Professor Tamara Davis
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Tamara Davis

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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

265 works between 2001 and 2025
All (265) Journal Article (257) Book Chapter (2) Conference Publication (5) Other Outputs (1)

201 - 220 of 265 works

2014

Journal Article

The 6dF Galaxy Survey: cosmological constraints from the velocity power spectrum

Johnson, Andrew, Blake, Chris, Koda, Jun, Ma, Yin-Zhe, Colless, Matthew, Crocce, Martin, Davis, Tamara M., Jones, Heath, Magoulas, Christina, Lucey, John R., Mould, Jeremy, Scrimgeour, Morag I. and Springob, Christopher M. (2014). The 6dF Galaxy Survey: cosmological constraints from the velocity power spectrum. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 444 (4), 3926-3947. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stu1615

The 6dF Galaxy Survey: cosmological constraints from the velocity power spectrum

2014

Journal Article

Are peculiar velocity surveys competitive as a cosmological probe?

Koda, Jun, Blake, Chris, Davis, Tamara, Magoulas, Christina, Springob, Christopher M., Scrimgeour, Morag, Johnson, Andrew, Poole, Gregory B. and Staveley-Smith, Lister (2014). Are peculiar velocity surveys competitive as a cosmological probe?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 445 (4), 4267-4286. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stu1610

Are peculiar velocity surveys competitive as a cosmological probe?

2014

Journal Article

The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: improved distance measurements to z = 1 with reconstruction of the baryonic acoustic feature

Kazin, Eyal A., Koda, Jun, Blake, Chris, Padmanabhan, Nikhil, Brough, Sarah, Colless, Matthew, Contreras, Carlos, Couch, Warrick, Croom, Scott, Croton, Darren J., Davis, Tamara M., Drinkwater, Michael J., Forster, Karl, Gilbank, David, Gladders, Mike, Glazebrook, Karl, Jelliffe, Ben, Jurek, Russell J., Li, I-hui, Madore, Barry, Martin, D. Christopher, Pimbblet, Kevin, Poole, Gregory B., Pracy, Michael, Sharp, Rob, Wisnioski, Emily, Woods, David, Wyder, Ted K. and Yee, H. K. C. (2014). The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: improved distance measurements to z = 1 with reconstruction of the baryonic acoustic feature. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 441 (4), 3524-3542. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stu778

The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: improved distance measurements to z = 1 with reconstruction of the baryonic acoustic feature

2014

Journal Article

Sounding out our cosmic ripples

Davis, Tamara (2014). Sounding out our cosmic ripples. Physics World, 27 (7), 24-28. doi: 10.1088/2058-7058/27/07/35

Sounding out our cosmic ripples

2014

Journal Article

Combining Planck data with large scale structure information gives a strong neutrino mass constraint

Riemer-Sorensen, Signe, Parkinson, David and Davis, Tamara M. (2014). Combining Planck data with large scale structure information gives a strong neutrino mass constraint. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 89 (10) 103505. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.89.103505

Combining Planck data with large scale structure information gives a strong neutrino mass constraint

2014

Journal Article

High-redshift standard candles: Predicted cosmological constraints

King, Anthea L., Davis, Tamara M., Denney, K. D., Vestergaard, M. and Watson, D. (2014). High-redshift standard candles: Predicted cosmological constraints. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 441 (4), 3454-3476. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stu793

High-redshift standard candles: Predicted cosmological constraints

2014

Journal Article

Cosmological constraints on dark energy

Davis, Tamara M. (2014). Cosmological constraints on dark energy. General Relativity and Gravitation, 46 (6) 1731, 1731.1-1731.26. doi: 10.1007/s10714-014-1731-1

Cosmological constraints on dark energy

2014

Journal Article

Deriving accurate peculiar velocities (even at high redshift)

Davis, Tamara M. and Scrimgeour, Morag I. (2014). Deriving accurate peculiar velocities (even at high redshift). Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 442 (2), 1117-1122. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stu920

Deriving accurate peculiar velocities (even at high redshift)

2013

Journal Article

The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: star formation in UV-luminous galaxies from their luminosity functions

Jurek, Russell J., Drinkwater, Michael J., Pimbblet, Kevin, Glazebrook, Karl, Blake, Chris, Brough, Sarah, Colless, Matthew, Contreras, Carlos, Couch, Warrick, Croom, Scott, Croton, Darren, Davis, Tamara M., Forster, Karl, Gilbank, David, Gladders, Mike, Jelliffe, Ben, Li, I-hui, Madore, Barry, Martin, D. Christopher, Poole, Gregory B., Pracy, Michael, Sharp, Rob, Wisnioski, Emily, Woods, David, Wyder, Ted K. and Yee, H. K. C. (2013). The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: star formation in UV-luminous galaxies from their luminosity functions. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 434 (1), 257-281. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stt1015

The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: star formation in UV-luminous galaxies from their luminosity functions

2013

Journal Article

The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: constraining galaxy bias and cosmic growth with three-point correlation functions

Marín, Felipe A., Blake, Chris, Poole, Gregory B., McBride, Cameron K., Brough, Sarah, Colless, Matthew, Contreras, Carlos, Couch, Warrick, Croton, Darren J., Croom, Scott, Davis, Tamara, Drinkwater, Michael J., Forster, Karl, Gilbank, David, Gladders, Mike, Glazebrook, Karl, Jelliffe, Ben, Jurek, Russell J., Li, I-hui, Madore, Barry, Martin, D. Christopher, Pimbblet, Kevin, Pracy, Michael, Sharp, Rob, Wisnioski, Emily, Woods, David, Wyder, Ted K. and Yee, H. K. C. (2013). The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: constraining galaxy bias and cosmic growth with three-point correlation functions. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 432 (4), 2654-2668. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stt520

The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: constraining galaxy bias and cosmic growth with three-point correlation functions

2013

Journal Article

Hydrogen wisps reveal dark energy

Davis, Tamara M. (2013). Hydrogen wisps reveal dark energy. Nature, 498 (7453), 179-180. doi: 10.1038/498179a

Hydrogen wisps reveal dark energy

2013

Journal Article

The stellar masses of similar to 40 000 UV selected Galaxies from the WiggleZ survey at 0.3 < z < 1.0: analogues of lyman break galaxies?

Banerji, Manda, Glazebrook, Karl, Blake, Chris, Brough, Sarah, Colless, Matthew, Contreras, Carlos, Couch, Warrick, Croton, Darren J., Croom, Scott, Davis, Tamara M., Drinkwater, Michael J., Forster, Karl, Gilbank, David, Gladders, Mike, Jelliffe, Ben, Jurek, Russell J., Li, I-hui, Madore, Barry, Martin, D. Christopher, Pimbblet, Kevin, Poole, Gregory B., Pracy, Michael, Sharp, Rob, Wisnioski, Emily, Woods, David, Wyder, Ted K. and Yee, H. K. C. (2013). The stellar masses of similar to 40 000 UV selected Galaxies from the WiggleZ survey at 0.3 < z < 1.0: analogues of lyman break galaxies?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 431 (3), 2209-2229. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stt320

The stellar masses of similar to 40 000 UV selected Galaxies from the WiggleZ survey at 0.3 < z < 1.0: analogues of lyman break galaxies?

2013

Journal Article

The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: measuring the cosmic growth rate with the two-point galaxy correlation function

Contreras, Carlos, Blake, Chris, Poole, Gregory B., Marin, Felipe, Brough, Sarah, Colless, Matthew, Couch, Warrick, Croom, Scott, Croton, Darren, Davis, Tamara M., Drinkwater, Michael J., Forster, Karl, Gilbank, David, Gladders, Mike, Glazebrook, Karl, Jelliffe, Ben, Jurek, Russell J., Li, I-hui, Madore, Barry, Martin, D. Christopher, Pimbblet, Kevin, Pracy, Michael, Sharp, Rob, Wisnioski, Emily, Woods, David, Wyder, Ted K. and Yee, H. K. C. (2013). The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: measuring the cosmic growth rate with the two-point galaxy correlation function. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 430 (2), 924-933. doi: 10.1093/mnras/sts608

The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: measuring the cosmic growth rate with the two-point galaxy correlation function

2013

Journal Article

What is half a neutrino? Reviewing cosmological constraints on neutrinos and dark radiation

Riemer-Sørensen, S., Parkinson, D. and Davis, T. M. (2013). What is half a neutrino? Reviewing cosmological constraints on neutrinos and dark radiation. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 30 (1) e029, e029.1-e029.11. doi: 10.1017/pas.2013.005

What is half a neutrino? Reviewing cosmological constraints on neutrinos and dark radiation

2013

Journal Article

The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: probing the epoch of radiation domination using large-scale structure

Poole, Gregory B., Blake, Chris, Parkinson, David, Brough, Sarah, Colless, Matthew, Contreras, Carlos, Couch, Warrick, Croton, Darren J., Croom, Scott, Davis, Tamara, Drinkwater, Michael J., Forster, Karl, Gilbank, David, Gladders, Mike, Glazebrook, Karl, Jelliffe, Ben, Jurek, Russell J., Li, I-hui, Madore, Barry, Martin, D. Christopher, Pimbblet, Kevin, Pracy, Michael, Sharp, Rob, Wisnioski, Emily, Woods, David, Wyder, Ted K. and Yee, H. K. C. (2013). The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: probing the epoch of radiation domination using large-scale structure. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 429 (3), 1902-1912. doi: 10.1093/mnras/sts431

The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: probing the epoch of radiation domination using large-scale structure

2013

Journal Article

Simultaneous constraints on the number and mass of relativistic species

Riemer-Sorensen, Signe, Parkinson, David, Davis, Tamara M. and Blake, Chris (2013). Simultaneous constraints on the number and mass of relativistic species. Astrophysical Journal, 763 (2) 89, 89.1-89.6. doi: 10.1088/0004-637X/763/2/89

Simultaneous constraints on the number and mass of relativistic species

2012

Journal Article

The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: final data release and cosmological results

Parkinson, David, Riemer-Sorensen, Signe, Blake, Chris, Poole, Gregory B., Davis, Tamara M., Brough, Sarah, Colless, Matthew, Contreras, Carlos, Couch, Warrick, Croom, Scott, Croton, Darren, Drinkwater, Michael J., Forster, Karl, Gilbank, David, Gladders, Mike, Glazebrook, Karl, Jelliffe, Ben, Jurek, Russell J., Li, I-Hui, Madore, Barry, Martin, D. Christopher, Pimbblet, Kevin, Pracy, Michael, Sharp, Rob, Wisnioski, Emily, Woods, David, Wyder, Ted K. and Yee, H. K. C. (2012). The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: final data release and cosmological results. Physical Review D, 86 (10) 103518, 103518.1-103518.22. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.86.103518

The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: final data release and cosmological results

2012

Journal Article

The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: the transition to large-scale cosmic homogeneity

Scrimgeour, Morag I., Davis, Tamara, Blake, Chris, James, J. Berian, Poole, Gregory B., Staveley-Smith, Lister, Brough, Sarah, Colless, Matthew, Contreras, Carlos, Couch, Warrick, Croom, Scott, Croton, Darren, Drinkwater, Michael J., Forster, Karl, Gilbank, David, Gladders, Mike, Glazebrook, Karl, Jelliffe, Ben, Jurek, Russell J., Li, I-hui, Madore, Barry, Martin, D. Christopher, Pimbblet, Kevin, Pracy, Michael, Sharp, Rob, Wisnioski, Emily, Woods, David, Wyder, Ted K. and Yee, H. K. C. (2012). The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: the transition to large-scale cosmic homogeneity. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 425 (1), 116-134. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21402.x

The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: the transition to large-scale cosmic homogeneity

2012

Journal Article

The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: joint measurements of the expansion and growth history at z < 1

Blake, Chris, Brough, Sarah, Colless, Matthew, Contreras, Carlos, Couch, Warrick, Croom, Scott, Croton, Darren, Davis, Tamara M., Drinkwater, Michael J., Forster, Karl, Gilbank, David, Gladders, Mike, Glazebrook, Karl, Jelliffe, Ben, Jurek, Russell J., Li, I-hui, Madore, Barry, Martin, D. Christopher, Pimbblet, Kevin, Poole, Gregory B., Pracy, Michael, Sharp, Rob, Wisnioski, Emily, Woods, David, Wyder, Ted K. and Yee, H. K. C. (2012). The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: joint measurements of the expansion and growth history at z < 1. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 425 (1), 405-414. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21473.x

The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: joint measurements of the expansion and growth history at z < 1

2012

Journal Article

WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: Cosmological neutrino mass constraint from blue high-redshift galaxies

Riemer-Sorensen, Signe, Blake, Chris, Parkinson, David, Davis, Tamara M., Brough, Sarah, Colless, Matthew, Contreras, Carlos, Couch, Warrick, Croom, Scott, Croton, Darren, Drinkwater, Michael J., Forster, Karl, Gilbank, David, Gladders, Mike, Glazebrook, Karl, Jelliffe, Ben, Jurek, Russell J., Li, I-hui, Madore, Barry, Martin, D. Christopher, Pimbblet, Kevin, Poole, Gregory B., Pracy, Michael, Sharp, Rob, Wisnioski, Emily, Woods, David, Wyder, Ted K. and Yee, H. K. C. (2012). WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: Cosmological neutrino mass constraint from blue high-redshift galaxies. Physical Review D, 85 (8) 081101, 081101.1-081101.7. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.85.081101

WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: Cosmological neutrino mass constraint from blue high-redshift galaxies

Current funding

  • 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 - 2025
    A Space Odyssey: Exploring the Universe with Gravitational-Wave Sirens
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2025
    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

    Measuring Neutrino Mass with the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Cullan Howlett

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Weighing supermassive black holes with the Dark Energy Survey

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Benjamin Pope

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Cosmology with the Dark Energy Survey

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Cullan Howlett

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Machine learning cosmology

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Rossana Ruggeri

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Completing the Puzzle: Unveiling Clues for Gravitational Wave Astrophysics and Cosmology with Simulations

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Cullan Howlett

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Galaxy motions with the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Khaled Said Soliman

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Observing Naked-Eye Stars and their Planets with TESS

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Benjamin Pope

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Modelling exotic cosmological models in the era of next generation galaxy surveys

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Cullan Howlett

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Completing the Puzzle: Unveiling Clues for Gravitational Wave Astrophysics and Cosmology with Simulations

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Cullan Howlett

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Using the motions of galaxies to probe fundamental physics

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Cullan Howlett

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Investigating Gravitational Wave Cosmology with Simulated Data

    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

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