
Overview
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
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of New South Wales
Research interests
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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.
Works
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2024
Journal Article
The dark energy survey supernova program: Light curves and 5 yr data release
Sánchez, B. O., Brout, D., Vincenzi, M., Sako, M., Herner, K., Kessler, R., Davis, T. M., Scolnic, D., Acevedo, M., Lee, J., Möller, A., Qu, H., Kelsey, L., Wiseman, P., Armstrong, P., Rose, B., Camilleri, R., Chen, R., Galbany, L., Kovacs, E., Lidman, C., Popovic, B., Smith, M., Shah, P., Sullivan, M., Toy, M., Abbott, T. M. C., Aguena, M., Allam, S. ... DES Collaboration (2024). The dark energy survey supernova program: Light curves and 5 yr data release. The Astrophysical Journal, 975 (1) 5, 1-12. doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad739a
2024
Journal Article
SPT clusters with des and HST weak lensing. II. Cosmological constraints from the abundance of massive halos
Bocquet, S., Grandis, S., Bleem, L. E., Klein, M., Mohr, J. J., Schrabback, T., Abbott, T. M.C., Ade, P. A.R., Aguena, M., Alarcon, A., Allam, S., Allen, S. W., Alves, O., Amon, A., Anderson, A. J., Annis, J., Ansarinejad, B., Austermann, J. E., Avila, S., Bacon, D., Bayliss, M., Beall, J. A., Bechtol, K., Becker, M. R., Bender, A. N., Benson, B. A., Bernstein, G. M., Bhargava, S., Bianchini, F. ... Zuntz, J. (2024). SPT clusters with des and HST weak lensing. II. Cosmological constraints from the abundance of massive halos. Physical Review D, 110 (8) 083510, 8. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.110.083510
2024
Journal Article
WiFeS observations of nearby southern Type Ia supernova host galaxies
Carr, Anthony, Davis, Tamara M., Camilleri, Ryan, Lidman, Chris, Freeman, Kenneth C. and Scolnic, Daniel (2024). WiFeS observations of nearby southern Type Ia supernova host galaxies. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 41 e068. doi: 10.1017/pasa.2024.74
2024
Journal Article
DESI 2024: reconstructing dark energy using crossing statistics with DESI DR1 BAO data
Calderon, R., Lodha, K., Shafieloo, A., Linder, E., Sohn, W., de Mattia, A., Cervantes-Cota, J.L., Crittenden, R., Davis, T.M., Ishak, M., Kim, A.G., Matthewson, W., Niz, G., Park, S., Aguilar, J., Ahlen, S., Allen, S., Brooks, D., Claybaugh, T., de la Macorra, A., Dey, A., Dey, B., Doel, P., Forero-Romero, J.E., Gaztañaga, E., Gontcho, S.Gontcho A., Honscheid, K., Howlett, C., Juneau, S. ... Zou, H. (2024). DESI 2024: reconstructing dark energy using crossing statistics with DESI DR1 BAO data. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2024 (10) 048, 048. doi: 10.1088/1475-7516/2024/10/048
2024
Journal Article
Dark Energy Survey: Galaxy sample for the baryonic acoustic oscillation measurement from the final dataset
Mena-Fernández, J., Rodríguez-Monroy, M., Avila, S., Porredon, A., Chan, K. C., Camacho, H., Weaverdyck, N., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Sanchez, E., Toribio San Cipriano, L., De Vicente, J., Ferrero, I., Cawthon, R., Carnero Rosell, A., Elvin-Poole, J., Giannini, G., Lee, S., Adamow, M., Bechtol, K., Drlica-Wagner, A., Gruendl, R. A., Hartley, W. G., Pieres, A., Ross, A. J., Rykoff, E. S., Sheldon, E., Yanny, B., Abbott, T. M.C., Aguena, M. ... Yamamoto, M. (2024). Dark Energy Survey: Galaxy sample for the baryonic acoustic oscillation measurement from the final dataset. Physical Review D, 110 (6) 063514. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.110.063514
2024
Journal Article
Dark energy survey: A 2.1% measurement of the angular baryonic acoustic oscillation scale at redshift zeff=0.85 from the final dataset
Abbott, T. M.C., Adamow, M., Aguena, M., Allam, S., Alves, O., Amon, A., Andrade-Oliveira, F., Asorey, J., Avila, S., Bacon, D., Bechtol, K., Bernstein, G. M., Bertin, E., Blazek, J., Bocquet, S., Brooks, D., Burke, D. L., Camacho, H., Carnero Rosell, A., Carollo, D., Carr, A., Carretero, J., Castander, F. J., Cawthon, R., Chan, K. C., Chang, C., Conselice, C., Costanzi, M., Crocce, M. ... DES Collaboration (2024). Dark energy survey: A 2.1% measurement of the angular baryonic acoustic oscillation scale at redshift zeff=0.85 from the final dataset. Physical Review D, 110 (6) 063515, 1-39. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.110.063515
2024
Journal Article
The dark energy survey supernova program: investigating beyond-ΛCDM
Camilleri, R, Davis, T M, Vincenzi, M, Shah, P, Frieman, J, Kessler, R, Armstrong, P, Brout, D, Carr, A, Chen, R, Galbany, L, Glazebrook, K, Hinton, S R, Lee, J, Lidman, C, Möller, A, Popovic, B, Qu, H, Sako, M, Scolnic, D, Smith, M, Sullivan, M, Sánchez, B O, Taylor, G, Toy, M, Wiseman, P, Abbott, T M C, Aguena, M, Allam, S ... (DES Collaboration) (2024). The dark energy survey supernova program: investigating beyond-ΛCDM. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 533 (3), 2615-2639. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stae1988
2024
Journal Article
The Dark Energy Survey 5-year photometrically classified type Ia supernovae without host-galaxy redshifts
Möller, A, Wiseman, P, Smith, M, Lidman, C, Davis, T M, Kessler, R, Sako, M, Sullivan, M, Galbany, L, Lee, J, Nichol, R C, Sánchez, B O, Vincenzi, M, Tucker, B E, Abbott, T M C, Aguena, M, Allam, S, Alves, O, Andrade-Oliveira, F, Bacon, D, Bertin, E, Brooks, D, Rosell, A Carnero, Castander, F J, Desai, S, Diehl, H T, Everett, S, Ferrero, I, Friedel, D ... Pereira, M E S (2024). The Dark Energy Survey 5-year photometrically classified type Ia supernovae without host-galaxy redshifts. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 533 (2), 2073-2088. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stae1953
2024
Journal Article
Dark energy survey year 3 results: miscentring calibration and X-ray-richness scaling relations in redMaPPer clusters
Kelly, P. M., Jobel, J., Eiger, O., Abd, A., Jeltema, T. E., Giles, P., Hollowood, D. L., Wilkinson, R. D., Turner, D. J., Bhargava, S., Everett, S., Farahi, A., Romer, A. K., Rykoff, E. S., Wang, F., Bocquet, S., Cross, D., Faridjoo, R., Franco, J., Gardner, G., Kwiecien, M., Laubner, D., McDaniel, A., O’Donnell, J. H., Sanchez, L., Schmidt, E., Sripada, S., Swart, A., Upsdell, E. ... Wiseman, P. (2024). Dark energy survey year 3 results: miscentring calibration and X-ray-richness scaling relations in redMaPPer clusters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 533 (1), 572-588. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stae1786
2024
Journal Article
The Dark Energy Survey: Cosmology Results with ∼1500 New High-redshift Type Ia Supernovae Using the Full 5 yr Data Set
Abbott, DES Collaboration: T. M. C., Acevedo, M., Aguena, M., Alarcon, A., Allam, S., Alves, O., Amon, A., Andrade-Oliveira, F., Annis, J., Armstrong, P., Asorey, J., Avila, S., Bacon, D., Bassett, B. A., Bechtol, K., Bernardinelli, P. H., Bernstein, G. M., Bertin, E., Blazek, J., Bocquet, S., Brooks, D., Brout, D., Buckley-Geer, E., Burke, D. L., Camacho, H., Camilleri, R., Campos, A., Carnero Rosell, A., Carollo, D. ... Zhang, Y. (2024). The Dark Energy Survey: Cosmology Results with ∼1500 New High-redshift Type Ia Supernovae Using the Full 5 yr Data Set. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 973 (1) L14, L14. doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/ad6f9f
2024
Journal Article
The Dark Energy Survey Supernova Program: Slow supernovae show cosmological time dilation out to z ∼ 1
White, R M T, Davis, T M, Lewis, G F, Brout, D, Galbany, L, Glazebrook, K, Hinton, S R, Lee, J, Lidman, C, Möller, A, Sako, M, Scolnic, D, Smith, M, Sullivan, M, Sánchez, B O, Shah, P, Vincenzi, M, Wiseman, P, Abbott, T M C, Aguena, M, Allam, S, Andrade-Oliveira, F, Asorey, J, Bacon, D, Bocquet, S, Brooks, D, Buckley-Geer, E, Burke, D L, Rosell, A Carnero ... Weaverdyck, N (2024). The Dark Energy Survey Supernova Program: Slow supernovae show cosmological time dilation out to z ∼ 1. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 533 (3), 3365-3378. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stae2008
2024
Journal Article
The early data release of the dark energy spectroscopic instrument
DESI Collaboration, Adame, A. G., Aguilar, J., Ahlen, S., Alam, S., Aldering, G., Alexander, D. M., Alfarsy, R., Prieto, C. Allende, Alvarez, M., Alves, O., Anand, A., Andrade-Oliveira, F., Armengaud, E., Asorey, J., Avila, S., Aviles, A., Bailey, S., Balaguera-Antolínez, A., Ballester, O., Baltay, C., Bault, A., Bautista, J., Behera, J., Beltran, S. F., BenZvi, S., Beraldo e Silva, L., Bermejo-Climent, J. R., Berti, A. ... Zu, Y. (2024). The early data release of the dark energy spectroscopic instrument. The Astronomical Journal, 168 (2) 58. doi: 10.3847/1538-3881/ad3217
2024
Journal Article
SPT-SZ MCMF: an extension of the SPT-SZ catalogue over the DES region
Klein, M., Mohr, J. J., Bocquet, S., Aguena, M., Allen, S. W., Alves, O., Ansarinejad, B., Ashby, M. L.N., Bacon, D., Bayliss, M., Benson, B. A., Bleem, L. E., Brodwin, M., Brooks, D., Bulbul, E., Burke, D. L., Canning, R. E.A., Carlstrom, J. E., Rosell, A. C., Carretero, J., Chang, C. L., Conselice, C., Costanzi, M., Crites, A. T., Da Costa, L. N., Pereira, M. E.S., Davis, T. M., De Vicente, J., Desai, S. ... Young, M. (2024). SPT-SZ MCMF: an extension of the SPT-SZ catalogue over the DES region. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 531 (4), 3973-3990. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stae1359
2024
Journal Article
Mass calibration of DES Year-3 clusters via SPT-3G CMB cluster lensing
Ansarinejad, B., Raghunathan, S., Abbott, T. M.C., Ade, P. A.R., Aguena, M., Alves, O., Anderson, A. J., Andrade-Oliveira, F., Archipley, M., Balkenhol, L., Benabed, K., Bender, A. N., Benson, B. A., Bertin, E., Bianchini, F., Bleem, L. E., Bocquet, S., Bouchet, F. R., Brooks, D., Bryant, L., Burke, D. L., Camphuis, E., Carlstrom, J. E., Carnero Rosell, A., Carretero, J., Castander, F. J., Cecil, T. W., Chang, C. L., Chaubal, P. ... The SPT-3G collaboration and The DES collaboration (2024). Mass calibration of DES Year-3 clusters via SPT-3G CMB cluster lensing. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2024 (7) 024, 1-28. doi: 10.1088/1475-7516/2024/07/024
2024
Journal Article
The dark energy survey: detection of weak lensing magnification of supernovae and constraints on dark matter haloes
Shah, P, Davis, T M, Bacon, D, Brout, D, Frieman, J, Galbany, L, Kessler, R, Lahav, O, Lee, J, Lidman, C, Nichol, R C, Sako, M, Sánchez, B O, Scolnic, D, Sullivan, M, Vincenzi, M, Wiseman, P, Allam, S, Abbott, T M C, Aguena, M, Alves, O, Andrade-Oliveira, F, Annis, J, Bechtol, K, Bertin, E, Bocquet, S, Brooks, D, Rosell, A Carnero, Carretero, J ... DES Collaboration (2024). The dark energy survey: detection of weak lensing magnification of supernovae and constraints on dark matter haloes. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 532 (1), 932-944. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stae1515
2024
Journal Article
Dark Energy Survey Year 6 results: Intra-cluster light from redshift 0.2 to 0.5
Zhang, Yuanyuan, Golden-Marx, Jesse B., Ogando, Ricardo L. C., Yanny, Brian, Rykoff, Eli S., Allam, Sahar, Aguena, M., Bacon, D., Bocquet, S., Brooks, D., Rosell, A. Carnero, Carretero, J., Cheng, T. -Y, Conselice, C., Costanzi, M., da Costa, L. N., Pereira, M. E. S., Davis, T. M., Desai, S., Diehl, H. T., Doel, P., Ferrero,, Flaugher, B., Frieman, J., Gruen, D., Gruendl, R. A., Hinton, S. R., Hollowood, D. L., Honscheid, K. ... Weaverdyck, N. (2024). Dark Energy Survey Year 6 results: Intra-cluster light from redshift 0.2 to 0.5. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 531 (1), 510-529. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stae1165
2024
Journal Article
Dark Energy Survey Deep Field photometric redshift performance and training incompleteness assessment
Toribio San Cipriano, L., De Vicente, J., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Hartley, W. G., Myles, J., Amon, A., Bernstein, G. M., Choi, A., Eckert, K., Gruendl, R. A., Harrison, I., Sheldon, E., Yanny, B., Aguena, M., Allam, S. S., Alves, O., Bacon, D., Brooks, D., Campos, A., Carnero Rosell, A., Carretero, J., Castander, F. J., Conselice, C., Da Costa, L. N., Pereira, M. E.S., Davis, T. M., Desai, S., Diehl, H. T., Doel, P. ... and DES collaboration (2024). Dark Energy Survey Deep Field photometric redshift performance and training incompleteness assessment. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 686 A38, 1-15. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/202348956
2024
Journal Article
OzDES reverberation mapping program: Stacking analysis with Hβ, Mg ii and C iv
Malik, U., Sharp, R., Penton, A., Yu, Z., Martini, P., Tucker, B. E., Davis, T. M., Lewis, G. F., Lidman, C., Aguena, M., Alves, O., Annis, J., Asorey, J., Bacon, D., Brooks, D., Rosell, A. Carnero, Carretero, J., Cheng, T-Y, da Costa, L. N., Pereira, M. E. S., De Vicente, J., Doel, P., Ferrero, I., Frieman, J., Giannini, G., Gruen, D., Gruendl, R. A., Hinton, S. R., Hollowood, D. L. ... Wiseman, P. (2024). OzDES reverberation mapping program: Stacking analysis with Hβ, Mg ii and C iv. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 531 (1), 163-182. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stae1154
2024
Journal Article
Faster cosmological analysis with power spectrum without simulations
Lai, Yan, Howlett, Cullan and Davis, Tamara M (2024). Faster cosmological analysis with power spectrum without simulations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 530 (4), 4519-4530. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stae1134
2024
Journal Article
The Dark Energy Survey Supernova Program: cosmological biases from host galaxy mismatch of type Ia supernovae
Qu, H., Sako, M., Vincenzi, M., Sánchez, C., Brout, D., Kessler, R., Chen, R., Davis, T., Galbany, L., Kelsey, L., Lee, J., Lidman, C., Popovic, B., Rose, B., Scolnic, D., Smith, M., Sullivan, M., Wiseman, P., Abbott, T. M. C., Aguena, M., Alves, O., Bacon, D., Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Burke, D. L., Carnero Rosell, A., Carretero, J., da Costa, L. N., Pereira, M. E. S. ... DES Collaboration (2024). The Dark Energy Survey Supernova Program: cosmological biases from host galaxy mismatch of type Ia supernovae. The Astrophysical Journal, 964 (2) 134. doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad251d
Funding
Current funding
Supervision
Availability
- Professor Tamara Davis is:
- Not available for supervision
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Measuring Neutrino Mass with the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Cullan Howlett
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Doctor Philosophy
Weighing supermassive black holes with the Dark Energy Survey
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Benjamin Pope
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Doctor Philosophy
Cosmology with the Dark Energy Survey
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Cullan Howlett
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Doctor Philosophy
Modelling exotic cosmological models in the era of next generation galaxy surveys
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Cullan Howlett
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Doctor Philosophy
Using the motions of galaxies to probe fundamental physics
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Cullan Howlett
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Doctor Philosophy
Galaxy motions with the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Khaled Said Soliman
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Doctor Philosophy
Observing Naked-Eye Stars and their Planets with TESS
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Benjamin Pope
Completed supervision
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Cosmic echos: Reverberation mapping of high-redshift supermassive black holes
Principal Advisor
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Signatures of Companions in Transitional Discs: Spiral Arms, Cavities, and Dust Asymmetries
Principal Advisor
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Deciphering dark energy: The adventures of Steve, Barry, and Pippin.
Principal Advisor
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Echo hunting: using reverberation mapping of active galactic nuclei to probe black hole growth and cosmic expansion.
Principal Advisor
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
Completing the Puzzle: Unveiling Clues for Gravitational Wave Astrophysics and Cosmology with Simulations
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Cullan Howlett
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Quantum control in probing relativistic effects and thermodynamics
Associate Advisor
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Whispers from the Big Bang-Cosmological Constraints from Galaxy Power Spectra
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Cullan Howlett
Media
Enquiries
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- Astronomy
- Astrophysics
- Cosmology
- Dark energy
- Dark Matter
- Exploding stars
- Physics
- Quantum gravity
- Stars - astrophysics
- Supernovae (exploding stars)
- Universe
- Vacuum energy
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