Curriculum Vitae
Short CV of my professional life.
Standing in the core of the MWA
I am an Australian radio astronomer based at ASTRON, Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, where I am Head of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Science group. I specialise in studying stars and exoplanets at radio wavelengths, which provides information about how magnetic fields are generated on such bodies. Such information is important for helping assess whether certain planets have favourable conditions for life as we know it. I am also an adjunct Assistant Professor at Leiden Observatory, Leiden University.
I completed my PhD in astrophysics at The University of Sydney in 2017. My PhD was focussed on understanding radio galaxy evolution and developing the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA), a SKA precursor. My main supervisors were Professor Bryan Gaensler (University of Toronto), Professor Ron Ekers (CSIRO). I was also the de Bruyn fellow at ASTRON and a Veni Fellow at Leiden University.
I have given astronomy and general science talks to a range of audiences, including school students, amateur astronomy clubs, professional astronomers, and the general public (to both Dutch and international audiences). I believe that it is the responsibility of a tax-payer funded scientist to be a science communicator to the public, so if you need an astronomer or scientist to present a talk please do not hesitate to get in contact with me.
If you are prospective student, please do reach out about what projects I have on offer in my group. We are rapidly expanding and there is lots of interesting questions and datasets to be explored -- especially associated with determining radio periodicity in star-planet interactions, dynamo models, searching for stellar and sub-stellar objects at the lowest frequencies etc
Outside of science, my interests vary from reading, politics, independent cinemas (films and projection devices), running, rugby league, the gym, and drinking too much beer.
Publications
A list of all the scientific publications I have authored and co-authored on NASA ADS.
Teaching Materials
Some teaching materials I have produced for the Leiden University 3rd Year Bachelor Course in Space Missions.
Students I have supervised
Below is a list of students that I have formally supervised/supervising and where they are now (as of October 2023).2023 - present D. Konijn (University of Groningen), PhD Student (Co-supervised with Dr H. Vedantham)
2023 - present C. Cordun (University of Groningen), PhD Student (Co-supervised with Dr H. Vedantham)
2022 - present S. Bloot (University of Groningen), PhD Student (Co-supervised with Dr H. Vedantham)
2022 - present T. Wing (University of Groningen), PhD Student (Co-supervised with Dr H. Vedantham)
2022 - present S. Bloot (University of Groningen), PhD Student (Co-supervised with Dr H. Vedantham)
2022 - 2023 F. Ballieux (Leiden University), Masters Student
2022 - 2023 E. Benitez Walz (Leiden University), Masters Student
2018 - 2022 K. Ross (University of Curtin), PhD Student (Co-supervised with Dr N. Hurley-Walker), now doing a postdoc at University of Curtin
2021 - 2022 M. Slob (Leiden University), Masters Student, now completing a PhD at Leiden
2021 - 2022 E. van Dijk (Leiden University), Masters Student
2021 - 2022 R. Keers (Leiden University), Masters Student, now completing a PhD at the University of Göttingen
2020 - 2021 S. Bloot (Leiden University), Masters Student, now completing a PhD at University of Groningen
2020 - 2021 V. van Rooijen (Leiden University), Masters Student
2020 - 2021 P. Jol (Leiden University), Masters Student, now completing a PhD at Northumbria University
2019 - 2020 K. Veken (Leiden University), Masters Student, Data Engineer at Capegmini
2019 - 2020 S. Toet (Leiden University), Masters Student, Junior scientist at TNO (NL defense)
2019 I. Davis (University of Mexico), ASTRON Summer Student, now completing a PhD at Caltech
2018 - 2019 M. Keim (Leiden University), Masters Student, now completing a PhD at Yale University
2018 A. Tuson (University of Manchester), ASTRON Summer Student, now completing a PhD at University of Cambridge
2017 - 2018 C. Bozon (University of Amsterdam), Bachelor Project, now at Columbia University
2017 M. Rose (Harvard University), ASTRON Summer Student, now completing a PhD at University of Arizona
What rubbish am I reading now?
Latest update from Goodreads on the current book I am reading.
Contact
| ASTRON | |
| Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy | |
| Oude Hoogeveensedijk 4 | |
| 7991 PD Dwingeloo | |
| The Netherlands | |
| +31 6 2929 7915 | |
| callingham@astron.nl |