About

The cosmology group at the University of Auckland works on understanding the predictions of different models of the Big Bang and astrophysical models and testing them against observations. Current interests include:

  • The observational consequences of different models of the inflationary phase in the early universe
  • Nonlinear dynamics in the post-inflationary universe, gravitational waves and oscillons
  • Axion dark matter
  • Multiverse cosmology and fundamental physics
Richard Easther

Richard Easther

Principal Investigator

Shaun Hotchkiss

Shaun Hotchkiss

Postdoctoral Researcher

Ben Shlaer

Ben Shlaer

Postdoctoral Researcher

Nathan Musoke

Nathan Musoke

PhD Student

Lerh Feng Low

Lerh Feng Low

PhD Student

Emily Kendall

Emily Kendall

PhD Student

Lillian Guo

Lillian Guo

Honours Student

Girish Narayanan

Girish Narayanan

Undergraduate

Alumni: Layne Price, Grigor Aslanyan