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Associate Professor Kim-Vy Tran

Associate Professor Kim-Vy Tran

Associate Professor
Science
School of Physics

I joined the UNSW faculty in 2017 and have been a professional astronomer for 20+ years. I also was a professor at the University of Zürich and Texas A&M University. I received my PhD in Astronomy & Astrophysics from the University of California, Santa Cruz and I held postdoctoral fellowships at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Leiden Observatory, and ETH Zürich. I have given 180+ presentations at universities and conferences around the world.

I am passionate about promot...
E-mail
kim-vy.tran@unsw.edu.au
Location
School of Physics

  • UNSW ARC PGC Research Supervisor Award (2021)
  • ASTRO 3D Annual Award:  Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion (2019)
  • Texas A&M Association of Former Students, College-Level Teaching Award (2016)
  • Australian National University Distinguished Visitor (2015)
  • Australian Astronomical Observatory Distinguished Visitor (2010)
  • Swiss National Science Foundation Faculty Fellow (2006)
  • USA National Science Foundation Astronomy & Astrophysics Fellow (2005)
  • Dutch NOVA Fellow (2005)

  • Node Leader, ASTRO 3D Centre of Excellence at UNSW
  • President, Division J (Galaxies), International Astronomical Union
  • Executive Chair: Galaxy Evolution Project, ASTRO 3D
  • Executive Chair: Diversity & Inclusion Committee, ASTRO 3D
  • Chair: Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion Committee, School of Physics, UNSW
  • Chair: American Astronomical Society Chrétian Grant Committee

My Research Supervision

Anishya Harshan, Scientia PhD student

Dr. Anshu Gupta, Postdoctoral Fellow

:: Recent Supervision (Primary) ::

Dr. Leo Alcorn (graduated 2019)

Dr. Ben Forrest (graduated 2018)

Mr. Jonathan Cohn (Masters, 2018)