Theory

Core researchers

• Prof Alexander Heger (Monash University) - Stellar evolution and nucleosynthesis

• Prof Orsola De Marco (Macquarie University) - Stellar mergers

• A/Prof Bernhard Müller (Monash University) - Supernovae

• Prof Lilia Ferrario (Australian National University) - Computational mathematics, compact objects

• Prof Rowena Ball (Australian National University) - Dust formation

• Prof Jarrod Hurley (Swinburne University of Technology) - Population synthesis, double stars

Partner researchers

• Prof Stan Woosley (University of California, Santa Cruz) - Stellar evolution, supernovae, nuclear astrophysics

• Prof Norbert Langer (University of Bonn) - Stellar evolution, double stars

• Prof Fritz Röpke (Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical studies / University of Heidelberg) - Stellar merger, and Type Ia supernovae

• Prof Yanbei Chen (California Institute of Technology) - Gravitational wave detection

• A/Prof Takashi Moriya (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan) - Supernova light curves and spectra

Associate researchers

• Prof Brian Schmidt (Australian National University) - Supernova light curves and spectra

• Prof Dan Kasen  (University of California, Berkeley) - Supernova light curves and spectra, radiation transport

• Prof Wick Haxton (University of California, Berkeley) - Neutrino Physics, Nucleosynthesis

• Prof Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz (University of California, Santa Cruz) - Cosmic transients, tidal disruption events

• Prof Daniel Price (Monash University) - Tidal disruption events, PHANTOM code