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
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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)

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2012

Journal Article

The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: galaxy evolution at 0.25 ≤ z ≤ 0.75 using the second red-sequence cluster survey

Li, I. H., Yee, H. K. C., Blake, Chris, Brough, Sarah, Colless, Matthew, Contreras, Carlos, Couch, Warrick J., Croom, Scott M., Davis, Tamara, Drinkwater, Michael J., Forster, Karl, Gilbank, David G., Gladders, M. G., Hsieh, Bau-Ching, Jelliffe, Ben, Jurek, Russell J., Glazebrook, Karl, Madore, Barry, Martin, D. Christopher, Pimbblet, Kevin, Poole, Gregory B., Pracy, Michael, Sharp, Rob, Wisnioski, Emily, Woods, David and Wyder, Ted (2012). The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: galaxy evolution at 0.25 ≤ z ≤ 0.75 using the second red-sequence cluster survey. Astrophysical Journal, 747 (2) 91, 1-21. doi: 10.1088/0004-637X/747/2/91

The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: galaxy evolution at 0.25 ≤ z ≤ 0.75 using the second red-sequence cluster survey

2011

Journal Article

The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: Mapping the distance-redshift relation with baryon acoustic oscillations

Blake, Chris, Kazin, Eyal A., Beutler, Florian, Davis, Tamara M., Parkinson, David, Brough, Sarah, Colless, Matthew, Contreras, Carlos, Couch, Warwick, 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. (2011). The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: Mapping the distance-redshift relation with baryon acoustic oscillations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 418 (3), 1707-1724. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19592.x

The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: Mapping the distance-redshift relation with baryon acoustic oscillations

2011

Journal Article

The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: Measuring the cosmic expansion history using the Alcock-Paczynski test and distant supernovae

Blake, Chris, Glazebrook, Karl, Davis, Tamara M., Brough, Sarah, Colless, Matthew, Contreras, Carlos, Couch, Warrick, Croom, Scott, 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. (2011). The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: Measuring the cosmic expansion history using the Alcock-Paczynski test and distant supernovae. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 418 (3), 1725-1735. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19606.x

The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: Measuring the cosmic expansion history using the Alcock-Paczynski test and distant supernovae

2011

Journal Article

The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: High-resolution kinematics of luminous star-forming galaxies

Wisnioski, Emily, Glazebrook, Karl, Blake, Chris, Wyder, Ted, Martin, Chris, Poole, Gregory B., Sharp, Rob, Couch, Warrick, Kacprzak, Glenn G., Brough, Sarah, Colless, Matthew, Contreras, Carlos, Croom, Scott, Croton, Darren, Davis, Tamara, Drinkwater, Michael J., Forster, Karl, Gilbank, David G., Gladders, Michael, Jelliffe, Ben, Jurek, Russell J., Li, I-hui, Madore, Barry, Pimbblet, Kevin, Pracy, Michael, Woods, David and Yee, H. K. C. (2011). The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: High-resolution kinematics of luminous star-forming galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 417 (4), 2601-2623. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19429.x

The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: High-resolution kinematics of luminous star-forming galaxies

2011

Journal Article

The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: The growth rate of cosmic structure since redshift z=0.9

Blake, Chris, Brough, Sarah, Colless, Matthew, Contreras, Carlos, Couch, Warrick, 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, Poole, Gregory B., Pracy, Michael, Sharp, Rob, Wisnioski, Emily, Woods, David, Wyder, Ted K. and Yee, H. K. C. (2011). The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: The growth rate of cosmic structure since redshift z=0.9. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 415 (3), 2876-2891. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.18903.x

The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: The growth rate of cosmic structure since redshift z=0.9

2011

Journal Article

The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: testing the cosmological model with baryon acoustic oscillations at z=0.6

Blake, Chris, Davis, Tamara, Poole, Gregory B., Parkinson, David, Brough, Sarah, Colless, Matthew, Contreras, Carlos, Couch, Warrick, Croom, Scott, 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. (2011). The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: testing the cosmological model with baryon acoustic oscillations at z=0.6. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 415 (3), 2892-2909. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19077.x

The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: testing the cosmological model with baryon acoustic oscillations at z=0.6

2011

Journal Article

The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: Constraining the evolution of Newton's constant using the growth rate of structure

Nesseris, Savvas, Blake, Chris, Davis, Tamara and Parkinson, David (2011). The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: Constraining the evolution of Newton's constant using the growth rate of structure. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2011 (7) 037, 1-22. doi: 10.1088/1475-7516/2011/07/037

The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: Constraining the evolution of Newton's constant using the growth rate of structure

2011

Journal Article

NTT and NOT spectroscopy of SDSS-II supernovae

Ostman, L., Nordin, J., Goobar, A., Amanullah, R., Smith, M., Sollerman, J., Stanishev, V., Stritzinger, M. D., Bassett, B. A., Davis, T. M., Edmondson, E., Frieman, J. A., Garnavich, P. M., Lampeitl, H., Leloudas, G., Marriner, J., Nichol, R. C., Romer, K., Sako, M, Schneider, D. P. and Zheng, C. (2011). NTT and NOT spectroscopy of SDSS-II supernovae. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 526 (4) A28, 1-28. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015704

NTT and NOT spectroscopy of SDSS-II supernovae

2011

Journal Article

The study of Type Ia supernovae spectral diversity using principal component analysis

Cormier, Diane and Davis, Tamara M. (2011). The study of Type Ia supernovae spectral diversity using principal component analysis. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 410 (4), 2137-2148. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17590.x

The study of Type Ia supernovae spectral diversity using principal component analysis

2011

Journal Article

The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: Direct constraints on blue galaxy intrinsic alignments at intermediate redshifts

Mandelbaum, R, Blake, C, Bridle, S, Abdalla, FB, Brough, S, Colless, M, Couch, W, Croom, S, Davis, T, Drinkwater, MJ, Forster, K, Glazebrook, K, Jelliffe, B, Jurek, RJ, Li, IH, Madore, B, Martin, C, Pimbblet, K, Poole, GB, Pracy, M, Sharp, R, Wisnioski, E, Woods, D and Wyder, T (2011). The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: Direct constraints on blue galaxy intrinsic alignments at intermediate redshifts. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 410 (2), 844-859. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17485.x

The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: Direct constraints on blue galaxy intrinsic alignments at intermediate redshifts

2011

Conference Publication

The WiggleZ galaxy survey shows that dark energy is real

Drinkwater, Michael, Blake, Chris, Davis, Tamara and WiggleZ Team (2011). The WiggleZ galaxy survey shows that dark energy is real. 21st International Europhysics Conference on High Energy Physics, EPS-HEP 2011, Grenoble, Rhone Alpes, France, 21-27 July 2011. Trieste, Italy: Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (S I S S A) / International School of Advanced Studies.

The WiggleZ galaxy survey shows that dark energy is real

2010

Journal Article

Cosmological constant

Davis, Tamara and Griffen, Brendan (2010). Cosmological constant. Scholarpedia, 5 (9), 4473 online. doi: 10.4249/scholarpedia.4473

Cosmological constant

2010

Journal Article

The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: The selection function and z=0.6 galaxy power spectrum

Blake, Chris, Brough, Sarah, Colless, Matthew, Couch, Warrick, Croom, Scott, Davis, Tamara, Drinkwater, Michael J., Forster, Karl, Glazebrook, Karl, Jelliffe, Ben, Jurek, Russell J., Li, I-Hui, Madore, Barry, Martin, Chris, Pimbblet, Kevin, Poole, Gregory B., Pracy, Michael, Sharp, Rob, Wisnioski, Emily, Woods, David and Wyder, Ted (2010). The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: The selection function and z=0.6 galaxy power spectrum. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 406 (2), 803-821. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.16747.x

The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: The selection function and z=0.6 galaxy power spectrum

2010

Journal Article

Residual Hubble-bubble effects on supernova cosmology

Sinclair, Benjamin, Davis, Tamara M. and Haugbølle, Troels (2010). Residual Hubble-bubble effects on supernova cosmology. Astrophysical Journal, 718 (2), 1445-1455. doi: 10.1088/0004-637X/718/2/1445

Residual Hubble-bubble effects on supernova cosmology

2010

Journal Article

The wiggleZ dark energy survey: Survey design and first data release

Drinkwater, Michael J., Jurek, Russell J., Blake, Chris, Woods, David, Pimbblet, Kevin A., Glazebrook, Karl, Sharp, Rob, Pracy, Michael B., Brough, Sarah, Colless, Matthew, Couch, Warwick J., Croom, Scott M., Davis, Tamara M., Forbes, Duncan, Forster, Karl, Gilbank, David G., Gladders, Michael, Jelliffe, Ben, Jones, Nick, Li, I-Hui, Madore, Barry, Martin, D. Christopher, Poole, Gregory B., Small, Todd, Wisnioski, Emily, Wyder, Ted and Yee, H. K. C. (2010). The wiggleZ dark energy survey: Survey design and first data release. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 401 (3), 1429-1452. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15754.x

The wiggleZ dark energy survey: Survey design and first data release

2010

Journal Article

First-year sloan digital sky survey-II supernova results: Consistency and constraints with other intermediate-redshift data sets

Lampeitl, H., Nichol, R. C., Seo, H. J., Giannantonio, T., Shapiro, C., Bassett, B., Percival, W. J., Davis, T. M., Dilday, B., Frieman, J., Garnavich, P., Sako, M., Smith, M., Sollerman, J., Becker, A. C., Cinabro, D., Filippenko, A. V., Foley, R. J., Hogan, C. J., Holtzman, J. A., Jha, S. W., Konishi, K, Marriner, J., Richmond, M. W., Riess, A. G., Schneider, D. P., Stritzinger, M., van der Heyden, K. J., VanderPlas, J. T. ... Zheng, C. (2010). First-year sloan digital sky survey-II supernova results: Consistency and constraints with other intermediate-redshift data sets. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 401 (4), 2331-2342. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15851.x

First-year sloan digital sky survey-II supernova results: Consistency and constraints with other intermediate-redshift data sets

2009

Journal Article

First-year sloan digital sky survey-II supernova results: Hubble diagram and cosmological parameters

Kessler, Richard, Becker, Andrew C., Cinabro, David, Vanderplas, Jake, Frieman, Joshua A., Marriner, John, Davis, Tamara M., Dilday, Benjamin, Holtzman, Jon, Jha, Saurabh W., Lampeitl, Hubert, Sako, Masao, Smith, Mathew, Zheng, Chen, Nichol, Robert C., Bassett, Bruce, Bender, Ralf, Depoy, Darren L., Doi, Mamoru, Elson, Ed, Filippenko, Alexei V., Foley, Ryan J., Garnavich, Peter M., Hopp, Ulrich, Ihara, Yutaka, Ketzeback, William, Kollatschny, W., Konishi, Kohki, Marshall, Jennifer L. ... York, Donald (2009). First-year sloan digital sky survey-II supernova results: Hubble diagram and cosmological parameters. Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 185 (1), 32-84. doi: 10.1088/0067-0049/185/1/32

First-year sloan digital sky survey-II supernova results: Hubble diagram and cosmological parameters

2009

Journal Article

First-year sloan digital sky survey-II (SDSS-II) supernova results: Constraints on nonstandard cosmological models

Sollerman, J., Mortsell, E., Davis, T. M., Blomqvist, M., Bassett, B., Becker, A. C., Cinabro, D., Filippenko, A. V., Foley, R. J., Frieman, J., Garnavich, P., Lampeitl, H., Marriner, J., Miquel, R., Nichol, R. C., Richmond, M. W., Sako, M., Schneider, D. P., Smith, M., Vanderplas, J. T. and Wheeler, J. C. (2009). First-year sloan digital sky survey-II (SDSS-II) supernova results: Constraints on nonstandard cosmological models. The Astrophysical Journal, 703 (2), 1374-1385. doi: 10.1088/0004-637X/703/2/1374

First-year sloan digital sky survey-II (SDSS-II) supernova results: Constraints on nonstandard cosmological models

2009

Journal Article

The wiggleZ dark energy survey

Drinkwater, M. J., Blake, C., Pimbblet, K. A., Davis, T. M., Brough, S., Colless, M., Couch, W. J., Croom, S., Foster, K., Glazebrook, K., Jurek, R. J., Madore, B., Martin, D. C., Poole, G. B., Pracy, M., Sharp, R., Woods, D. and Wyder, T. (2009). The wiggleZ dark energy survey. Australian Physics, 46 (4), 106-109.

The wiggleZ dark energy survey

2009

Journal Article

If galaxies are all moving apart at ever increasing speed, how can they collide?

Davis, Tamara (2009). If galaxies are all moving apart at ever increasing speed, how can they collide?. Scientific American, 300 (4), 84-84.

If galaxies are all moving apart at ever increasing speed, how can they collide?

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

    Observing Naked-Eye Stars and their Planets with TESS

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Benjamin Pope

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Galaxy motions with the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Khaled Said Soliman

  • Doctor Philosophy

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

    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

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

    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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