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Simon Ellis is a Professor at Macquarie University where he is the head of the Instrument Science Group, which is responsible for research and development in astronomical instrumentation and technologies. He has over 20 years experience of research in astronomy and astrophysics, including instrumentation research and development, the evolution of galaxies and clusters of galaxies, and the astrophysics of positronium. He has played a leading role in the development of astrophotonics, most notably in the field of OH suppression, and has published the first ever textbook on astrophotonics. He was the commissioning scientist for the world’s first two instruments to use fibre Bragg gratings for OH suppression. He has published foundational papers in the use of silicon photonics for astronomy. He is currently the Lead Instrument Scientist for the Imager and Spectrograph for MAVIS, an adaptive optics fed instrument for the European Southern Observatories Very Large Telescope.
Education/Academic qualification
Astrophysics, PhD, The Evolution of High Redshift Clusters of Galaxies, University of Birmingham
1 Oct 1999 → 30 Jun 2003
Award Date: 12 Dec 2003
External positions
Instrument Science Manager, Australian Astronomical Observatories
Nov 2017 → 30 Jun 2018
Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney
22 Mar 2016 → 22 Mar 2019
Instrument Scientist, Australian Astronomical Observatories
1 Oct 2010 → 1 Nov 2017
Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney
2010 → 2013
Research Fellow, University of Sydney
1 Oct 2008 → 30 Sept 2010
Instrument Scientist, Anglo-Australian Observatory
1 Aug 2006 → 30 Sept 2008
Research Fellow, Anglo-Australian Observatory
1 Aug 2003 → 31 Jul 2006
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MAV_SPEC (ANU led): MAVIS spectrograph
Rigaut, F. (Chief Investigator), Ellis, S. (Primary Chief Investigator), McDermid, R. (Chief Investigator), Luo, S. (Other) & Smedley, S. (Project Co-ordinator)
20/09/19 → 30/06/28
Project: Research
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Project LUNA (Laser measurement Unit for Navigation Assistance)
Spitler, L. (Primary Chief Investigator), Lawrence, J. (Chief Investigator), Ellis, S. (Chief Investigator), Zheng, J. (Chief Investigator), Kripak, Y. (Chief Investigator), McGregor, H. (Chief Investigator), Roberts, L. (Partner Investigator), Spollard, J. (Partner Investigator), Wang, T. (Other) & Casali, M. (Other)
25/09/23 → 30/06/25
Project: Research
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Gemini North Adaptive Optics Bench Phase A Study
Lawrence, J. (Primary Chief Investigator), Rigaut, F. (Partner Investigator), Fusco, T. (Partner Investigator), Neichel, B. (Partner Investigator), Charton, J. (Partner Investigator), Case, S. (Chief Investigator), Ellis, S. (Chief Investigator), Vedrenne , N. (Chief Investigator), Bruno, P. (Chief Investigator), Sauvage , J.-F. (Chief Investigator), Fetick , R. (Chief Investigator), Correia, C. (Chief Investigator), Farrell, T. (Chief Investigator), McGregor, H. (Chief Investigator), Zheng, J. (Chief Investigator), Waller, L. (Chief Investigator), Cetre, S. (Chief Investigator), Laslandes , M. (Chief Investigator) & Schimpf , A. (Chief Investigator)
22/07/22 → 30/06/23
Project: Research
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MQRIS L 2022: High-precision 3D laser-tracker
Lawrence, J. (Primary Chief Investigator), Ellis, S. (Chief Investigator), McGregor, H. (Chief Investigator), Zheng, J. (Chief Investigator), Robertson, D. (Chief Investigator), Schwab, C. (Chief Investigator) & Power, R. (Chief Investigator)
1/01/22 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
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MQRIS S 2022: A broad-band light source for the development of world-leading astronomical instruments
Ellis, S. (Primary Chief Investigator), Lawrence, J. (Chief Investigator), Zafar, T. (Chief Investigator), Zheng, J. (Chief Investigator), Schwab, C. (Chief Investigator), Owers, M. (Chief Investigator), Kotachery, D. (Chief Investigator), Zucker, D. (Chief Investigator) & Gross, S. (Chief Investigator)
1/01/22 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
Research Outputs
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MARVEL: approaching instrument assembly and commissioning
Pember, J., MARVEL Consortium, Argyriou, I., Avila, G., Benz, V., Brandeker, A., Buchhave, L. A., Cegla, H., Coutts, D., Meester, W. D., Ridder, J. D., Defrère, D., Glasse, A., Güdel, M., Haidar, M., Hakim, K., Halverson, S., Harman, J., Jannsen, N. & Janson, M. & 56 others, , 21 Aug 2026, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy XI. Vernet, J. D. R., Bryant, J. J. & Motohara, K. (eds.). Bellingham, Washington: SPIE, p. 141499I-1-141499I-9 9 p. 141499I. (Proceedings of SPIE; vol. 14149).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution › peer-review
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Modeling the technical specifications for future multiobject-spectroscopy instrumentation
Ahmed, U. T., Hopkins, A. M. & Ellis, S. C., Oct 2026, In: Astronomical Journal. 172, 4, p. 1-17 17 p., 226.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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ZBLAN fibres for wide-field infrared astronomy
Zafar, T., Courtney-Barrer, B., Heidepriem, H. E., Ellis, S., Fuerbach, A., Guzman, C. D., Moser, H. A., Wu, K., Djordjevic, A., Minowa, Y., Arat, M. A., Botor-Probierz, A., Baessler, K., Wei, Y., Raidani, A., Mailvaganam, A., Mukherjee, T., Aalia, I. U., Carlson, S. & Salmasi, B. S. & 2 others, , 21 Aug 2026, Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation VII. Navarro, R. & Jedamzik, R. (eds.). Bellingham, Washington: SPIE, p. 141540L-1-141540L-13 13 p. 141540L. (Proceedings of SPIE; vol. 14154).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution › peer-review
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An optical daytime astronomy pathfinder for the Huntsman Telescope
Caddy, S. E., Spitler, L. R. & Ellis, S. C., 2024, In: Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia. 41, p. 1-16 16 p., e056.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Astrophotonics: recent and future developments
Ellis, S. C. & Bland-Hawthorn, J., 2024, In: Contemporary Physics. 65, 1, p. 12-39 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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