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Scott Croom is an astrophysicist at the Sydney Institute for Astronomy (SIfA). He obtained his PhD from Durham University in 1998 and subsequently worked at Imperial College London before moving to Australia to take a position at the Anglo-Australian Observatory in 2000. In 2006, he joined the University of Sydney as a QEII Fellow and later as a Future Fellow. Croom is a Chief Investigator for the ARC Centre of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO) and leads the Sydney node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics in 3 Dimensions (ASTRO 3D). His research focuses on observational astrophysics, particularly cosmology and the formation and evolution of galaxies. He has a special interest in studying quasars, active galactic nuclei, and the processes that fuel the accretion of gas onto supermassive black holes located at the centers of galaxies. Croom is involved in several major spectroscopic surveys of galaxies and quasars, utilizing cutting-edge astronomical instrumentation. His work is pivotal in understanding dark energy and the physics of galaxy formation, and he actively develops new technologies for astrophysical experiments. Currently, he offers numerous PhD research projects related to galaxy formation and supermassive black holes.
University of Sydney • Sydney, Australia
Chief Investigator at the ARC Centre of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO) and leader of the Sydney node of ASTRO 3D.
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