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.

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

81 - 100 of 266 works

2022

Journal Article

Using host galaxy spectroscopy to explore systematics in the standardisation of type Ia supernovae

Dixon, M, Lidman, C, Mould, J, Kelsey, L, Brout, D, Möller, A, Wiseman, P, Sullivan, M, Galbany, L, Davis, T M, Vincenzi, M, Scolnic, D, Lewis, G F, Smith, M, Kessler, R, Duffy, A, Taylor, E N, Flynn, C, Abbott, T M C, Aguena, M, Allam, S, Andrade-Oliveira, F, Annis, J, Asorey, J, Bertin, E, Bocquet, S, Brooks, D, Burke, D L, Rosell, A Carnero ... Varga, T N (2022). Using host galaxy spectroscopy to explore systematics in the standardisation of type Ia supernovae. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 517 (3), 4291-4304. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stac2994

Using host galaxy spectroscopy to explore systematics in the standardisation of type Ia supernovae

2022

Journal Article

Dark Energy Survey Year 3 results: cosmological constraints from galaxy clustering and galaxy-galaxy lensing using the MagLim lens sample

Porredon, A., Crocce, M., Elvin-Poole, J., Cawthon, R., Giannini, G., De Vicente, J., Carnero Rosell, A., Ferrero, I., Krause, E., Fang, X., Prat, J., Rodriguez-Monroy, M., Pandey, S., Pocino, A., Castander, F. J., Choi, A., Amon, A., Tutusaus, I., Dodelson, S., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Fosalba, P., Gaztanaga, E., Alarcon, A., Alves, O., Andrade-Oliveira, F., Baxter, E., Bechtol, K., Becker, M. R., Bernstein, G. M. ... Weller, J. (2022). Dark Energy Survey Year 3 results: cosmological constraints from galaxy clustering and galaxy-galaxy lensing using the MagLim lens sample. Physical Review D, 106 (10) 103530. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.106.103530

Dark Energy Survey Year 3 results: cosmological constraints from galaxy clustering and galaxy-galaxy lensing using the MagLim lens sample

2022

Journal Article

The cosmic web crystal: Ising model for large-scale structures

Giani, Leonardo and Davis, Tamara Maree (2022). The cosmic web crystal: Ising model for large-scale structures. International Journal of Modern Physics D, 31 (14) 2242025 . doi: 10.1142/s0218271822420251

The cosmic web crystal: Ising model for large-scale structures

2022

Journal Article

Overview of the instrumentation for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument

Abareshi, B., Aguilar, J., Ahlen, S., Alam, Shadab, Alexander, David M., Alfarsy, R., Allen, L., Prieto, C. Allende, Alves, O., Ameel, J., Armengaud, E., Asorey, J., Aviles, Alejandro, Bailey, S., Balaguera-Antolínez, A., Ballester, O., Baltay, C., Bault, A., Beltran, S. F., Benavides, B., BenZvi, S., Berti, A., Besuner, R., Beutler, Florian, Bianchi, D., Blake, C., Blanc, P., Blum, R., Bolton, A. ... Zu, Y. (2022). Overview of the instrumentation for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument. The Astronomical Journal, 164 (5) 207, 1-62. doi: 10.3847/1538-3881/ac882b

Overview of the instrumentation for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument

2022

Journal Article

Dark energy survey year 3 results: galaxy sample for BAO measurement

Rosell, A. Carnero, Rodriguez-Monroy, M., Crocce, M., Elvin-Poole, J., Porredon, A., Ferrero, I., Mena-Fernández, J., Cawthon, R., De Vicente, J., Gaztanaga, E., Ross, A. J., Sanchez, E., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Alves, O., Andrade-Oliveira, F., Asorey, J., Avila, S., Brandao-Souza, A., Camacho, H., Chan, K. C., Ferté, A., Muir, J., Riquelme, W., Rosenfeld, R., Cid, D. Sanchez, Hartley, W. G., Weaverdyck, N., Abbott, T., Aguena, M. ... Varga, T. N. (2022). Dark energy survey year 3 results: galaxy sample for BAO measurement. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 509 (1), 778-799. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stab2995

Dark energy survey year 3 results: galaxy sample for BAO measurement

2022

Journal Article

The Pantheon+ analysis: Improving the redshifts and peculiar velocities of Type Ia supernovae used in cosmological analyses

Carr, Anthony, Davis, Tamara M., Scolnic, Dan, Said, Khaled, Brout, Dillon, Peterson, Erik R. and Kessler, Richard (2022). The Pantheon+ analysis: Improving the redshifts and peculiar velocities of Type Ia supernovae used in cosmological analyses. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 39 e046, 1-23. doi: 10.1017/pasa.2022.41

The Pantheon+ analysis: Improving the redshifts and peculiar velocities of Type Ia supernovae used in cosmological analyses

2022

Journal Article

Measuring cosmological parameters with Type Ia supernovae in redMaGiC galaxies

Chen, R., Scolnic, D., Rozo, E., Rykoff, E. S., Popovic, B., Kessler, R., Vincenzi, M., Davis, T. M., Armstrong, P., Brout, D., Galbany, L., Kelsey, L., Lidman, C., Möller, A., Rose, B., Sako, M., Sullivan, M., Taylor, G., Wiseman, P., Asorey, J., Carr, A., Conselice, C., Kuehn, K., Lewis, G. F., Macaulay, E., Rodriguez-Monroy, M., Tucker, B. E., Abbott, T. M. C., Aguena, M. ... Varga, T. N. (2022). Measuring cosmological parameters with Type Ia supernovae in redMaGiC galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal, 938 (1) 62, 1-15. doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac8b82

Measuring cosmological parameters with Type Ia supernovae in redMaGiC galaxies

2022

Journal Article

The Pantheon+ Analysis: the full data set and light-curve release

Scolnic, Dan, Brout, Dillon, Carr, Anthony, Riess, Adam G., Davis, Tamara M., Dwomoh, Arianna, Jones, David O., Ali, Noor, Charvu, Pranav, Chen, Rebecca, Peterson, Erik R., Popovic, Brodie, Rose, Benjamin M., Wood, Charlotte M., Brown, Peter J., Chambers, Ken, Coulter, David A., Dettman, Kyle G., Dimitriadis, Georgios, Filippenko, Alexei V., Foley, Ryan J., Jha, Saurabh W., Kilpatrick, Charles D., Kirshner, Robert P., Pan, Yen-Chen, Rest, Armin, Rojas-Bravo, Cesar, Siebert, Matthew R., Stahl, Benjamin E. and Zheng, WeiKang (2022). The Pantheon+ Analysis: the full data set and light-curve release. The Astrophysical Journal, 938 (2) 113, 1-15. doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac8b7a

The Pantheon+ Analysis: the full data set and light-curve release

2022

Journal Article

The Pantheon+ Analysis: cosmological constraints

Brout, Dillon, Scolnic, Dan, Popovic, Brodie, Riess, Adam G., Carr, Anthony, Zuntz, Joe, Kessler, Rick, Davis, Tamara M., Hinton, Samuel, Jones, David, Kenworthy, W. D’Arcy, Peterson, Erik R., Said, Khaled, Taylor, Georgie, Ali, Noor, Armstrong, Patrick, Charvu, Pranav, Dwomoh, Arianna, Meldorf, Cole, Palmese, Antonella, Qu, Helen, Rose, Benjamin M., Sanchez, Bruno, Stubbs, Christopher W., Vincenzi, Maria, Wood, Charlotte M., Brown, Peter J., Chen, Rebecca, Chambers, Ken ... Wiseman, Phil (2022). The Pantheon+ Analysis: cosmological constraints. The Astrophysical Journal, 938 (2) 110, 1-24. doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac8e04

The Pantheon+ Analysis: cosmological constraints

2022

Journal Article

The Pantheon+ Analysis: evaluating peculiar velocity corrections in cosmological analyses with nearby Type Ia Supernovae

Peterson, Erik R., Kenworthy, W. D’Arcy, Scolnic, Daniel, Riess, Adam G., Brout, Dillon, Carr, Anthony, Courtois, Hélène, Davis, Tamara, Dwomoh, Arianna, Jones, David O., Popovic, Brodie, Rose, Benjamin M. and Said, Khaled (2022). The Pantheon+ Analysis: evaluating peculiar velocity corrections in cosmological analyses with nearby Type Ia Supernovae. The Astrophysical Journal, 938 (2) 112, 1-16. doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac4698

The Pantheon+ Analysis: evaluating peculiar velocity corrections in cosmological analyses with nearby Type Ia Supernovae

2022

Journal Article

Dwarf AGNs from optical variability for the origins of seeds (DAVOS): Insights from the dark energy survey deep fields

Burke, Colin J, Liu, Xin, Shen, Yue, Phadke, Kedar A, Yang, Qian, Hartley, Will G, Harrison, Ian, Palmese, Antonella, Guo, Hengxiao, Zhang, Kaiwen, Kron, Richard, Turner, David J, Giles, Paul A, Lidman, Christopher, Chen, Yu-Ching, Gruendl, Robert A, Choi, Ami, Amon, Alexandra, Sheldon, Erin, Aguena, M, Allam, S, Andrade-Oliveira, F, Bacon, D, Bertin, E, Brooks, D, Rosell, A Carnero, Kind, M Carrasco, Carretero, J, Conselice, C ... DES Collaboration (2022). Dwarf AGNs from optical variability for the origins of seeds (DAVOS): Insights from the dark energy survey deep fields. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 516 (2), 2736-2756. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stac2262

Dwarf AGNs from optical variability for the origins of seeds (DAVOS): Insights from the dark energy survey deep fields

2022

Journal Article

Observational window effects on multi-object reverberation mapping

Malik, Umang, Sharp, Rob, Martini, Paul, Davis, Tamara M., Tucker, Brad E., Yu, Zhefu, Penton, Andrew, Lewis, Geraint F. and Calcino, Josh (2022). Observational window effects on multi-object reverberation mapping. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 516 (3), 3238-3253. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stac2263

Observational window effects on multi-object reverberation mapping

2022

Journal Article

Velocity dispersions of clusters in the Dark Energy Survey Y3 redMaPPer catalogue

Wetzell, V., Jeltema, T. E., Hegland, B., Everett, S., Giles, P. A., Wilkinson, R., Farahi, A., Costanzi, M., Hollowood, D. L., Upsdell, E., Saro, A., Myles, J., Bermeo, A., Bhargava, S., Collins, C. A., Cross, D., Eiger, O., Gardner, G., Hilton, M., Jobel, J., Kelly, P., Laubner, D., Liddle, A. R., Mann, R. G., Martinez, V., Mayers, J., McDaniel, A., Romer, A. K., Rooney, P. ... Weller, J. (2022). Velocity dispersions of clusters in the Dark Energy Survey Y3 redMaPPer catalogue. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 514 (4), 4696-4717. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stac1623

Velocity dispersions of clusters in the Dark Energy Survey Y3 redMaPPer catalogue

2022

Journal Article

The effect of quasar redshift errors on Lyman-α forest correlation functions

Youles, Samantha, Bautista, Julian E, Font-Ribera, Andreu, Bacon, David, Rich, James, Brooks, David, Davis, Tamara M, Dawson, Kyle, de la Macorra, Axel, Dhungana, Govinda, Doel, Peter, Fanning, Kevin, Gazta naga, Enrique, Gontcho, Satya Gontcho A, Gonzalez-Morales, Alma X, Guy, Julien, Honscheid, Klaus, Iršič, Vid, Kehoe, Robert, Kirkby, David, Kisner, Theodore, Landriau, Martin, Le Guillou, Laurent, Levi, Michael E, Martini, Paul, Mu noz-Gutiérrez, Andrea, Palanque-Delabrouille, Nathalie, Pérez-Ràfols, Ignasi, Poppett, Claire ... Walther, Michael (2022). The effect of quasar redshift errors on Lyman-α forest correlation functions. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 516 (1), 421-433. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stac2102

The effect of quasar redshift errors on Lyman-α forest correlation functions

2022

Journal Article

A galaxy-driven model of type Ia supernova luminosity variations

Wiseman, P, Vincenzi, M, Sullivan, M, Kelsey, L, Popovic, B, Rose, B, Brout, D, Davis, T M, Frohmaier, C, Galbany, L, Lidman, C, Möller, A, Scolnic, D, Smith, M, Aguena, M, Allam, S, Andrade-Oliveira, F, Annis, J, Bertin, E, Bocquet, S, Brooks, D, Burke, D L, Rosell, A Carnero, Kind, M Carrasco, Carretero, J, Castander, F J, Costanzi, M, Pereira, M E S, Desai, S ... Varga, T N (2022). A galaxy-driven model of type Ia supernova luminosity variations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 515 (3), 4587-4605. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stac1984

A galaxy-driven model of type Ia supernova luminosity variations

2022

Journal Article

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey peculiar velocity catalogue

Howlett, Cullan, Said, Khaled, Lucey, John R., Colless, Matthew, Qin, Fei, Lai, Yan, Tully, R. Brent and Davis, Tamara M. (2022). The Sloan Digital Sky Survey peculiar velocity catalogue. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 515 (1), 953-976. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stac1681

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey peculiar velocity catalogue

2022

Journal Article

The Dark Energy Survey 5-year photometrically identified Type Ia Supernovae

Möller, A, Smith, M, Sako, M, Sullivan, M, Vincenzi, M, Wiseman, P, Armstrong, P, Asorey, J, Brout, D, Carollo, D, Davis, T M, Frohmaier, C, Galbany, L, Glazebrook, K, Kelsey, L, Kessler, R, Lewis, G F, Lidman, C, Malik, U, Nichol, R C, Scolnic, D, Tucker, B E, Abbott, T M C, Aguena, M, Allam, S, Annis, J, Bertin, E, Bocquet, S, Brooks, D ... Varga, T N (2022). The Dark Energy Survey 5-year photometrically identified Type Ia Supernovae. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 514 (4), 5159-5177. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stac1691

The Dark Energy Survey 5-year photometrically identified Type Ia Supernovae

2022

Journal Article

Milky Way Satellite Census. IV. Constraints on decaying dark matter from observations of Milky Way satellite galaxies

Mau, S., Nadler, E. O., Wechsler, R. H., Drlica-Wagner, A., Bechtol, K., Green, G., Huterer, D., Li, T. S., Mao, Y.-Y., Martínez-Vázquez, C. E., McNanna, M., Mutlu-Pakdil, B., Pace, A. B., Peter, A., Riley, A. H., Strigari, L., Wang, M.-Y., Aguena, M., Allam, S., Annis, J., Bacon, D., Bertin, E., Bocquet, S., Brooks, D., Burke, D. L., Rosell, A. Carnero, Kind, M. Carrasco, Carretero, J., Costanzi, M. ... Weller, J. (2022). Milky Way Satellite Census. IV. Constraints on decaying dark matter from observations of Milky Way satellite galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal, 932 (2) 128, 1-21. doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac6e65

Milky Way Satellite Census. IV. Constraints on decaying dark matter from observations of Milky Way satellite galaxies

2022

Journal Article

Using peculiar velocity surveys to constrain neutrino masses

Whitford, Abbé M., Howlett, Cullan and Davis, Tamara M. (2022). Using peculiar velocity surveys to constrain neutrino masses. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 513 (1), 345-362. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stac783

Using peculiar velocity surveys to constrain neutrino masses

2022

Journal Article

SOAR/Goodman spectroscopic assessment of candidate counterparts of the LIGO/Virgo event GW190814*

Tucker, D. L., Wiesner, M. P., Allam, S. S., Soares-Santos, M., Bom, C. R., Butner, M., Garcia, A., Morgan, R., Olivares E., F., Palmese, A., Santana-Silva, L., Shrivastava, A., Annis, J., García-Bellido, J., Gill, M. S. S., Herner, K., Kilpatrick, C. D., Makler, M., Sherman, N., Amara, A., Lin, H., Smith, M., Swann, E., Arcavi, I., Bachmann, T. G., Bechtol, K., Berlfein, F., Briceño, C., Brout, D. ... Zhang, Y. (2022). SOAR/Goodman spectroscopic assessment of candidate counterparts of the LIGO/Virgo event GW190814*. The Astrophysical Journal, 929 (2) 115, 115. doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac5b60

SOAR/Goodman spectroscopic assessment of candidate counterparts of the LIGO/Virgo event GW190814*

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

    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

    Gravitational wave cosmology

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Cullan Howlett

  • 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

  • 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

Completed supervision

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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