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Biography
Dr. Tessa Vernstrom is a senior research fellow with the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR). She specializes in the field of extrgalactic radio astronomy.
Dr. Vernstrom holds a Doctorate and Masters in Astronomy from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver Canada. She worked as a postdoctoral researcher with Professor Bryan Gaensler at the Dunlap Institute at University of Toronto. Following that she was awarded the Bolton Fellowship at CSIRO in Perth Australia.
Dr. Vernstrom is involved in many surveys and projects in the radio astronomy community including the Evolutionary Map of the Universe (EMU) survey as Project Scientist and Polarisation Sky Survey of the Universe's Magnetism (POSSUM) both with the Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope. She is also co-chair of the cosmic magnetism science working group for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) and chair of the SKA Pathfinders Radio Continuum Surveys (SPARCS) working group.
Roles and responsibilities
- Project Scientist, EMU Survey, June 2020 -Present
- Chair, SKA PAthfinders Radio Continuum Surveys (SPARCS) Working Group, June 2021 - Present
- Co-chair, SKA Magnetism Science Working Group, April 2022-Present
- Board Member, Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) board
- Member, Australia Telescope National Facility Time Assignment Committee
Previous positions
- Bolton Fellow, CSIRO, Perth AU; 2018-2021
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Dunlap Institute, Toronto CA; 2015 -2018
Research interests
- cosmic magnetism
- galaxy clusters and large-scale structure
- radio galaxies
- high-redshift galaxies
- galaxy evolution
Education/Academic qualification
Astronomy, PhD, University of British Columbia
Award Date: 31 Aug 2015
Astronomy, MSc, University of British Columbia
Award Date: 31 Aug 2011
Astrophysics, Bachelor of Science, University of Minnesota Minneapolis
Award Date: 31 Dec 2008
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A "MeerKAT-meets-LOFAR" study of the complex multi-component (mini-)halo in the extreme sloshing cluster Abell 2142
Riseley, C. J., Bonafede, A., Bruno, L., Botteon, A., Rossetti, M., Biava, N., Bonnassieux, E., Loi, F., Vernstrom, T. & Balboni, M., 1 Jun 2024, In: Astronomy and Astrophysics. 686, A44.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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ASKAP reveals the radio tail structure of the Corkscrew Galaxy shaped by its passage through the Abell 3627 cluster
Koribalski, B. S., Duchesne, S. W., Lenc, E., Venturi, T., Botteon, A., Shabala, S. S., Vernstrom, T., Carretti, E., Norris, R. P., Anderson, C., Hopkins, A. M., Riseley, C. J., Gupta, N. & Velović, V., Sept 2024, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 533, 1, p. 608-620 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Discovery of Perun (G329.9−0.5): a new, young, Galactic SNR
Smeaton, Z. J., Filipović, M. D., Lazarević, S., Alsaberi, R. Z. E., Ahmad, A., Araya, M., Ball, B. D., Bordiu, C., Buemi, C. S., Bufano, F., Dai, S., Haberl, F., Hopkins, A. M., Ingallinera, A., Jarrett, T., Koribalski, B. S., Kothes, R., Kraan-Korteweg, R. C., Leahy, D. & Lundqvist, P. & 14 others, , Nov 2024, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 534, 3, p. 2918-2937 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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EMU/GAMA: A technique for detecting active galactic nuclei in low mass systems
Prathap, J., Hopkins, A. M., Robotham, A. S. G., Bellstedt, S., Afonso, J., Ahmed, U. T., Bilicki, M., Bremer, M. N., Brough, S., Brown, M. J. I., Gordon, Y., Holwerda, B. W., Leahy, D., López-Sánchez, Á. R., Marvil, J. R., Mukherjee, T., Prandoni, I., Shabala, S. S., Vernstrom, T. & Zafar, T., 21 Feb 2024, In: Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia. 41, 14 p., e016.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evolutionary Map of the Universe (EMU): Observations of Filamentary Structures in the Abell S1136 Galaxy Cluster
Macgregor, P. J., Norris, R. P., O’Brien, A., Akhlaghi, M., Anderson, C., Collier, J. D., Crawford, E. J., Duchesne, S. W., Filipović, M. D., Koribalski, B. S., Pacaud, F., Reiprich, T. H., Riseley, C. J., Rudnick, L., Vernstrom, T., Hopkins, A. M., Johnston-Hollitt, M., Marvil, J., Whiting, M. & Tingay, S., 23 May 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia. 41, 18 p., e050.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
Datasets
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Pairs of LRGS
Vernstrom, T. (Creator), Zenodo, 4 Dec 2022
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7395299, https://zenodo.org/record/7395299
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AS201 EMU: EMUCAT supermosaic images
Marvil, J. (Creator), Vernstrom, T. (Creator), Kapinska, A. (Creator), Hopkins, A. (Creator) & Pallot, D. (Creator), CSIRO Publishing, 2023
DOI: 10.25919/pmya-xt15, https://data.csiro.au/collection/csiro:61132v1
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AS103 (ASKAP Pilot Survey for POSSUM): reprocessed cubes with off-axis leakage correction
Ma, Y. K. (Creator), Vernstrom, T. (Creator), Akahori, T. (Creator), Thomson, A. (Creator), Anderson, C. (Creator), Sun, X. (Creator), Taylor, R. (Creator), Van Eck, C. (Creator), Harvey-Smith, L. (Creator), Willis, A. C. (Creator), West, J. (Creator), Stil, J. (Creator), Rudnick, L. (Creator), Raja, W. (Creator), Purcell, C. (Creator), O'Sullivan, S. (Creator), Mcclure-Griffiths, N. (Creator), Leahy, J. P. (Creator), Landecker, T. (Creator), Heald, G. (Creator), Farnes, J. (Creator), Carretti, E. (Creator), Brown, S. (Creator), Gaensler, B. (Creator) & Vanderwoude, S. (Creator), CSIRO Publishing, 18 Mar 2024
DOI: 10.25919/yx7d-x676, https://data.csiro.au/collection/csiro:62003v1
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AS201 EMU: EMUCAT diffuse images
Duchesne, S. (Creator), Rudnick, L. (Creator), Hopkins, A. (Creator), Vernstrom, T. (Creator), Kapinska, A. (Creator) & Pallot, D. (Creator), CSIRO Publishing, 2023
DOI: 10.25919/hpg7-nv56, https://data.csiro.au/collection/csiro:61134v1
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Catalogue of Radio Galaxies in the EMU Pilot Survey
Gupta, N. (Creator), Norris, R. (Creator), Hayder, Z. (Creator), Huynh, M. (Creator), Petersson, L. (Creator), Hopkins, A. (Creator), Wang, R. (Creator), Andernach, H. (Creator), Gordon, Y. (Creator), Riggi, S. (Creator), Yew, M. (Creator), Crawford, E. (Creator), Koribalski, B. (Creator), Filipovic, M. (Creator), Kapinska, A. (Creator), Shabala, S. (Creator), Vernstrom, T. (Creator) & Marvil, J. (Creator), CSIRO Publishing, 21 Mar 2024
DOI: 10.25919/ypfp-0p69, https://data.csiro.au/collection/csiro:62055v1
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Projects
- 2 Active
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Cosmic powerhouses: The birth, death, and legacy of black hole jets
Shabala, S. (Investigator 01), Power, C. (Investigator 02), Vernstrom, T. (Investigator 03) & Morganti, R. (Investigator 04)
ARC Australian Research Council
1/01/24 → 31/12/26
Project: Research
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The Evolutionary Map of the Universe (EMU): Maximising Scientific Results from Year 1 of the Radio Survey
Vernstrom, T. (Chief Investigator), Hopkins, A. (CoPI), Kapinska, A. (CoPI) & Riseley, C. (CoPI)
The University of Western Australia
1/01/24 → 31/12/24
Project: Research
Prizes
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School of Physics, Math, and Computing Mid-Career Researcher Special Commendation
Vernstrom, T. (Recipient), Oct 2023
Prize: Award
Press/Media
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Scientists Glimpse Faint Shocks in Cosmic Web that Links the Universe
7/05/23
1 Media contribution
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Astronomers spotted shock waves shaking the web of the universe for the first time
6/03/23
1 Media contribution
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POLARISED SHOCKWAVES SHAKE THE UNIVERSE’S COSMIC WEB
16/02/23
1 Media contribution
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The largest structures in the Universe are still glowing with the shock of their creation
16/02/23
1 Media contribution
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Galaxy cluster Abell 3266 contains plasma shock wave, fossil remains of black hole's feeding frenzy
1/08/22
1 Media contribution
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