Cosmology & Astrophysics
Research in this area is undertaken by the Cosmology Group at AIMS South Africa in a variety of areas of theoretical, observational and computational cosmology with membership of various large international collaborations such as the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). In addition the group maintains close working relationships with the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO), the South African SKA project, the Centre for High Performance Computing and the National Astrophysics and Space Science Programme (NASSP). The group also runs workshops, seminars and a vigorous visitors programme bringing experimentalists, theorists and data analysis experts together to encourage interaction and collaboration.
Researchers
Prof. Bruce Bassett, Senior Resident Researcher
Prof. Bassett is head of the Cosmology Group at AIMS South Africa. Bruce is a graduate of the University of Cape Town, where he obtained his MSc in Applied Mathematics …
Dr Yabebal Fantaye,ARETÉ Junior Research Chair in Applied Statistical Methods, Cosmology and Big Data
Dr Yabebal Fantaye did a BSc degree in Physics and Math at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, and completed his Honours and Master’s degree at the University of Cape Town through the National Astrophysics and Space Science Program (NASSP)…
Dr Michelle Lochner, Resident Researcher
Dr Michelle Lochner is a Resident Researcher at AIMS South Africa. This is a joint position which was made possible through a collaboration between SKA and AIMS South Africa…
Prof. Mario Santos, SARChi Chair in Cosmology with Multi-Wavelength Data
His main area of research is Cosmology. In particular, he is studying how the next generation of large radio telescopes, such as MeerKAT in South Africa and the future SKA will be able to answer fundamental questions in Cosmology …
Postdoctoral Fellows
Dr Nirina Tahiridimbisoa
Machine Learning
PhD students
Ethan Roberts
Cosmology
Supervisor: Bruce Bassett
Research Master’s students
Curtly Blows
Machine Learning
Supervisor: Bruce Bassett
Blake Cunningham
Machine Learning
Supervisor: Bruce Bassett
Oarabile Hope Moloko
Machine Learning
Supervisor: Bruce Bassett & Michelle Lochner
Kameel Sookunan
Machine Learning
Supervisor: Michelle Lochner & Bruce Bassett