I am currently studying Wolf-Rayet stars in binary systems as the core focus of my Honours project. I'm interested in a broad range of
astrophysics (not just stars!) and have done projects looking at time dilation with supernovae, and merging binary black holes around
active galactic nuclei.
I graduated from the University of Queensland in 2023 with a Bachelor of Science (Physics) and a Bachelor of Mathematics (Applied Mathematics).
That is also where I work as a teaching assistant, and I'm passionate about helping out students and developing engaging course material.
Hey there!
I'm Ryan.
I'm an honours student at the University of Queensland
I like to study stars, galaxies, and everything in between
Want to read
some science?
My first paper uses the data from the Dark Energy Survey to measure time dilation in the explosions of distant white dwarf stars. If you're not a trained astrophysicist don't sweat! There's an annotated version of the paper using as little jargon as possible.
Want to read
more about me?
I love teaching science and astrophysics and have made a simulated universe program that we use at UQ! I'm also an obsessed sourdough baker and I used to be a photorealistic landscape artists (but I'm now retired).