Personal profile
Biography
Dr. Brent Groves became a Senior Research Fellow at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research at the University of Western Australia in 2019. Brent completed his PhD at the Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics at the Australian National University in 2005, then moved to Europe where he was a Research Fellow at the premier astronomy institutes in Europe, inclue the Max Planck Institute. In 2015, Brent returned to Australia as a Future Fellow at ANU, before begining the next stage of his research here at UWA.
Brent is an internationally known expert in the physics of the interstellar medium and dust, specifically looking at the heating and cooling of this diffuse phase in the Universe in star-forming regions and in Active Galactic Nuclei powered by supermassive black holes. Brent has used many of the key observatories including the Herschel and Hubble Space Telescopes, and the 8m-class VLT at the European Southern Observatory, as well as Australian Telescopes such as the 3.9m AAT, and the Australian Telescope Compact Array.
Research interests
Interstellar medium
Interstellar dust
Star formation
Feedback
Active Galactic Nuclei
Research
Dr. Brent Groves is currently actively looking at the star formation process in nearby galaxies, exploring the cooling and collapse of gas to form stars, and the rapid clearing of this 'birth material' once the stars have formed.
Education/Academic qualification
Astronomy & Astrophysics, PhD, Dust in Photoionised Nebulae, Australian National University
Award Date: 4 Jun 2005
External positions
0.5, Australian National University
30 Mar 2018 → 30 Mar 2020
Research expertise keywords
- Galaxy evolution
- Interstellar Medium
- Star formation
- Active Galactic Nuclei
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Exploring the chemical content of Galaxies using the SAMI Zoom Survey: a data release of 92 spatially resolved H II regions in nearby galaxies
Myszka, A., Sweet, S. M., Nanayakkara, T., Glazebrook, K., Groves, B., Cameron, A. J., Grasha, K., Krumholz, M. R., Li, Z., Lopez-Sanchez, A. R., Nicholls, D. C., Rowlands, S., Ryan-Weber, E. & Ting, Y.-S., 1 Jun 2025, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 540, 1, p. 919-960 42 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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GalProTE: Galactic Properties Mapping using Transformer Encoder
Anwar, O., Groves, B., Cortese, L. & Watts, A., 1 Jul 2025, In: Publications of the Astronomincal Society of Australia (PASA). 42, e102.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Linking Stellar Populations to H ii Regions across Nearby Galaxies. II. Infrared Reprocessed and UV Direct Radiation Pressure in H ii Regions
Pathak, D., Leroy, A. K., Thompson, T. A., Lopez, L. A., Barnes, A. T., Dale, D. A., Blackstone, I., Glover, S. C. O., Menon, S. H., Sutter, J., Williams, T. G., Baron, D., Belfiore, F., Bigiel, F., Bolatto, A. D., Boquien, M., Chandar, R., Chevance, M., Chown, R. & Grasha, K. & 10 others, , 25 Mar 2025, In: Astrophysical Journal. 982, 2, 24 p., 140.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Machine learning the gap between real and simulated nebulae: A domain-adaptation approach to classify ionised nebulae in nearby galaxies
Belfiore, F., Ginolfi, M., Blanc, G., Boquien, M., Chevance, M., Congiu, E., Glover, S. C. O., Groves, B., Klessen, R. S., Eduardo Méndez-Delgado, J. & Williams, T. G., 14 Feb 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Astronomy and Astrophysics. 694, p. 1-11 11 p., A212.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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PHANGS-HST Catalogs for ∼100,000 Star Clusters and Compact Associations in 38 Galaxies. II. Physical Properties from Decision-tree-based Spectral Energy Distribution Fitting of NUV-U-B-V-I Photometry with Categorical Priors Set by Hα Emission, Cluster Morphology, and Other Auxiliary Information
Thilker, D. A., Lee, J. C., Whitmore, B. C., Maschmann, D., Henny, K., Chandar, R., Dale, D. A., Deger, S., Boquien, M., Wofford, A., Úbeda, L., Razza, A., Barnes, A. T., Belfiore, F., Bigiel, F., Grasha, K., Groves, B., Kim, H., Klessen, R. S. & Neumann, J. & 5 others, , 11 Aug 2025, In: Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series. 280, 1, 56 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Data from : The SAMI Galaxy Survey: reconciling strong emission line metallicity diagnostics using metallicity gradients
Poetrodjojo, H. (Creator), Groves, B. (Creator), Kewley, L. J. (Creator), Sweet, S. M. (Creator), Sanchez, S. F. (Creator), Medling, A. M. (Creator), López-Sánchez, Á. R. (Creator), Brough, S. (Creator), Cortese, L. (Creator), Van De Sande, J. (Creator), Vaughan, S. P. (Creator), Richards, S. N. (Creator), Bryant, J. J. (Creator), Croom, S. M. (Creator), Bland-Hawthorn, J. (Creator), Goodwin, M. (Creator), Lawrence, J. S. (Creator), Owers, M. S. (Creator) & Scott, N. (Creator), SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS), Apr 2021
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stab205, https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021MNRAS.502.3357P/abstract and one more link, https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/link_gateway/2021MNRAS.502.3357P/SIMBAD (show fewer)
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Data from: Centrally concentrated molecular gas driving galactic-scale ionized gas outflows in star-forming galaxies.
Hogarth, L. M. (Creator), Saintonge, A. (Creator), Cortese, L. (Creator), Davis, T. A. (Creator), Croom, S. M. (Creator), Bland-Hawthorn, J. (Creator), Brough, S. (Creator), Bryant, J. J. (Creator), Catinella, B. (Creator), Fletcher, T. J. (Creator), Groves, B. (Creator), Lawrence, J. S. (Creator), López-Sánchez, A. (Creator), Owers, M. S. (Creator), Richards, S. N. (Creator), Roberts-Borsani, G. W. (Creator), Taylor, E. N. (Creator), Van De Sande, J. (Creator) & Scott, N. (Creator), SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS), 3 Jan 2021
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021MNRAS.500.3802H/abstract and 36 more links, http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-ref?querymethod=bib&simbo=on&submit=submit+bibcode&bibcode=2021MNRAS.500.3802H, http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=%408323344&Name=LEDA%201199030&submit=submit, http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=%4010560114&Name=2MASX%20J08465431%2b0233361&submit=submit, http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=%401114770&Name=2MASX%20J08482826%2b0123501&submit=submit, http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=%408327455&Name=LEDA%201223995&submit=submit, http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=%401137894&Name=2MASX%20J08544321%2b0105451&submit=submit, http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=%401138582&Name=2MASX%20J08580561-0001159&submit=submit, http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=%401137861&Name=2MASX%20J08582861%2b0001246&submit=submit, http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=%409082640&Name=2MASX%20J08584247%2b0011284&submit=submit, http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=%401606803&Name=NPM1G%20%2b00.0239&submit=submit, http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=%4011515786&Name=SDSS%20J090055.36%2b021341.5&submit=submit, http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=%401619541&Name=LEDA%20%20%2026256&submit=submit, http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=%401619647&Name=LEDA%201171449&submit=submit, http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=%403770708&Name=2MFGC%207260&submit=submit, http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=%401633151&Name=2MASX%20J09224093%2b0206419&submit=submit, http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=%401849207&Name=2MASX%20J11400621-0054050&submit=submit, http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=%404070824&Name=2MFGC%209427&submit=submit, http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=%401915368&Name=2MASX%20J12175288-0039256&submit=submit, http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=%403771409&Name=2dFGRS%20TGN341Z124&submit=submit, http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=%404866688&Name=2dFGRS%20TGN274Z089&submit=submit, http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=%403771414&Name=2MASX%20J14131895%2b0139509&submit=submit, http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=%404740102&Name=2dFGRS%20TGN342Z109&submit=submit, http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=%402256930&Name=2MASX%20J14180405%2b0016257&submit=submit, http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=%402256093&Name=2MASX%20J14185739%2b0021557&submit=submit, http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=%404869526&Name=2dFGRS%20TGN344Z039&submit=submit, http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=%408277466&Name=LEDA%201201169&submit=submit, http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=%403789469&Name=2dFGRS%20TGN345Z194&submit=submit, http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=%402274128&Name=LEDA%201185074&submit=submit, http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=%402275772&Name=FIRST%20J142946.0-000908&submit=submit, http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=%402275717&Name=LEDA%201197902&submit=submit, http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=%402273890&Name=2dFGRS%20TGN345Z139&submit=submit, http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=%402274863&Name=2dFGRS%20TGN345Z066&submit=submit, http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=%404869095&Name=2dFGRS%20TGN212Z153&submit=submit, http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=%402306339&Name=2MASX%20J14510301-0031374&submit=submit, http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=%402306338&Name=2MASX%20J14511241-0027244&submit=submit, http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=%404064182&Name=2MFGC%2012042&submit=submit (show fewer)
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Data from: SHαDE: survey description and mass-kinematics scaling relations for dwarf galaxies
Barat, D. (Creator), D'Eugenio, F. (Creator), Colless, M. (Creator), Sweet, S. M. (Creator), Groves, B. (Creator) & Cortese, L. (Creator), SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS), Nov 2020
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020MNRAS.498.5885B/abstract and one more link, https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/link_gateway/2020MNRAS.498.5885B/ESO (show fewer)
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Data from: The SAMI galaxy survey: gas velocity dispersions in low-z star-forming galaxies and the drivers of turbulence
Varidel, M. R. (Creator), Croom, S. M. (Creator), Lewis, G. F. (Creator), Fisher, D. B. (Creator), Glazebrook, K. (Creator), Catinella, B. (Creator), Cortese, L. (Creator), Krumholz, M. R. (Creator), Bland-Hawthorn, J. (Creator), Bryant, J. (Creator), Groves, B. (Creator), Brough, S. (Creator), Federrath, C. (Creator), Lawrence, J. S. (Creator), Lorente, N. P. F. (Creator), Owers, M. S. (Creator), Richards, S. N. (Creator), López-Sánchez, Á. R. (Creator), Sweet, S. M. (Creator), Van De Sande, J. (Creator) & Vaughan, S. P. (Creator), SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS), Jun 2020
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020MNRAS.495.2265V/abstract and one more link, https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/link_gateway/2020MNRAS.495.2265V/SIMBAD (show fewer)
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Data from : The SAMI Galaxy Survey: Quenching of Star Formation in Clusters I. Transition Galaxies
Owers, M. S. (Creator), Hudson, M. J. (Creator), Oman, K. A. (Creator), Bland-Hawthorn, J. (Creator), Brough, S. (Creator), Bryant, J. J. (Creator), Cortese, L. (Creator), Couch, W. J. (Creator), Croom, S. M. (Creator), Van De Sande, J. (Creator), Federrath, C. (Creator), Groves, B. (Creator), Hopkins, A. M. (Creator), Lawrence, J. S. (Creator), Lorente, N. P. F. (Creator), McDermid, R. M. (Creator), Medling, A. M. (Creator), Richards, S. N. (Creator), Scott, N. (Creator) & Taranu, D. (Creator), SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS), Mar 2019
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab0201, https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019ApJ...873...52O/abstract and 2 more links, https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/link_gateway/2019ApJ...873...52O/SIMBAD, https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/link_gateway/2019ApJ...873...52O/ESO (show fewer)
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