Simon Campbell

Affiliate

Monash University

Biography

Simon Campbell is a Senior Research Fellow and ARC Future Fellow working in the School of Physics and Astronomy at Monash University. His research centres on the structure, evolution, and nucleosynthesis of low-mass stars (0.8-9 solar masses). He uses various methods to understand stars: 1D stellar evolution models, 3D nuclear-hydrodynamics models of stellar interiors, stellar spectroscopy, and asteroseismology. He has a particular interest in the first generations of stars, convective boundaries & mixing inside stars, globular cluster populations, i-process nucleosynthesis, and problems involving the element Lithium. After completing his PhD at Monash University Simon worked in a number of postdoc positions in Europe and Asia, and in 2017 he moved from Germany (MPA) back to Australia to take up his Future Fellowship. Simon joins the Monash node of Astro 3D. His work will help address one of the key Astro 3D questions: "What is the origin of matter and the periodic table elements?", since stars are the source of most of the elements. He looks forward to working with local node members as well as the extended Astro 3D network. His (low-metallicity) stellar models will help address open questions in the First Stars Project, as well as the GALAH project, of which he is already a member.