Dr Sarah Sweet
Dr

Sarah Sweet

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Background

Dr Sarah Sweet's research interests are in astrophysics, in the field of galaxy evolution. She received her PhD from the University of Queensland in 2014. Dr Sweet then worked at the Australian National University and at Swinburne University of Technology, before returning to UQ as a Lecturer in Astrophysics in 2020. She was awarded an Australian Research Council DECRA Fellowship in 2022 and became a Senior Lecturer in 2023.

Availability

Dr Sarah Sweet is:
Available for supervision

Fields of research

Cosmology and extragalactic astronomy Physical Sciences

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Business (Management), The University of Queensland
  • Bachelor of Science, The University of Queensland
  • Bachelor (Honours) of Science, The University of Queensland
  • Graduate Certificate in Research Commercialisation, The University of Queensland
  • Doctor of Philosophy of Astrophysics, The University of Queensland

Research interests

  • Spatially-resolved galaxy evolution

    I'm interested in the formation and evolution of galaxies, ranging from dwarf to giant galaxies within the local to high-redshift Universe. I investigate the internal (mass, angular momentum) and environmental factors responsible for galaxy diversity in properties such as morphology, chemical content and dark matter content, mapping their evolution over cosmic time.

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121 works between 2013 and 2025
All (121) Journal Article (117) Other Outputs (1) Conference Publication (3)

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2014

Journal Article

The SAMI galaxy survey: the discovery of a luminous, low-metallicity HII complex in the dwarf galaxy GAMA J141103.98-003242.3

Richards, S. N., Schaefer, A. L., Lopez-Sanchez, A. R., Croom, S. M., Bryant, J. J., Sweet, S. M., Konstantopoulos, I. S., Allen, J. T., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Bloom, J. V., Brough, S., Fogarty, L. M. R., Goodwin, M., Green, A. W., Ho, I. -T., Kewley, L. J., Koribalski, B. S., Lawrence, J. S., Owers, M. S., Sadler, E. M. and Sharp, R. (2014). The SAMI galaxy survey: the discovery of a luminous, low-metallicity HII complex in the dwarf galaxy GAMA J141103.98-003242.3. Royal Astronomical Society. Monthly Notices, 445 (2), 1104-1113. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stu1820

The SAMI galaxy survey: the discovery of a luminous, low-metallicity HII complex in the dwarf galaxy GAMA J141103.98-003242.3

Current funding

  • 2023 - 2026
    Expanded Horizons for the Anglo-Australian Telescope (ARC LIEF administered by The Australian National University)
    Australian National University
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2023 - 2024
    UQ AWARE - Dr Sarah Sweet
    UQ Amplify Women's Academic Research Equity
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2025
    Understanding diversity: chemical and kinematic tracers of galaxy evolution
    ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2022
    Dr Sarah Sweet - AQ WRAP
    Advance Queensland Women's Research Assistance Program
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2013
    The conversion of gas to stars on all scales
    UWA-UQ Bilateral Research Collaboration Award
    Open grant

Availability

Dr Sarah Sweet is:
Available for supervision

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Available projects

  • Spatially-resolved Galaxy Evolution

    How typical or unusual is our Local Group of galaxies, which has two massive spiral galaxies each with a plane of satellite dwarf galaxies? You could determine how common the Local Group is by using equitable methods to study the fundamental physical properties of its dwarfs and the dwarfs of observed and simulated groups that resemble the Local Group.

    How do the irregular, clumpy, highly-starforming galaxies we see in the distant, long-ago universe transform to the familiar elliptical and spiral galaxies we see in the present-day universe? You could investigate new ways to understand high-redshift galaxies based on fundamental physical properties such as angular momentum or chemical abundance.

    There are several projects available, all focusing on disentangling galaxy evolution with the technology of integral field spectroscopy (IFS). Our team is part of world-leading IFS surveys (Hector Galaxy Survey, MAGPI, Delegate, AGEL, WALLABY) and is working to map the properties of thousands of galaxies in 3D (two spatial and one spectral dimensions). We use these data to understand the connection between the internal and external properties of galaxies of all sizes and shapes and at all distances.

Supervision history

Current supervision

Completed supervision

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