Michael Murphy
Chief Investigator
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Summary
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SeniorMichael Murphy is a Professor of Astrophysics and Chief Investigator based in Melbourne, combining 13+ years of academic leadership with a deep focus on precision observational cosmology. He specialises in quasar spectroscopy and the use of absorption lines to probe the Universe’s largest scales, having made notable contributions to measuring fundamental constants in the early cosmos. As a leader in the ARC Centre for Optical Microcombs (COMBS) he develops "astrocombs"—laser frequency combs that act as ultra-precise colour rulers for the world’s largest telescopes. His career spans fellowships at Cambridge and a longstanding professorship at Swinburne, blending instrument development with astrophysical insight. Beyond papers and code on GitHub, he uniquely bridges laboratory photonics and sky surveys to turn tiny spectral signatures into tests of fundamental physics.
12 years of coding experience
Github Skills (15)
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
MTMurphy77/UVES_popler
Jun 2013 - Sep 2020
UVES POst PipeLine Echelle Reduction (UVES_popler): For combining multiple echelle spectroscopy exposures into a single spectrum
Contributions:3 releases, 1 review, 15 commits in 7 years 4 months
MTMurphy77/HIRES_REDUX_Swinburne
Jun 2013 - Jun 2015
Contributions:2 commits, 1 push in 1 year 11 months
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