Dr Stevie Curran - Further Information

Professional Memberships

Member of the International Astronomical Union.

Member of the Astronomical Society of Australia.

Graduate member of the Institute of Physics.

Awards, Scholarships and Grants

$40,000 from the University of New South Wales 2007 Goldstar Award.

Obtained the maximum of $20,000 from the Faculty Research Grants Program 2005 and $10,000 from the School Research Grants Program 2005 at the University of New South Wales.

Since being at UNSW I have been awarded a total of $25,000 by The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) to access major facilities overseas. Prior to this, I have had one observing trip to Australia and a dozen to Chile funded by the Swedish Science Foundation (NFR).

Following this, I successfully obtained a NS Global Fellowship (i.e. among the top six who applied for a Vice-Chancellor's Fellowship), 2002 - 2005.

Was accepted by Chalmers University and so awarded a ``doktorandtäjnst'', a scholarship equivalent to the full Swedish professional salary, for the 4 years I was there (1995 - 2000).

Also, for all of my observations and conferences (see below) I was financed by the Swedish Science Foundation (NFR).

For my Masters I was awarded the Science and Engineering/Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (SERC/PPARC) grants, as well as a grant from the Scottish Board of Education during my undergraduate studies.

Awarded the Higher Certificate of Education - with distinction after my second year at Paisley.

Conferences and Meetings Attended

Jul 2010 ASA Annual Scientific Meeting, University of Tasmania, Hobart
Oral Presentation: The Missing Raw Material in High Redshift Galaxies
Sep 2009 Science with SKAMP, Molonglo Observatory, Australia
Oral Presentation: The Best Candidates for Redshifted Atomic and Molecular Absorption

Jun 2009 Panoramic Radio Astronomy, Groningen, the Netherlands
Oral Presentation: Blind Wide Area Surveys: Where will we find redshifted atomic and molecular absorption
Jul 2008 ASA Annual Scientific Meeting, The University of Western Australia, Perth
Oral Presentation: Where is the Cold Neutral Gas in the Hosts of High Redshift Galaxies and Quasars
Jun 2008 The Central Kiloparsec: Active Galactic Nuclei and Their Hosts, Ierapetra, Crete
Poster Presentation: Where is the Cold Neutral Gas in the Hosts of High Redshift AGN?

Jul 2004 ASA Annual Scientific Meeting, The University of Queensland, Brisbane
Poster Presentation: 21-cm Absorption in Damped Lyman-alpha Systems
May 2004 Exploring the Cosmic Frontier, Berlin
Oral Presentation: "Constraining Variations in the Fundamental Constants with the SKA"

Jul 2003 IAU XXV General Assembly, Sydney
Oral Presentation (JD21): "Deep Searches for High Redshift Molecular Absorption"

Jun 2003 The Neutral ISM in Starburst Galaxies, Chalmers University
Oral Presentation: " Atomic and Molecular Gas at High Redshift"
Jan 2003 The Low Frequency Universe Workshop, Sydney University
Nov 2002 Millimetre Science Workshop 2002, Australia Telescope National Facility
Invited Talk: "ATCA 3 & 12 mm Observations of High Redshift Objects"
Sep 2002 JENAM 2002 - The Cosmology of Extra Dimensions and Varying Fundamental Constants, Porto

Jul 2002 ASA Annual General Meeting, Mollymook
Nov 2001 Millimetre Science with the Upgraded Australia Telescope, University of Melbourne
Invited Talk: "Starburst, AGN and Outflow Activity in Near-by Seyfert Galaxies"

Oct 1999 Astronomdagen (Astronomy Day), Royal Academy of Sciences, Stockholm
Poster Presentation: Molecular Gas in Seyfert Galaxies

Jul 1999 The 14th UCL Astronomy Colloqium: Extragalactic Astrophysics at Millimetre and Infrared Wavelengths, University College London
Poster Presentation: "Molecular Gas in Seyfert Galaxies"

Sep 1997 30th YERAC, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego, Kraków
Talk: "Confirmation of the Molecular Ring Structure in the Circinus Galaxy"

Additional Information
On the Scientific Advisory Board for the Lifeboat Foundation
On the Scientific Organising Committee for Joint Discussion 21 THE ASTROCHEMISTRY OF EXTERNAL GALAXIES of the IAU XXV General Assembly.
Created and responsible for the Damped Lyman-Alpha Catalogue and the UNSW Department of Astrophysics and Optics' Astrolunch Site.
Have a review of Seyfert Galaxies on the NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database .
Completed the course "Becoming a University Teacher" at Chalmers.
My contribution to the SKA science case.
Fairly fluent in the Swedish language and have some limited Spanish.
While at Onsala I have been operator of the 20m telescope, Secretary for the Forskarkollegiet for one year and have given the "Radio Astrophysics" tutorials at Chalmers University.
Published my first article while studying for my Masters (see above).
Have had a full British (European) driving license since March 1987 and in December 2000 obtained my Chilean license via the new toughened theory exam (and various other tests) - in Spanish!

Jul 2010	ASA Annual Scientific Meeting, University of Tasmania, Hobart Oral Presentation: The Missing Raw Material in High Redshift Galaxies
Sep 2009	Science with SKAMP, Molonglo Observatory, Australia Oral Presentation: The Best Candidates for Redshifted Atomic and Molecular Absorption
Jun 2009	Panoramic Radio Astronomy, Groningen, the Netherlands Oral Presentation: Blind Wide Area Surveys: Where will we find redshifted atomic and molecular absorption
Jul 2008	ASA Annual Scientific Meeting, The University of Western Australia, Perth Oral Presentation: Where is the Cold Neutral Gas in the Hosts of High Redshift Galaxies and Quasars
Jun 2008	The Central Kiloparsec: Active Galactic Nuclei and Their Hosts, Ierapetra, Crete Poster Presentation: Where is the Cold Neutral Gas in the Hosts of High Redshift AGN?
Jul 2004	ASA Annual Scientific Meeting, The University of Queensland, Brisbane Poster Presentation: 21-cm Absorption in Damped Lyman-alpha Systems
May 2004	Exploring the Cosmic Frontier, Berlin Oral Presentation: "Constraining Variations in the Fundamental Constants with the SKA"
Jul 2003	IAU XXV General Assembly, Sydney Oral Presentation (JD21): "Deep Searches for High Redshift Molecular Absorption"
Jun 2003	The Neutral ISM in Starburst Galaxies, Chalmers University Oral Presentation: " Atomic and Molecular Gas at High Redshift"
Jan 2003	The Low Frequency Universe Workshop, Sydney University
Nov 2002	Millimetre Science Workshop 2002, Australia Telescope National Facility Invited Talk: "ATCA 3 & 12 mm Observations of High Redshift Objects"
Sep 2002	JENAM 2002 - The Cosmology of Extra Dimensions and Varying Fundamental Constants, Porto
Jul 2002	ASA Annual General Meeting, Mollymook
Nov 2001	Millimetre Science with the Upgraded Australia Telescope, University of Melbourne Invited Talk: "Starburst, AGN and Outflow Activity in Near-by Seyfert Galaxies"
Oct 1999	Astronomdagen (Astronomy Day), Royal Academy of Sciences, Stockholm Poster Presentation: Molecular Gas in Seyfert Galaxies
Jul 1999	The 14th UCL Astronomy Colloqium: Extragalactic Astrophysics at Millimetre and Infrared Wavelengths, University College London Poster Presentation: "Molecular Gas in Seyfert Galaxies"
Sep 1997	30th YERAC, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego, Kraków Talk: "Confirmation of the Molecular Ring Structure in the Circinus Galaxy"