2018 schedule

Sat 31st
18:30-23:30
Eureka Ballroom

NACAA Dinner, Keynote Speaker and Awards

A/Prof. Emma Ryan-Weber

Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Astrophysics & Supercomputing

What we know about Big Bang Cosmology and our Milky Way Galaxy from the naked eye

Associate Professor Emma Ryan-Weber is an astronomer and QEII Research Fellow leading the intergalactic medium research group at Swinburne. This science focuses on detecting metals in absorption at very high redshifts.

Dr Ryan-Weber and her team conduct this research using near-infrared spectroscopy towards high redshift quasars on the world's largest telescopes including Keck and the VLT. They also work on high redshift galaxies and examine their influence on reionization, including their escaping fraction of ionizing radiation.

Dr Ryan-Weber’s doctoral research focused on HI in the local universe – a field where she continues an active interest.