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Dr Tessa Vernstrom

Science Leader, Low Frequency Radio Astronomy

https://people.csiro.au/v/t/tessa-vernstrom

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Biography

Dr. Vernstrom is originally from Minnesota. She studied astrophysics at the University of Minnesota before moving onto Vancouver Canada to do her PhD at the University of British Columbia. She has worked on the extragalactic radio background, deep radio surveys, astrostatistics, the radio cosmic web and cosmic magnetism.

Currently she is the Project Scientist for the ASKAP EMU survey, http://emu-survey.org, and the Project Scientist for the LAMBDA project, https://www.atnf.csiro.au/projects/LAMBDA.html. She is also the co-chair of the Magnetism Science Working Group for the SKA.

Academic Qualifications

  • 2008

    BSc, Astrophysics
    University of Minnesota

  • 2011

    MSc, Astronomy
    University of British Columbia

  • 2015

    PhD, Astronomy
    University of British Columbia

Current Roles

  • Science Leader
    Low Frequency Radio Astronomy

Professional Experiences

  • 2018-2021

    Bolton Fellow
    CSIRO

  • 2015-2018

    Postdoctoral Research Fellow
    Dunlap Institute, University of Toronto

  • 2021-2024

    Senior Research Fellow
    ICRAR

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