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

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2020

Journal Article

DES16C3cje: a low-luminosity, long-lived supernova

Gutiérrez, C. P., Sullivan, M., Martinez, L., Bersten, M. C., Inserra, C., Smith, M., Anderson, J. P., Pan, Y.-C., Pastorello, A., Galbany, L., Nugent, P., Angus, C. R., Barbarino, C., Carollo, D., Chen, T.-W., Davis, T. M., Valle, M. Della, Foley, R. J., Fraser, M., Frohmaier, C., González-Gaitán, S., Gromadzki, M., Kankare, E., Kokotanekova, R., Kollmeier, J., Lewis, G. F., Magee, M. R., Maguire, K., Möller, A. ... Wilkinson, R. (2020). DES16C3cje: a low-luminosity, long-lived supernova. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 496 (1), 95-110. doi: 10.1093/mnras/staa1452

DES16C3cje: a low-luminosity, long-lived supernova

2020

Journal Article

Supernova host galaxies in the dark energy survey: I. Deep coadds, photometry, and stellar masses

Wiseman, P., Smith, M., Childress, M., Kelsey, L., Möller, A., Gupta, R. R., Swann, E., Angus, C. R., Brout, D., Davis, T. M., Foley, R. J., Frohmaier, C., Galbany, L., Gutiérrez, C. P., Inserra, C., Kessler, R., Lewis, G. F., Lidman, C., Macaulay, E., Nichol, R. C., Pursiainen, M., Sako, M., Scolnic, D., Sommer, N. E., Sullivan, M., Tucker, B. E., Abbott, T. M. C., Aguena, M., Allam, S. ... Wilkinson, R. D. (2020). Supernova host galaxies in the dark energy survey: I. Deep coadds, photometry, and stellar masses. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 495 (4), 4040-4060. doi: 10.1093/mnras/staa1302

Supernova host galaxies in the dark energy survey: I. Deep coadds, photometry, and stellar masses

2020

Journal Article

First cosmology results using type Ia supernovae from the Dark Energy Survey: the effect of host galaxy properties on supernova luminosity

Smith, M., Sullivan, M., Wiseman, P., Kessler, R., Scolnic, D., Brout, D., D’Andrea, C. B., Davis, T. M., Foley, R. J., Frohmaier, C., Galbany, L., Gupta, R. R., Gutiérrez, C. P., Hinton, S. R., Kelsey, L., Lidman, C., Macaulay, E., Möller, A., Nichol, R. C., Nugent, P., Palmese, A., Pursiainen, M., Sako, M., Swann, E., Thomas, R. C., Tucker, B. E., Vincenzi, M., Carollo, D., Lewis, G. F. ... Walker, A. R. (2020). First cosmology results using type Ia supernovae from the Dark Energy Survey: the effect of host galaxy properties on supernova luminosity. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 494 (3), 4426-4447. doi: 10.1093/mnras/staa946

First cosmology results using type Ia supernovae from the Dark Energy Survey: the effect of host galaxy properties on supernova luminosity

2020

Journal Article

Cosmology with phase 1 of the square kilometre array red book 2018: technical specifications and performance forecasts

Bacon, David J., Battye, Richard A., Bull, Philip, Camera, Stefano, Ferreira, Pedro G., Harrison, Ian, Parkinson, David, Pourtsidou, Alkistis, Santos, Mário G., Wolz, Laura, Abdalla, Filipe, Akrami, Yashar, Alonso, David, Andrianomena, Sambatra, Ballardini, Mario, Bernal, José Luis, Bertacca, Daniele, Bengaly, Carlos A. P., Bonaldi, Anna, Bonvin, Camille, Brown, Michael L., Chapman, Emma, Chen, Song, Chen, Xuelei, Cunnington, Steven, Davis, Tamara M., Dickinson, Clive, Fonseca, José, Grainge, Keith ... Zuntz, Joe (2020). Cosmology with phase 1 of the square kilometre array red book 2018: technical specifications and performance forecasts. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 37 e007, 1-31. doi: 10.1017/pasa.2019.51

Cosmology with phase 1 of the square kilometre array red book 2018: technical specifications and performance forecasts

2020

Journal Article

Standard siren speeds: improving velocities in gravitational-wave measurements of H0

Howlett, Cullan and Davis, Tamara M. (2020). Standard siren speeds: improving velocities in gravitational-wave measurements of H0. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 492 (3), 3803-3815. doi: 10.1093/mnras/staa049

Standard siren speeds: improving velocities in gravitational-wave measurements of H0

2020

Journal Article

BARRY and the BAO Model Comparison

Hinton, Samuel R., Howlett, Cullan and Davis, Tamara M. (2020). BARRY and the BAO Model Comparison. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 493 (3), 4078-4093. doi: 10.1093/mnras/staa361

BARRY and the BAO Model Comparison

2020

Journal Article

Quasar accretion disk sizes from continuum reverberation mapping in the DES standard-star fields

Yu, Zhefu, Martini, Paul, Davis, T. M., Gruendl, R. A., Hoormann, J. K., Kochanek, C. S., Lidman, C., Mudd, D., Peterson, B. M., Wester, W., Allam, S., Annis, J., Asorey, J., Avila, S., Banerji, M., Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Buckley-Geer, E., Calcino, J., Rosell, A. Carnero, Carollo, D., Kind, M. Carrasco, Carretero, J., Cunha, C. E., D’Andrea, C. B., Costa, L. N. da, De Vicente, J., Desai, S., Diehl, H. T. ... Vikram, V. (2020). Quasar accretion disk sizes from continuum reverberation mapping in the DES standard-star fields. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 246 (1) 16, 16. doi: 10.3847/1538-4365/ab5e7a

Quasar accretion disk sizes from continuum reverberation mapping in the DES standard-star fields

2020

Journal Article

Can an infinitely long object fit in an expanding universe?

Glanville, Aaron and Davis, Tamara M. (2020). Can an infinitely long object fit in an expanding universe?. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 37 e033. doi: 10.1017/pasa.2020.25

Can an infinitely long object fit in an expanding universe?

2019

Journal Article

Can redshift errors bias measurements of the Hubble Constant?

Davis, Tamara M., Hinton, Samuel R., Howlett, Cullan and Calcino, Josh (2019). Can redshift errors bias measurements of the Hubble Constant?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 490 (2), 2948-2957. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stz2652

Can redshift errors bias measurements of the Hubble Constant?

2019

Journal Article

An expanding controversy

Davis, Tamara (2019). An expanding controversy. Science, 365 (6458), 1076-1077. doi: 10.1126/science.aay1331

An expanding controversy

2019

Journal Article

CIV black hole mass measurements with the Australian Dark Energy Survey (OzDES)

Hoormann, J. K., Martini, P., Davis, T. M., King, A., Lidman, C., Mudd, D., Sharp, R., Sommer, N. E., Tucker, B. E., Yu, Z., Allam, S., Asorey, J., Avila, S., Banerji, M., Brooks, D., Buckley-Geer, E., Burke, D. L., Calcino, J., Rosell, A. Carnero, Carollo, D., Kind, M. Carrasco, Carretero, J., Castander, F. J., Childress, M., De Vicente, J., Desai, S., Diehl, H. T., Doel, P., Flaugher, B. ... Uddin, S. A. (2019). CIV black hole mass measurements with the Australian Dark Energy Survey (OzDES). Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 487 (3), 3650-3663. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stz1539

CIV black hole mass measurements with the Australian Dark Energy Survey (OzDES)

2019

Journal Article

First cosmological results using Type Ia supernovae from the Dark Energy Survey: measurement of the Hubble constant

MacAulay, E., Nichol, R. C., Bacon, D., Brout, D., Davis, T. M., Zhang, B., Bassett, B. A., Scolnic, D., Möller, A., D'Andrea, C. B., Hinton, S. R., Kessler, R., Kim, A. G., Lasker, J., Lidman, C., Sako, M., Smith, M., Sullivan, M., Abbott, T. M.C., Allam, S., Annis, J., Asorey, J., Avila, S., Bechtol, K., Brooks, D., Brown, P., Burke, D. L., Calcino, J., Carnero Rosell, A. ... Wiseman, P. (2019). First cosmological results using Type Ia supernovae from the Dark Energy Survey: measurement of the Hubble constant. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 486 (2), 2184-2196. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stz978

First cosmological results using Type Ia supernovae from the Dark Energy Survey: measurement of the Hubble constant

2019

Journal Article

First cosmology results using Type Ia supernova from the Dark Energy Survey: simulations to correct supernova distance biases

Kessler, R., Brout, D., D'Andrea, C. B., Davis, T. M., Hinton, S. R., Kim, A. G., Lasker, J., Lidman, C., Macaulay, E., Moeller, A., Sako, M., Scolnic, D., Smith, M., Sullivan, M., Zhang, B., Andersen, P., Asorey, J., Avelino, A., Calcino, J., Carollo, D., Challis, P., Childress, M., Clocchiatti, A., Crawford, S., Filippenko, A. V., Foley, R. J., Glazebrook, K., Hoormann, J. K., Kasai, E. ... Zhang, Y. (2019). First cosmology results using Type Ia supernova from the Dark Energy Survey: simulations to correct supernova distance biases. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 485 (1), 1171-1187. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stz463

First cosmology results using Type Ia supernova from the Dark Energy Survey: simulations to correct supernova distance biases

2019

Journal Article

Cosmological constraints from multiple probes in the dark energy survey

Abbott, T. M.C., Alarcon, A., Allam, S., Andersen, P., Andrade-Oliveira, F., Annis, J., Asorey, J., Avila, S., Bacon, D., Banik, N., Bassett, B. A., Baxter, E., Bechtol, K., Becker, M. R., Bernstein, G. M., Bertin, E., Blazek, J., Bridle, S. L., Brooks, D., Brout, D., Burke, D. L., Calcino, J., Camacho, H., Campos, A., Carnero Rosell, A., Carollo, D., Carrasco Kind, M., Carretero, J., Castander, F. J. ... Zuntz, J. (2019). Cosmological constraints from multiple probes in the dark energy survey. Physical Review Letters, 122 (17) 171301, 171301. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.171301

Cosmological constraints from multiple probes in the dark energy survey

2019

Journal Article

Steve: A hierarchical Bayesian model for supernova cosmology

Hinton, S. R., Davis, T. M., Kim, A. G., Brout, D., D’Andrea, C. B., Kessler, R., Lasker, J., Lidman, C., Macaulay, E., Möller, A., Sako, M., Scolnic, D., Smith, M., Wolf, R. C., Childress, M., Morganson, E., Allam, S., Annis, J., Avila, S., Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Burke, D. L., Rosell, A. Carnero, Kind, M. Carrasco, Carretero, J., Cunha, C. E., Costa, L. N. da, Davis, C., Vicente, J. De ... Zhang, Y. (2019). Steve: A hierarchical Bayesian model for supernova cosmology. The Astrophysical Journal, 876 (1) 15, 15. doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab13a3

Steve: A hierarchical Bayesian model for supernova cosmology

2019

Journal Article

First cosmology results using SNe Ia from the Dark Energy Survey: analysis, systematic uncertainties, and validation

Brout, D., Scolnic, D., Kessler, R., D’Andrea, C. B., Davis, T. M., Gupta, R. R., Hinton, S. R., Kim, A. G., Lasker, J., Lidman, C., Macaulay, E., Möller, A., Nichol, R. C., Sako, M., Smith, M., Sullivan, M., Zhang, B., Andersen, P., Asorey, J., Avelino, A., Bassett, B. A., Brown, P., Calcino, J., Carollo, D., Challis, P., Childress, M., Clocchiatti, A., Filippenko, A. V., Foley, R. J. ... Zhang, Y. (2019). First cosmology results using SNe Ia from the Dark Energy Survey: analysis, systematic uncertainties, and validation. The Astrophysical Journal, 874 (2) 150, 150. doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab08a0

First cosmology results using SNe Ia from the Dark Energy Survey: analysis, systematic uncertainties, and validation

2019

Journal Article

First cosmology results using Type Ia Supernovae from the Dark Energy Survey: photometric pipeline and light-curve data release

Brout, D., Sako, M., Scolnic, D., Kessler, R., D’Andrea, C. B., Davis, T. M., Hinton, S. R., Kim, A. G., Lasker, J., Macaulay, E., Möller, A., Nichol, R. C., Smith, M., Sullivan, M., Wolf, R. C., Allam, S., Bassett, B. A., Brown, P., Castander, F. J., Childress, M., Foley, R. J., Galbany, L., Herner, K., Kasai, E., March, M., Morganson, E., Nugent, P., Pan, Y.-C., Thomas, R. C. ... Zhang, Y. (2019). First cosmology results using Type Ia Supernovae from the Dark Energy Survey: photometric pipeline and light-curve data release. The Astrophysical Journal, 874 (1) 106, 106. doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab06c1

First cosmology results using Type Ia Supernovae from the Dark Energy Survey: photometric pipeline and light-curve data release

2019

Journal Article

First cosmology results using Type IA supernovae from the dark energy survey: effects of chromatic corrections to supernova photometry on measurements of cosmological parameters

Lasker, J., Kessler, R., Scolnic, D., Brout, D., Burke, D. L., D’Andrea, C. B., Davis, T. M., Hinton, S. R., Kim, A. G., Li, T. S., Lidman, C., Macaulay, E., Möller, A., Rykoff, E. S., Sako, M., Smith, M., Sullivan, M., Swann, E., Tucker, B. E., Wester, W., Bassett, B. A., Abbott, T. M. C., Allam, S., Annis, J., Avila, S., Bechtol, K., Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Rosell, A. Carnero ... Walker, A. R. (2019). First cosmology results using Type IA supernovae from the dark energy survey: effects of chromatic corrections to supernova photometry on measurements of cosmological parameters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 485 (4), 5329-5344. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stz619

First cosmology results using Type IA supernovae from the dark energy survey: effects of chromatic corrections to supernova photometry on measurements of cosmological parameters

2019

Journal Article

First cosmology results using type Ia supernovae from the Dark Energy Survey: constraints on cosmological parameters

Abbott, T. M. C., Allam, S., Andersen, P., Angus, C., Asorey, J., Avelino, A., Avila, S., Bassett, B. A., Bechtol, K., Bernstein, G. M., Bertin, E., Brooks, D., Brout, D., Brown, P., Burke, D. L., Calcino, J., Rosell, A. Carnero, Carollo, D., Carrasco Kind, M., Carretero, J., Casas, R., Castander, F. J., Cawthon, R., Challis, P., Childress, M., Clocchiatti, A., Cunha, C. E., D’Andrea, C. B., da Costa, L. N. ... Zhang, Y. (2019). First cosmology results using type Ia supernovae from the Dark Energy Survey: constraints on cosmological parameters. The Astrophysical Journal, 872 (2) L30, L30. doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/ab04fa

First cosmology results using type Ia supernovae from the Dark Energy Survey: constraints on cosmological parameters

2018

Journal Article

The dark energy survey: data release 1

Abbott, T. M. C., Abdalla, F. B., Allam, S., Amara, A., Annis, J., Asorey, J., Avila, S., Ballester, O., Banerji, M., Barkhouse, W., Baruah, L., Baumer, M., Bechtol, K., Becker, M. R., Benoit-Levy, A., Bernstein, G. M., Bertin, E., Blazek, J., Bocquet, S., Brooks, D., Brout, D., Buckley-Geer, E., Burke, D. L., Busti, V., Campisano, R., Cardiel-Sas, L., Rosell, A. Carnero, Kind, M. Carrasco, Carretero, J. ... Scott, A. (2018). The dark energy survey: data release 1. Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 239 (2) 18, 18. doi: 10.3847/1538-4365/aae9f0

The dark energy survey: data release 1

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

    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

  • 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

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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