Dr Michael Cowley

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Faculty of Science,
School of Chemistry & Physics


Personal details

Positions

Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Science,
School of Chemistry & Physics

Keywords

Cosmology, Extragalactic Astrophysics, Physics and Astronomy Education, Lighting Physics

Research field

Astronomical and Space Sciences

Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008

Qualifications

  • PhD (Macquarie University)
  • BAppSc(Hons) (Queensland University of Technology)
  • BAppSc(Physics) (Queensland University of Technology)

Professional memberships and associations

Professional Societies


  • Astronomical Society of Australia (ASA)
  • International Astronomical Union (IAU)
  • Astronomical Association of Queensland (AAQ)
  • Institute of Physics (IOP)
  • Australian Institute of Physics (AIP)
  • Associate Fellow (Indigenous) of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA)

Astronomical Surveys


  • ASKAP-EMU (radio galaxy survey)
  • TAIPAN (optical and near-IR spectroscopic galaxy survey)
  • ZFOURGE (medium-band imaging galaxy survey)
  • ZFIRE (optical and near-IR spectroscopic galaxy survey)

Teaching

QUT Teaching History

  • PVB210 Stellar Astrophysics (Unit Coordinator & Lecturer; Current)
  • PVB220 Cosmology (Unit Coordinator & Lecturer; Current)
  • SEB104 Grand Challenges in Science (Unit Coordinator & Lecturer; Current)
  • SEB108 Foundations of Data Analysis and Visualisation (Unit Coordinator; Current)
  • PVB304 Physics Research (Lecturer & Project Supervisor; Current)
  • STB100 Research Skills and Techniques (Lecturer & Project Supervisor; Current)
  • STB200 Advanced Research Skills and Techniques (Lecturer & Project Supervisor; Current)
  • STB310 Science Research (Project Supervisor; Current)
  • STB414 Advances in Theoretical Physics (Lecturer; Current)
  • STB415 Advances in Experimental Physics (Lecturer; Current)
  • PVB101 Physics of the Very Large (Lecturer; 2023)
  • PVB112 Physics of the Very Small (Unit Coordinator; 2020)

External Teaching History:

  • Astronomical Techniques (USQ)
  • Observational Astronomy (USQ)
  • Planetary Science (USQ)
  • Optics (USQ)
  • Introductory Astronomy (MQ)
  • Advanced Astronomy (MQ)
  • Science: Today and Tomorrow (MQ)

Publications

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A complete list of publications is available at: https://www.qut.edu.au/about/our-people/academic-profiles/michael.cowley

Awards

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Current supervisions

Completed supervisions (Masters by Research)