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.

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266 works between 2001 and 2025
All (266) Journal Article (259) Book Chapter (2) Conference Publication (5)

61 - 80 of 266 works

2023

Journal Article

Memory for artwork is predictable

Davis, Trent M. and Bainbridge, Wilma A. (2023). Memory for artwork is predictable. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120 (28) e2302389120, 1-7. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2302389120

Memory for artwork is predictable

2023

Journal Article

Exploring binary black hole mergers and host galaxies with Shark and COMPAS

Rauf, Liana, Howlett, Cullan, Davis, Tamara M. and Lagos, Claudia D. P. (2023). Exploring binary black hole mergers and host galaxies with Shark and COMPAS. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 523 (4), 5719-5737. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stad1757

Exploring binary black hole mergers and host galaxies with Shark and COMPAS

2023

Journal Article

The DESI Bright Galaxy Survey: final target selection, design, and validation

Hahn, ChangHoon, Wilson, Michael J., Ruiz-Macias, Omar, Cole, Shaun, Weinberg, David H., Moustakas, John, Kremin, Anthony, Tinker, Jeremy L., Smith, Alex, Wechsler, Risa H., Ahlen, Steven, Alam, Shadab, Bailey, Stephen, Brooks, David, Cooper, Andrew P., Davis, Tamara M., Dawson, Kyle, Dey, Arjun, Dey, Biprateep, Eftekharzadeh, Sarah, Eisenstein, Daniel J., Fanning, Kevin, Forero-Romero, Jaime E., Frenk, Carlos S., Gaztañaga, Enrique, A Gontcho, Satya Gontcho, Guy, Julien, Honscheid, Klaus, Ishak, Mustapha ... Zou, Hu (2023). The DESI Bright Galaxy Survey: final target selection, design, and validation. The Astronomical Journal, 165 (6) 253, 1-24. doi: 10.3847/1538-3881/accff8

The DESI Bright Galaxy Survey: final target selection, design, and validation

2023

Journal Article

The Dark Energy Survey Supernova Program: corrections on photometry due to wavelength-dependent atmospheric effects

Lee, J., Acevedo, M., Sako, M., Vincenzi, M., Brout, D., Sanchez, B., Chen, R., Davis, T. M., Jarvis, M., Scolnic, D., Qu, H., Galbany, L., Kessler, R., Lasker, J., Sullivan, M., Wiseman, P., Aguena, M., Allam, S., Alves, O., Andrade-Oliveira, F., Bertin, E., Bocquet, S., Brooks, D., Burke, D. L., Carnero Rosell, A., Carrasco Kind, M., Carretero, J., Costanzi, M., da Costa, L. N. ... Weaverdyck, N. (2023). The Dark Energy Survey Supernova Program: corrections on photometry due to wavelength-dependent atmospheric effects. The Astronomical Journal, 165 (6) 222, 1-12. doi: 10.3847/1538-3881/acca15

The Dark Energy Survey Supernova Program: corrections on photometry due to wavelength-dependent atmospheric effects

2023

Journal Article

Cross-correlating radial peculiar velocities and CMB lensing convergence

Giani, Leonardo, Howlett, Cullan, Ruggeri, Rossana, Bianchini, Federico, Said, Khaled and M. Davis, Tamara (2023). Cross-correlating radial peculiar velocities and CMB lensing convergence. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2023 (05) 002, 002. doi: 10.1088/1475-7516/2023/05/002

Cross-correlating radial peculiar velocities and CMB lensing convergence

2023

Journal Article

OzDES reverberation mapping programme: Mg ii lags and R−L relation

Yu, Zhefu, Martini, Paul, Penton, A, Davis, T M, Kochanek, C S, Lewis, G F, Lidman, C, Malik, U, Sharp, R, Tucker, B E, Aguena, M, Annis, J, Bertin, E, Bocquet, S, Brooks, D, Carnero Rosell, A, Carollo, D, Carrasco Kind, M, Carretero, J, Costanzi, M, da Costa, L N, Pereira, M E S, De Vicente, J, Diehl, H T, Doel, P, Everett, S, Ferrero, I, García-Bellido, J, Gatti, M ... Weaverdyck, N (2023). OzDES reverberation mapping programme: Mg ii lags and R−L relation. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 522 (3), 4132-4147. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stad1224

OzDES reverberation mapping programme: Mg ii lags and R−L relation

2023

Journal Article

Dark Energy Survey Year 3 results: constraints on extensions to ΛCDM with weak lensing and galaxy clustering

Abbott, T. M. C., Aguena, M., Alarcon, A., Alves, O., Amon, A., Andrade-Oliveira, F., Annis, J., Avila, S., Bacon, D., Baxter, E., Bechtol, K., Becker, M. R., Bernstein, G. M., Birrer, S., Blazek, J., Bocquet, S., Brandao-Souza, A., Bridle, S. L., Brooks, D., Burke, D. L., Camacho, H., Campos, A., Carnero Rosell, A., Carrasco Kind, M., Carretero, J., Castander, F. J., Cawthon, R., Chang, C., Chen, A. ... DES Collaboration (2023). Dark Energy Survey Year 3 results: constraints on extensions to ΛCDM with weak lensing and galaxy clustering. Physical Review D, 107 (8) 083504. doi: 10.1103/physrevd.107.083504

Dark Energy Survey Year 3 results: constraints on extensions to ΛCDM with weak lensing and galaxy clustering

2023

Journal Article

WALLABY pre-pilot and pilot survey: the Tully Fisher relation in Eridanus, Hydra, Norma and NGC4636 fields

Courtois, Hélène M, Said, Khaled, Mould, Jeremy, Jarrett, T H, Pomarède, Daniel, Westmeier, Tobias, Staveley-Smith, Lister, Dupuy, Alexandra, Hong, Tao, Guinet, Daniel, Howlett, Cullan, Deg, Nathan, For, Bi-Qing, Kleiner, Dane, Koribalski, Bärbel, Lee-Waddell, Karen, Rhee, Jonghwan, Spekkens, Kristine, Wang, Jing, Wong, O I, Bigiel, Frank, Bosma, Albert, Colless, Matthew, Davis, Tamara, Holwerda, Benne, Karachentsev, Igor, Kraan-Korteweg, Renée C, McQuinn, Kristen B W, Meurer, Gerhardt ... Taylor, Edward (2023). WALLABY pre-pilot and pilot survey: the Tully Fisher relation in Eridanus, Hydra, Norma and NGC4636 fields. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 519 (3), 4589-4607. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stac3246

WALLABY pre-pilot and pilot survey: the Tully Fisher relation in Eridanus, Hydra, Norma and NGC4636 fields

2023

Journal Article

The DESI survey validation: results from visual inspection of the quasar survey spectra

Alexander, David M., Davis, Tamara M., Chaussidon, E., Fawcett, V. A., X. Gonzalez-Morales, Alma, Lan, Ting-Wen, Yèche, Christophe, Ahlen, S., Aguilar, J. N., Armengaud, E., Bailey, S., Brooks, D., Cai, Z., Canning, R., Carr, A., Chabanier, S., Cousinou, Marie-Claude, Dawson, K., de la Macorra, A., Dey, A., Dey, Biprateep, Dhungana, G., Edge, A. C., Eftekharzadeh, S., Fanning, K., Farr, James, Font-Ribera, A., Garcia-Bellido, J., Garrison, Lehman ... Zou, Siwei (2023). The DESI survey validation: results from visual inspection of the quasar survey spectra. The Astronomical Journal, 165 (3) 124, 1-23. doi: 10.3847/1538-3881/acacfc

The DESI survey validation: results from visual inspection of the quasar survey spectra

2023

Journal Article

Calibration of the Tully-Fisher relation in the WISE W1 (3.4μm) and W2 (4.6μm) Bands

Bell, Rianna, Said, Khaled, Davis, Tamara and Jarrett, T.H. (2023). Calibration of the Tully-Fisher relation in the WISE W1 (3.4μm) and W2 (4.6μm) Bands. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 519 (1), 102-120. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stac3407

Calibration of the Tully-Fisher relation in the WISE W1 (3.4μm) and W2 (4.6μm) Bands

2023

Journal Article

Target selection and validation of DESI quasars

Chaussidon, Edmond, Yèche, Christophe, Palanque-Delabrouille, Nathalie, Alexander, David M., Yang, Jinyi, Ahlen, Steven, Bailey, Stephen, Brooks, David, Cai, Zheng, Chabanier, Solène, Davis, Tamara M., Dawson, Kyle, de laMacorra, Axel, Dey, Arjun, Dey, Biprateep, Eftekharzadeh, Sarah, Eisenstein, Daniel J., Fanning, Kevin, Font-Ribera, Andreu, Gaztañaga, Enrique, A Gontcho, Satya Gontcho, Gonzalez-Morales, Alma X., Guy, Julien, Herrera-Alcantar, Hiram K., Honscheid, Klaus, Ishak, Mustapha, Jiang, Linhua, Juneau, Stephanie, Kehoe, Robert ... Zou, Hu (2023). Target selection and validation of DESI quasars. The Astrophysical Journal, 944 (1) 107, 1-17. doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/acb3c2

Target selection and validation of DESI quasars

2023

Journal Article

Joint analysis of Dark Energy Survey Year 3 data and CMB lensing from SPT and Planck. III. Combined cosmological constraints

Abbott, T. M.C., Aguena, M., Alarcon, A., Alves, O., Amon, A., Andrade-Oliveira, F., Annis, J., Ansarinejad, B., Avila, S., Bacon, D., Baxter, E. J., Bechtol, K., Becker, M. R., Benson, B. A., Bernstein, G. M., Bertin, E., Blazek, J., Bleem, L. E., Bocquet, S., Brooks, D., Buckley-Geer, E., Burke, D. L., Camacho, H., Campos, A., Carlstrom, J. E., Carnero Rosell, A., Carrasco Kind, M., Carretero, J., Cawthon, R. ... Zuntz, J. (2023). Joint analysis of Dark Energy Survey Year 3 data and CMB lensing from SPT and Planck. III. Combined cosmological constraints. Physical Review D, 107 (2) 023531, 1-20. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.107.023531

Joint analysis of Dark Energy Survey Year 3 data and CMB lensing from SPT and Planck. III. Combined cosmological constraints

2023

Journal Article

OzDES reverberation mapping program: Hβ lags from the 6-year survey

Malik, U, Sharp, R, Penton, A, Yu, Z, Martini, P, Lidman, C, Tucker, B E, Davis, T M, Lewis, G F, Aguena, M, Allam, S, Alves, O, Andrade-Oliveira, F, Asorey, J, Bacon, D, Bertin, E, Bocquet, S, Brooks, D, Burke, D L, Rosell, A Carnero, Carollo, D, Kind, M Carrasco, Carretero, J, Costanzi, M, da Costa, L N, Pereira, M E S, De Vicente, J, Desai, S, Diehl, H T ... Wilkinson, R D (2023). OzDES reverberation mapping program: Hβ lags from the 6-year survey. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 520 (2), 2009-2023. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stad145

OzDES reverberation mapping program: Hβ lags from the 6-year survey

2023

Journal Article

Core-collapse supernovae in the Dark Energy Survey: luminosity functions and host galaxy demographics

Grayling, M, Gutiérrez, C P, Sullivan, M, Wiseman, P, Vincenzi, M, Galbany, L, Möller, A, Brout, D, Davis, T M, Frohmaier, C, Graur, O, Kelsey, L, Lidman, C, Popovic, B, Smith, M, Toy, M, Tucker, B E, Zontos, Z, Abbott, T M C, Aguena, M, Allam, S, Andrade-Oliveira, F, Annis, J, Asorey, J, Bacon, D, Bertin, E, Bocquet, S, Brooks, D, Rosell, A Carnero ... DES Collaboration (2023). Core-collapse supernovae in the Dark Energy Survey: luminosity functions and host galaxy demographics. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 520 (1), 684-701. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stad056

Core-collapse supernovae in the Dark Energy Survey: luminosity functions and host galaxy demographics

2023

Journal Article

Using peculiar velocity surveys to constrain the growth rate of structure with the wide-angle effect

Lai, Yan, Howlett, Cullan and Davis, Tamara M. (2023). Using peculiar velocity surveys to constrain the growth rate of structure with the wide-angle effect. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 518 (2), 1840-1858. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stac3252

Using peculiar velocity surveys to constrain the growth rate of structure with the wide-angle effect

2023

Journal Article

The Dark Energy Survey Supernova Program results: type Ia supernova brightness correlates with host galaxy dust

Meldorf, C, Palmese, A, Brout, D, Chen, R, Scolnic, D, Kelsey, L, Galbany, L, Hartley, W G, Davis, T M, Drlica-Wagner, A, Vincenzi, M, Annis, J, Dixon, M, Graur, O, Lidman, C, Möller, A, Nugent, P, Rose, B, Smith, M, Allam, S, Tucker, D L, Asorey, J, Calcino, J, Carollo, D, Glazebrook, K, Lewis, G F, Taylor, G, Tucker, B E, Kim, A G ... Collaboration DES (2023). The Dark Energy Survey Supernova Program results: type Ia supernova brightness correlates with host galaxy dust. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 518 (2), 1985-2004. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stac3056

The Dark Energy Survey Supernova Program results: type Ia supernova brightness correlates with host galaxy dust

2023

Journal Article

The DESI survey validation: results from visual inspection of bright galaxies, luminous red galaxies, and emission-line galaxies

Lan, Ting-Wen, Tojeiro, R., Armengaud, E., Prochaska, J. Xavier, Davis, T. M., Alexander, David M., Raichoor, A., Zhou, Rongpu, Yèche, Christophe, Balland, C., BenZvi, S., Berti, A., Canning, R., Carr, A., Chittenden, H., Cole, S., Cousinou, M.-C., Dawson, K., Dey, Biprateep, Douglass, K., Edge, A., Escoffier, S., Glanville, A., A Gontcho, S. Gontcho, Guy, J., Hahn, C., Howlett, C., Hwang, Ho Seong, Jiang, L. ... Zhou, Zhimin (2023). The DESI survey validation: results from visual inspection of bright galaxies, luminous red galaxies, and emission-line galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal, 943 (1) 68, 68. doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/aca5fa

The DESI survey validation: results from visual inspection of bright galaxies, luminous red galaxies, and emission-line galaxies

2023

Journal Article

Concerning colour: the effect of environment on type Ia supernova colour in the dark energy survey

Kelsey, L, Sullivan, M, Wiseman, P, Armstrong, P, Chen, R, Brout, D, Davis, T M, Dixon, M, Frohmaier, C, Galbany, L, Graur, O, Kessler, R, Lidman, C, Möller, A, Popovic, B, Rose, B, Scolnic, D, Smith, M, Vincenzi, M, Abbott, T M C, Aguena, M, Allam, S, Alves, O, Annis, J, Bacon, D, Bertin, E, Bocquet, S, Brooks, D, Burke, D L ... Weaverdyck, N (2023). Concerning colour: the effect of environment on type Ia supernova colour in the dark energy survey. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 519 (2), 3046-3063. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stac3711

Concerning colour: the effect of environment on type Ia supernova colour in the dark energy survey

2023

Journal Article

The Dark Energy Survey Supernova Program: cosmological biases from supernova photometric classification

Vincenzi, M, Sullivan, M, Möller, A, Armstrong, P, Bassett, B A, Brout, D, Carollo, D, Carr, A, Davis, T M, Frohmaier, C, Galbany, L, Glazebrook, K, Graur, O, Kelsey, L, Kessler, R, Kovacs, E, Lewis, G F, Lidman, C, Malik, U, Nichol, R C, Popovic, B, Sako, M, Scolnic, D, Smith, M, Taylor, G, Tucker, B E, Wiseman, P, Aguena, M, Allam, S ... Wilkinson, R D (2023). The Dark Energy Survey Supernova Program: cosmological biases from supernova photometric classification. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 518 (1), 1106-1127. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stac1404

The Dark Energy Survey Supernova Program: cosmological biases from supernova photometric classification

2022

Journal Article

Full-shape galaxy power spectra and the curvature tension

Glanville, Aaron, Howlett, Cullan and Davis, Tamara (2022). Full-shape galaxy power spectra and the curvature tension. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 517 (2), 3087-3100. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stac2891

Full-shape galaxy power spectra and the curvature tension

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

    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

    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

    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

    Using the motions of galaxies to probe fundamental physics

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Cullan Howlett

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Machine learning cosmology

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Rossana Ruggeri

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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