Michele Bannister
Curriculum Vitae
Contact information
- Michele T. Bannister
Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Mt Stromlo Observatory
Cotter Road
Weston ACT 2611
Australia - Email: michele@mso.anu.edu.au
- Office: +61 2 6125 0236
Education
- 2008тАФpresent PhD in Astronomy - the Australian National University
- 2011 The Graduate Teaching Program, completed with merit, the Australian National University.
- 2009 Graduate Course in Science Communication - Australian National Centre for Public Awareness of Science, the Australian National University.
- 2008 3-month project, advisor: Trevor Ireland (RSES)
- Hunting oxygen isotopes of the solar wind in lunar metal grains
- 2007 Bachelor of Science with Honours, First Class, in Astronomy and Geology - University of Canterbury.
- 2006 Bachelor of Science in Astronomy - University of Canterbury.
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advisors: Mike Brown (Caltech), Brian Schmidt, Paul Francis
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Polygonal patterned ground and ancient buried ice on Mars and in Antarctica
advisors: Peter Cottrell, David Nobes
Honours and awards
- Joan Duffield Research Scholar, Mt Stromlo Observatory, 2008тАФpresent.
- RSAA Supplementary Scholarship, 2008тАФpresent.
- Australian Postgraduate Award, 2008тАФpresent.
- Fulbright Scholarship, MoRST/Fulbright New Zealand (declined), 2008.
- University of Canterbury Doctoral Scholarship (declined), 2008.
- Carlisle Trust Scholarship, 2007
- Professor C.C. Farr Memorial Scholarship, 2006.
- Letter of commendation from the Dean of Science, 2006, 2007.
- New Zealand Federation of Graduate Women (Canterbury Branch) Scholarship, 2006
- Noel and Melva Yarrow Charitable Trust Scholarship, 2005-7.
- Aurora Scholarship in Astronomy, University of Canterbury, 2004
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internship, adaptive optics, with Marcos van Dam, W. M. Keck Observatory
student visitor, VLA, AAS Jan 2005, JPL, CTIO, ESO - University of Auckland scholarship (declined), 2004
Seminars and colloquia
- Conference report: Trans-Neptunian Objects 2010. RSAA. 16 July 2010.
- Wikipedia and astronomy. RSAA. 21 May 2010.
- Finalist. ANU ResearchFest 3-minute thesis presentation, April 2010.
- Trans-Neptunian objects in the Southern Hemisphere sky. RSAA. 4 February 2010.
- The state of the Solar System. RSAA. 9 October 2009.
- Patterned ground and buried ice on Mars and in Antarctica. IfA, Honolulu, Hawaii. 2 June 2008.
- Kuiper Belt objects in the Southern Hemisphere sky. RSAA. 16 May 2009.
- Patterned ground and ancient buried ice on Mars and in Antarctica. RSAA. 11 April 2008.
Professional service
- Public lecture, Canberra Astronomical Society, May 2011.
- Tutor, PHYS 1101 Advanced Physics I, 2011.
- Supervisor, work experience high school student, April 2011.
- Co-supervisor, RSAA undergraduate summer scholar, 2010.
- Organiser, Science Communication workshop, 2010.
- Sponsorship organiser, Stromlo Student Christmas Seminars, 2010.
- RSAA Siding Spring Observatory TAC, student representative, 2010.
- Siding Spring Observatory open day, 2009.
- Stromlo student outreach program for visiting groups of ages 7-18, 2008тАФpresent.
Professional affiliations
- Astronomical Society of Australia
- American Astronomical Society Division for Planetary Sciences
- Society of Exploration Geophysicists (Near Surface Geophysics)
Professional schools
- Harley Wood Winter School, Astronomical Society of Australia, 2009
- Summer of Applied Geophysical Experience, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2008
- Vatican Observatory Summer School, Extrasolar Planets and Brown Dwarfs, 2007
- Swinburne Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing Winter School, 2006