It’s human nature to explore.

Dr Natasha Hurley-Walker is an award-winning radio astronomer passionate about understanding the Universe, and bringing the beauty of astronomy to the world. After obtaining her PhD in radio astronomy from the University of Cambridge in 2010, she moved to Australia to help commission the Murchison Widefield Array, a low-frequency precursor to the Square Kilometer Array. Using this telescope, she created a panoramic view of the Universe at low radio frequencies: the GaLactic and Extragalactic All-sky MWA Survey. From 2020 she has held an ARC Future Fellowship to create GLEAM-X, ten times deeper, opening new possibilities in exploration.

Qualifications

University of Cambridge, UK — PhD Radio Astronomy

University of Bristol, UK — MSci Physics with Astrophysics

employment

Current: International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, Curtin University, Perth, Australia