Scott Croom

Chief Investigator & Node Leader

University of Sydney

Biography

Professor Scott Croom brings over a decade of experience leading large spectroscopic surveys to ASTRO 3D. Scott leads the SAMI and Hector surveys. SAMI results include new insights into galaxy scaling relations, the discovery of outflows in star-forming galaxies, and a greater understanding of the formation mechanism behind dispersion-dominated galaxies. SAMI will be replaced by the Hector spectroscope in 2021. Hector will survey 30,000 galaxies within a five-year period and be significantly faster than SAMI. Scott is also facilitating collaborations with the Genesis team to compare the theoretical star-formation history of galaxies with observation.