
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.
We are involved with the LISA mission and the Vera C Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time.
Current research 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 (ultra-light) dark matter
- Gravitational wave physics
- Multiverse cosmology and fundamental physics
Current Group Members
Yourong Frank Wang [PhD]
Russell Boey [PhD]
Leon Southey-Ray [MSc]
Angela Xue [MSc]
Efrem Carnate [MSc]
Bobby Song [Project]
Alumni
Shaun Hotchkiss [Post-doc]
Mateja Gosenca [Post-doc]
Grigor Aslanyan [Post-doc]
Luna Zagorac [PhD]
Lerh Feng Low [PhD]
Nathan Musoke [PhD]
Layne Price [PhD]
Tim Koorey [MSc]
Lillian Guo [MSc]
Maxwell Finan-Jenkin [Project]
Sam Doak [Project]
Collaborators and Connections
Eugene Lim / Kings
Jens Niemeyer / Gottingen
Nikhil Padmanabhan / Yale
David Parkinson / KASI, Korea
Hiranya Peiris / Cambridge