Ms Stephanie Monty
College Research Associate, (Ph.D. 2022 Australian National University) Research Assistant, Institute of Astronomy
Research interestsI'm a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute of Astronomy, working within the Stellar Streams group (led by Profs. Vasily Belokurov and Wyn Evans.) Prior to joining the IoA, I completed my PhD in Astrophysics at the Australian National University supervised by Em. Prof. Ken Freeman and Prof. Francois Rigaut. The focus of my PhD was on both science and astronomical instrumentation. My scientific research focuses primarily on Galactic Archaeology: the fomation history of The Milky Way, globular clusters and dwarf galaxies. My favourite way to study these objects is through combining chemical abundance information with dynamics (chemodynamics) using high resolution spectra and Gaia data. On the instrumentation side, I'm a high resolution enthusiast, primarily focused on adaptive optics and high resolution spectroscopy. Outside of work, as a displaced West Coast Canadian, I am always in search of an adventure outdoors.