Students

Maaz is a PhD candidate in Theoretical Physics at the University of Melbourne. His research focuses on axion models and physics beyond the Standard Model, particularly questions related to the strong CP problem and flavour symmetries. Alongside his academic work, he is an active member of the university’s Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Committee.

Val Estrella is a Masters student in theoretical physics at Adelaide University, working under the supervision of Professor Martin White.

Ethan's research focuses on enhancing cavity quality factors via superconducting surfaces — using commercial superconductive tapes and REBCO sputtered substrates to advance the sensitivity of axion dark matter haloscopes.

Antonio Spataro is a MSc student at the University of Melbourne studying experimental particle physics under the supervision of Prof. Phillip Urquijo.

Leona James is a Masters student in theoretical physics at Adelaide University, working under the supervision of Professor Anthony Thomas.

Ryan Stewart is a Master of Science (Physics) Student at The University of Melbourne. They are studying under the supervision of Prof. Matthew Dolan, in theoretical particle physics.

William Coulson is a master’s student at the University of Melbourne working in theoretical particle physics under the supervision of Prof. Matthew Dolan.

Madeline Weston is a MSc student at the University of Melbourne. She is studying theoretical particle physics under the supervision of Prof. Raymond Volkas.

Wissal Filali is a joint PhD student between the University of Bonn and the University of Melbourne. She works on neutrino physics with the FASER experiment at CERN and on dark matter searches within the SABRE experiment in Melbourne, with a focus on data analysis and Monte Carlo simulations.

Amelie is a PhD student at the University of Sydney working under the supervision of Professor Celine Boehm. Her area of research is theoretical cosmology and cosmological simulations of alternate Dark Matter models.

Laura Fang is a PhD student at the University of Melbourne. She is working on a project in theoretical particle physics under the supervision of Professor Nicole Bell.

Daniel Avraham is an MPhil student at the Australian National University (ANU) under the supervision of Professor Gregory Lane and Dr Lindsey Bignell. With a background in Statistics and Data Science, his research focuses on leveraging machine learning—particularly neural networks integrated with Gas TPC detectors—to predict particle directionality, paving the way for his transition to a PhD program.

Scott Thompson is a Master of Science student at the University of Melbourne. He is studying theoretical particle physics under the supervision of Prof. Raymond Volkas

Yona is a MSc student at The University of Melbourne working under the supervision of Professor Elisabetta Barberio on the SABRE South Experiment.

Jackson Dun is a Master of Science student studying experimental particle physics at The University of Melbourne under the supervision of Phillip Urquijo, with interests in the Belle II experiment.

Ananthu is a Joint PhD candidate at SUBATECH, Nantes, France and the University of Melbourne, Australia, as part of the AUFRANDE program.

Georgia is a MSc student at the University of Melbourne working on the SABRE South experiment under the supervision of Prof. Elisabetta Barberio.

Sai is a PhD student at the University of Melbourne and is working under the supervision of Profs. Phillip Urquijo and Elisabetta Barberio. He is interested in the applications of Machine Learning to particle physics experiments and has previously worked on a search for Axion-Like Particles in B-meson decays with the LHCb collaboration as part of his Masters' degree at Monash University, and on track reconstruction algorithms with the CYGNUS-Oz collaboration at the ANU.

Rickson Wielian is an Honours student at the Australian National University.

Michael is a PhD student at the University of Melbourne working under the supervision of Prof. Nicole Bell. His area of research is in dark matter phenomenology.

Robert Crew is a PhD student at the University of Western Australia working under the supervision of Professor Michael Tobar. He has also been a CDM summer student during his undergraduate studies.

Steven Samuels is a PhD student at the University of Western Australia working under the supervision of Professor Michael Tobar.

Emma Paterson is a PhD student at the University of Western Australia working under the supervision of Dr Jeremy Bourhill.

Michael Mews is a PhD student at the University of Melbourne.

He works on the SABRE South experiment.

Matthew Rumley is a PhD student at the University of Adelaide working under the supervision of Prof Anthony Thomas.

Haylea Purnell is a PhD student at the University of Adelaide working under the supervision of Prof Paul Jackson.

Cameron Harris is a PhD student at the University of Adelaide working under the supervision of Prof Paul Jackson.