Karl Glazebrook

Chief Investigator

Swinburne University of Technology

Biography

Professor Glazebrook FAA is a Distinguished Professor and Laureate Fellow based in Swinburne’s Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing. His research interests include observational cosmology and the formation and evolutionary history of galaxies. He is currently leading a research group focused on these areas, addressing research questions by observations on the largest telescopes such as Keck, Magellan and Hubble. A Highly Cited researcher, Professor Glazebrook has has served on the Board of Astronomy Australia Ltd and as a member of the Australian Research Council College of Experts. Professor Glazebrook’s scientific accomplishments include the development of the 'nod and shuffle' spectroscopic technique, characterising the bimodal colour and environmental distributions of local galaxies, the study of the morphological and spectroscopic evolution of galaxies over cosmic time using Gemini, Hubble and Keck telescopes and the development of innovative cosmological techniques such as the use of 'Baryonic Acoustic Oscillations'. He has received the Muhlmann Award for his work on astronomical instrumentation. Currently Prof. Glazebrook is appointed as an ARC Laureate Fellow leading a team focussed on future scientific discoveries using machine learning and AI with the James Webb Space Telescope.