
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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2022
Journal Article
Dark Energy Survey Year 3 results: a 2.7% measurement of baryon acoustic oscillation distance scale at redshift 0.835
Abbott, T. M.C., Aguena, M., Allam, S., Amon, A., Andrade-Oliveira, F., Asorey, J., Avila, S., Bernstein, G. M., Bertin, E., Brandao-Souza, A., Brooks, D., Burke, D. L., Calcino, J., Camacho, H., Carnero Rosell, A., Carollo, D., Carrasco Kind, M., Carretero, J., Castander, F. J., Cawthon, R., Chan, K. C., Choi, A., Conselice, C., Costanzi, M., Crocce, M., Da Costa, L. N., Pereira, M. E.S., Davis, T. M., De Vicente, J. ... Wilkinson, R. D. (2022). Dark Energy Survey Year 3 results: a 2.7% measurement of baryon acoustic oscillation distance scale at redshift 0.835. Physical Review D, 105 (4) 043512. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.105.043512
2022
Journal Article
The DES view of the Eridanus supervoid and the CMB cold spot
Kovács, A., Jeffrey, N., Gatti, M., Chang, C., Whiteway, L., Hamaus, N., Lahav, O., Pollina, G., Bacon, D., Kacprzak, T., Mawdsley, B., Nadathur, S., Zeurcher, D., García-Bellido, J., Alarcon, A., Amon, A., Bechtol, K., Bernstein, G. M., Campos, A., Rosell, A. Carnero, Kind, M. Carrasco, Cawthon, R., Chen, R., Choi, A., Cordero, J., Davis, C., Derose, J., Doux, C., Drlica-Wagner, A. ... Weller, J. (2022). The DES view of the Eridanus supervoid and the CMB cold spot. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 510 (1), 216-229. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stab3309
2022
Journal Article
Dark Energy Survey Year 3 results: cosmological constraints from galaxy clustering and weak lensing
Abbott, T. M.C., Aguena, M., Alarcon, A., Allam, S., Alves, O., Amon, A., Andrade-Oliveira, F., Annis, J., Avila, S., Bacon, D., Baxter, E., Bechtol, K., Becker, M. R., Bernstein, G. M., Bhargava, S., Birrer, S., Blazek, J., Brandao-Souza, A., Bridle, S. L., Brooks, D., Buckley-Geer, E., Burke, D. L., Camacho, H., Campos, A., Carnero Rosell, A., Carrasco Kind, M., Carretero, J., Castander, F. J., Cawthon, R. ... Zuntz, J. (2022). Dark Energy Survey Year 3 results: cosmological constraints from galaxy clustering and weak lensing. Physical Review D, 105 (2) 023520. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.105.023520
2022
Journal Article
Dark Energy Survey Year 3 Results: Deep field optical + near-infrared images and catalogue
Hartley, W. G, Choi, A, Amon, A, Gruendl, R. A, Sheldon, E, Harrison, I, Bernstein, G. M, Sevilla-Noarbe, I, Yanny, B, Eckert, K, Diehl, H. T, Alarcon, A, Banerji, M, Bechtol, K, Buchs, R, Cantu, S, Conselice, C, Cordero, J, Davis, C, Davis, T. M, Dodelson, S, Drlica-Wagner, A, Everett, S, Ferté, A, Gruen, D, Honscheid, K, Jarvis, M, Johnson, M. D, Kokron, N ... Zuntz, J (2022). Dark Energy Survey Year 3 Results: Deep field optical + near-infrared images and catalogue. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 509 (3), 3547-3579. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stab3055
2021
Journal Article
Multi-wavelength optical and NIR variability analysis of the Blazar PKS 0027-426
Guise, E, Hönig, S F, Almeyda, T, Horne, K, Kishimoto, M, Aguena, M, Allam, S, Andrade-Oliveira, F, Asorey, J, Banerji, M, Bertin, E, Boulderstone, B, Brooks, D, Burke, D L, Rosell, A Carnero, Carollo, D, Kind, M Carrasco, Carretero, J, Costanzi, M, da Costa, L N, Davis, T M, De Vicente, J, Doel, P, Everett, S, Ferrero, I, Flaugher, B, Frieman, J, Gandhi, P, Goad, M ... Tucker, B E (2021). Multi-wavelength optical and NIR variability analysis of the Blazar PKS 0027-426. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 510 (3), 3145-3177. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stab3457
2021
Journal Article
OzDES reverberation mapping program: lag recovery reliability for 6-year C IV analysis
Penton, A., Malik, U., Davis, T. M., Martini, P., Yu, Z., Sharp, R., Lidman, C., Tucker, B. E., Hoormann, J. K., Aguena, M., Allam, S., Annis, J., Asorey, J., Bacon, D., Bertin, E., Bhargava, S., Brooks, D., Calcino, J., Rosell, A. Carnero, Carollo, D., Kind, M. Carrasco, Carretero, J., Costanzi, M., da Costa, L. N., Pereira, M. E. S., De Vicente, J., Diehl, H. T., Eifler, T. F., Everett, S. ... Wilkinson, R. D. (2021). OzDES reverberation mapping program: lag recovery reliability for 6-year C IV analysis. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 509 (3), 4008-4023. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stab3027
2021
Journal Article
Detection of vesicular stomatitis virus Indiana from insects collected during the 2020 outbreak in Kansas, USA
McGregor, Bethany L., Rozo-Lopez, Paula, Davis, Travis M. and Drolet, Barbara S. (2021). Detection of vesicular stomatitis virus Indiana from insects collected during the 2020 outbreak in Kansas, USA. Pathogens, 10 (9) 1126, 1-12. doi: 10.3390/pathogens10091126
2021
Journal Article
OzDES reverberation mapping program: the first Mg II lags from five years of monitoring
Yu, Zhefu, Martini, Paul, Penton, A, Davis, T M, Malik, U, Lidman, C, Tucker, B E, Sharp, R, Kochanek, C S, Peterson, B M, Aguena, M, Allam, S, Andrade-Oliveira, F, Annis, J, Asorey, J, Bertin, E, Brooks, D, Burke, D L, Calcino, J, Rosell, A Carnero, Carollo, D, Kind, M Carrasco, Costanzi, M, da Costa, L N, Pereira, M E S, Diehl, H T, Everett, S, Ferrero, I, Flaugher, B ... Tucker, D L (2021). OzDES reverberation mapping program: the first Mg II lags from five years of monitoring. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 507 (3), 1-18. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stab2244
2021
Journal Article
Assessing tension metrics with dark energy survey and Planck data
Lemos, P., Raveri, M., Campos, A., Park, Y., Chang, C., Weaverdyck, N., Huterer, D., Liddle, A. R., Blazek, J., Cawthon, R., Choi, A., DeRose, J., Dodelson, S., Doux, C., Gatti, M., Gruen, D., Harrison, I., Krause, E., Lahav, O., MacCrann, N., Muir, J., Prat, J., Rau, M. M., Rollins, R. P., Samuroff, S., Zuntz, J., Aguena, M., Allam, S., Annis, J. ... Wester, W. (2021). Assessing tension metrics with dark energy survey and Planck data. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 505 (4), 6179-6194. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stab1670
2021
Journal Article
The Dark Energy Survey data release 2
Abbott, T. M. C., Adamów, M., Aguena, M., Allam, S., Amon, A., Annis, J., Avila, S., Bacon, D., Banerji, M., Bechtol, K., Becker, M. R., Bernstein, G. M., Bertin, E., Bhargava, S., Bridle, S. L., Brooks, D., Burke, D. L., Carnero Rosell, A., Carrasco Kind, M., Carretero, J., Castander, F. J., Cawthon, R., Chang, C., Choi, A., Conselice, C., Costanzi, M., Crocce, M., da Costa, L. N., Davis, T. M. ... Vila-Verde, G. (2021). The Dark Energy Survey data release 2. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 255 (2) 20, 1-29. doi: 10.3847/1538-4365/ac00b3
2021
Journal Article
Rates and delay times of type Ia supernovae in the Dark Energy Survey
Wiseman, P., Sullivan, M., Smith, M., Frohmaier, C., Vincenzi, M., Graur, O., Popovic, B., Armstrong, P., Brout, D., Davis, T. M., Galbany, L., Hinton, S. R., Kelsey, L., Kessler, R., Lidman, C., Möller, A., Nichol, R. C., Rose, B., Scolnic, D., Toy, M., Zontou, Z., Asorey, J., Carollo, D., Glazebrook, K., Lewis, G. F., Tucker, B. E., Abbott, T. M. C., Aguena, M., Allam, S. ... Walker, A. R. (2021). Rates and delay times of type Ia supernovae in the Dark Energy Survey. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 506 (3), 3330-3348. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stab1943
2021
Journal Article
Dark energy survey year 3 results: weak lensing shape catalogue
Gatti, M, Sheldon, E, Amon, A, Becker, M, Troxel, M, Choi, A, Doux, C, MacCrann, N, Navarro-Alsina, A, Harrison, I, Gruen, D, Bernstein, G, Jarvis, M, Secco, L. F, Ferté, A, Shin, T, McCullough, J, Rollins, R. P, Chen, R, Chang, C, Pandey, S, Tutusaus, I, Prat, J, Elvin-Poole, J, Sanchez, C, Plazas, A. A, Roodman, A, Zuntz, J, Abbott, T. M. C ... Wilkinson, R. D (2021). Dark energy survey year 3 results: weak lensing shape catalogue. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 504 (3), 4312-4336. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stab918
2021
Journal Article
Constraints on dark matter to dark radiation conversion in the late universe with DES-Y1 and external data
Chen, A., Huterer, D., Lee, S., Ferté, A., Weaverdyck, N., Alves, O., Leonard, C. D., Maccrann, N., Raveri, M., Porredon, A., Di Valentino, E., Muir, J., Lemos, P., Liddle, A. R., Blazek, J., Campos, A., Cawthon, R., Choi, A., Dodelson, S., Elvin-Poole, J., Gruen, D., Ross, A. J., Secco, L. F., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Sheldon, E., Troxel, M. A., Zuntz, J., Abbott, T. M.C., Aguena, M. ... Wilkinson, R. D. (2021). Constraints on dark matter to dark radiation conversion in the late universe with DES-Y1 and external data. Physical Review D, 103 (12) 123528. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.103.123528
2021
Journal Article
The first Hubble diagram and cosmological constraints using superluminous supernovae
Inserra, C., Sullivan, M., Angus, C. R., MacAulay, E., Nichol, R. C., Smith, M., Frohmaier, C., Gutiérrez, C. P., Vicenzi, M., Möller, A., Brout, D., Brown, P. J., Davis, T. M., D'Andrea, C. B., Galbany, L., Kessler, R., Kim, A. G., Pan, Y. C., Pursiainen, M., Scolnic, D., Thomas, B. P., Wiseman, P., Abbott, T. M.C., Annis, J., Avila, S., Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Burke, D. L., Carnero Rosell, A. ... Tucker, B. E. (2021). The first Hubble diagram and cosmological constraints using superluminous supernovae. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 504 (2), 2535-2549. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stab978
2021
Journal Article
Improving NASA/IPAC extragalactic database redshift calculations
Carr, Anthony and Davis, Tamara (2021). Improving NASA/IPAC extragalactic database redshift calculations. The Astrophysical Journal, 914 (2) 97, 1-7. doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/abfb6e
2021
Journal Article
Dark energy survey year 3 results: photometric data set for cosmology
Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Bechtol, K., Carrasco Kind, M., Carnero Rosell, A., Becker, M. R., Drlica-Wagner, A., Gruendl, R. A., Rykoff, E. S., Sheldon, E., Yanny, B., Alarcon, A., Allam, S., Amon, A., Benoit-Lévy, A., Bernstein, G. M., Bertin, E., Burke, D. L., Carretero, J., Everett, S., Flaugher, B., Gaztanaga, E., Choi, A., Diehl, H. T., Gschwend, J., Harrison, I., Hartley, W. G., Hoyle, B., Jarvis, M., Johnson, M. D. ... Wilkinson, R. D. (2021). Dark energy survey year 3 results: photometric data set for cosmology. Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series, 254 (2) 24, 24. doi: 10.3847/1538-4365/abeb66
2021
Journal Article
The dark energy survey supernova program: Modelling selection efficiency and observed core-collapse supernova contamination
Vincenzi, M, Sullivan, M, Graur, O, Brout, D, Davis, T M, Frohmaier, C, Galbany, L, Gutiérrez, C P, Hinton, S R, Hounsell, R, Kelsey, L, Kessler, R, Kovacs, E, Kuhlmann, S, Lasker, J, Lidman, C, Möller, A, Nichol, R C, Sako, M, Scolnic, D, Smith, M, Swann, E, Wiseman, P, Asorey, J, Lewis, G F, Sharp, R, Tucker, B E, Aguena, M, Allam, S ... (DES Collaboration) (2021). The dark energy survey supernova program: Modelling selection efficiency and observed core-collapse supernova contamination. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 505 (2), 2819-2839. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stab1353
2021
Journal Article
Consistency of cosmic shear analyses in harmonic and real space
Doux, C, Chang, C, Jain, B, Blazek, J, Camacho, H, Fang, X, Gatti, M, Krause, E, MacCrann, N, Samuroff, S, Secco, L F, Troxel, M A, Zuntz, J, Aguena, M, Allam, S, Amon, A, Avila, S, Bacon, D, Bertin, E, Brooks, D, Burke, D L, Rosell, A Carnero, Kind, M Carrasco, Carretero, J, Choi, A, Costanzi, M, Crocce, M, da Costa, L N, Pereira, M E S ... Wilkinson, R D (2021). Consistency of cosmic shear analyses in harmonic and real space. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 503 (3), 3796-3817. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stab661
2021
Journal Article
Dark Energy Survey year 1 results: cosmological constraints from cluster abundances, weak lensing, and galaxy correlations
To, C., Krause, E., Rozo, E., Wu, H., Gruen, D., Wechsler, R. H., Eifler, T. F., Rykoff, E. S., Costanzi, M., Becker, M. R., Bernstein, G. M., Blazek, J., Bocquet, S., Bridle, S. L., Cawthon, R., Choi, A., Crocce, M., Davis, C., Derose, J., Drlica-Wagner, A., Elvin-Poole, J., Fang, X., Farahi, A., Friedrich, O., Gatti, M., Gaztanaga, E., Giannantonio, T., Hartley, W. G., Hoyle, B. ... Wilkinson, R. D. (2021). Dark Energy Survey year 1 results: cosmological constraints from cluster abundances, weak lensing, and galaxy correlations. Physical Review Letters, 126 (14) 141301, 1-8. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.141301
2021
Journal Article
The effect of systematic redshift biases in BAO cosmology
Glanville, Aaron, Howlett, Cullan and Davis, Tamara M. (2021). The effect of systematic redshift biases in BAO cosmology. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 503 (3), 3510-3521. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stab657
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
Completing the Puzzle: Unveiling Clues for Gravitational Wave Astrophysics and Cosmology with Simulations
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
Investigating Gravitational Wave Cosmology with Simulated Data
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Cullan Howlett
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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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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
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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
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
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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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