dark Energy Survey year 3 data from cross-matching with South Pole Telescope detections

Current funding

  • 2026 - 2027
    Postdoctoral Fellowship for Supernova Cosmology Analyses
    Big Questions Institute Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2025 - 2028
    Cosmic Cartography to Counter Cosmic Conundrums
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2027
    Australian Partnership in the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (ARC LIEF administered by UNSW)
    University of New South Wales
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2031
    ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (ARC Centre of Excellence administered by Swinburne University)
    Swinburne University of Technology
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2026
    A Space Odyssey: Exploring the Universe with Gravitational-Wave Sirens
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2030
    Big Questions Institute Fellowship
    Big Questions Institute Pty Ltd
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2019 - 2024
    Illuminating the Dark Universe
    ARC Australian Laureate Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2021
    Doubling the power of the TAIPAN survey facility (ARC LIEF grant administered by The Australian National University)
    Australian National University
    Open grant
  • 2017
    Ian Potter Conference Grant: Dark Energy Survey Collaboration Meeting 2017
    Ian Potter Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2019
    Weighing Black Holes with The Australian Dark Energy Survey
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2019
    Details of the Dark Side
    Vice-Chancellor's Research and Teaching Fellowship
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2016
    The Australian European Southern Observatory Positioner (AESOP) (ARC LIEF Project administered by The University of Western Australia)
    University of Western Australia
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2017
    Mapping the Dark Matter with Early Type Galaxies (ARC Linkage Project administered by Swinburne University of Technology)
    Swinburne University of Technology
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2015
    Mapping the Universe with the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (PanSTARRS) (ARC LIEF Grant administered by The University of Sydney)
    ARC LIEF Collaborating/Partner Organisation Contributions
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2017
    ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO) (ARC COE administered by the University of Sydney)
    University of Sydney
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2013
    ResTeach 2011 0.05 FTE School of Mathematics and Physics
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2013
    Fundamental physics in distant galaxies (ARC Discovery Project administered by Swinburne University)
    Swinburne University of Technology
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2012
    Investigating Growth of Structure in the Universe using ASKAP and SkyMapper
    UWA-UQ Bilateral Research Collaboration Award
    Open grant
  • 2010 - 2014
    Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and Dark Flow: Galaxy motion reveals fundamental physics
    ARC Future Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2010
    Cosmological testing of fundamental physics
    UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
    Open grant

Availability

Professor Tamara Davis is:
Not available for supervision

Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Gravitational wave cosmology

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Cullan Howlett

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Cosmology with DESI

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Khaled Said Soliman

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Cosmology with the Dark Energy Survey

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Cullan Howlett

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Weighing supermassive black holes with the Dark Energy Survey

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Hon Assoc Professor Benjamin Pope

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Galaxy motions with the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Khaled Said Soliman

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Cosmology with the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Rossana Ruggeri, Dr Cullan Howlett

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Mapping the structure and surfaces of stars and exoplanets

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Hon Assoc Professor Benjamin Pope

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Fundamental Plane distances from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Cullan Howlett

Completed supervision

Enquiries

Contact Professor Tamara Davis directly for media enquiries about:

  • Astronomy
  • Astrophysics
  • Cosmology
  • Dark energy
  • Dark Matter
  • Exploding stars
  • Physics
  • Quantum gravity
  • Stars - astrophysics
  • Supernovae (exploding stars)
  • Universe
  • Vacuum energy

Need help?

For help with finding experts, story ideas and media enquiries, contact our Media team:

communications@uq.edu.au