Projects

GECKOS is an IFS survey of 35 nearby edge-on Milky Way-like galaxies, going out to larger radius, deeper, and with higher spatial resolution than existing IFS nearby galaxy surveys. I am the Principal Investigator of the GECKOS ESO VLT/MUSE large program, and also lead the GECKOS team. The main goal of the survey is to determine the interplay between internal and external processes that shape disk galaxies with similar mass as our Galaxy.

The SAMI Galaxy Survey successfully created a large 3D integral-field spectroscopic dataset of 3000 galaxies across a large range of mass and environment. Since 2016 I have been leading the stellar kinematic workgroup producing high-quality stellar kinematic data products. My most recent work answered one of the fundamental questions from the SAMI science case: how do mass and environment impact the kinematic properties of galaxies?

Hector is the next major dark-time instrument for the AAT and is a multi integral-field-unit spectrograph aimed at obtaining a low-redshift galaxy survey of up to 15,000 galaxies. Within the Hector Galaxy Survey I have been leading the stellar kinematic working group. Due to its spectral resolution, Hector will revolutionise our ability to measure higher-order kinematic signatures that offer a complementary yet unique insight into the orbital structure of galaxies.

Publication Summary


Publications: 10 first-authored refereed publications, 10 second author, 88 co-authored.
Impact: H-index of 36, total citation count of 3638, with 727 for first author papers.
Presentations: 113 (i.a., 9 Invited Conference talks, 16 Seminars, and 32 Public Talks).
(Updated February 2024)


First-Author Publications

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Co-Authored Publications

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