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Biography
Dr Stuart Ryder is an Adjunct Fellow with the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, and a member of the Astrophysics and Space Technologies Research Centre. Previously he led the International Telescopes Support Office at the Australian Astronomical Observatory. Stuart works part-time as a Program Manager with Astronomy Australia Ltd at their Macquarie University office, overseeing Australia's Strategic Partnership with the European Southern Observatory, and engagement with the Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time.
Research interests
Stuart's research interests are primarily in astronomical transients, including core-collapse supernovae and Fast Radio Bursts. He co-leads the SUNBIRD (Supernovae UNmasked By InfraRed Detection) collaboration, that has used Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics facilities on 8-10 metre class telescopes including Gemini, Keck, Subaru, and the Very Large Telescope to reveal a population of "missing" supernovae. Stuart flew a total of 8 missions on NASA's Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA). He is also leading the optical follow-up using the Very Large Telescope of the host galaxies to Fast Radio Bursts localised with the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder by the CRAFT collaboration, for which he and the CRAFT team were awarded the 2021 AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize for the most impactful paper published in the prestigious journal Science in 2019/20.
Research student supervision
2016-2018: Erik Kool (MQ), PhD.
2016-2018: Igor Andreoni (Swinburne), PhD.
2019: Lachlan Marnoch (MQ), MRes.
2020-: Lachlan Marnoch (MQ), PhD.
2023-: Srivardini Ayyappann (MQ), MRes.
Education/Academic qualification
Astronomy & Astrophysics, PhD, Massive Star Formation in Galactic Disks, Australian National University
1 Feb 1989 → 15 Jul 1993
Award Date: 1 Apr 1994
Astronomy, B.Sc. (1st class Hons), University of Canterbury
2 Feb 1985 → 5 Dec 1988
Award Date: 15 Mar 1989
External positions
Program Manager, Astronomy Australia Ltd
1 Jul 2018 → …
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Projects
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MQAAAstro: Macquarie University Astronomy, Astrophysics and Astrophotonics Research Centre
De Marco, O., McDermid, R., Casali, M., Wardle, M., de Grijs, R., Hopkins, A., Coutts, D. W., Withford, M., Zucker, D., Spitler, L., Owers, M., Dawson, J., Kotachery, D., Purcell, C., Schwab, C., Sealey, K., O'Toole, S., Lorente, N., Ellis, S., Lopez Sanchez, A. R., De Silva, G., Zafar, T., Ryder, S., Mulligan, J., Feger, T., Choudhury, S. & Lawrence, J.
1/01/20 → 31/12/22
Project: Other
Research Outputs
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First results from GeMS/GSAOI for project SUNBIRD: Supernovae UNmasked by Infra-Red Detection
Kool, E. C., Ryder, S., Kankare, E., Mattila, S., Reynolds, T., McDermid, R. M., Pérez-Torres, M. A., Herrero-Illana, R., Schirmer, M., Efstathiou, A., Bauer, F. E., Kotilainen, J., Väisänen, P., Baldwin, C., Romero-Cañizales, C. & Alberdi, A., Feb 2018, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 473, 4, p. 5641-5657 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A luminous fast radio burst that probes the Universe at redshift 1
Ryder, S. D., Bannister, K. W., Bhandari, S., Deller, A. T., Ekers, R. D., Glowacki, M., Gordon, A. C., Gourdji, K., James, C. W., Kilpatrick, C. D., Lu, W., Marnoch, L., Moss, V. A., Prochaska, J. X., Qiu, H., Sadler, E. M., Simha, S., Sammons, M. W., Scott, D. R., Tejos, N., & 1 others , 20 Oct 2023, In: Science (New York, N.Y.). 382, 6668, p. 294-299 6 p., 382.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Multiwavelength view of the rapidly evolving SN 2018ivc: An analog of SN IIb 1993J but powered primarily by circumstellar interaction
Maeda, K., Chandra, P., Moriya, T. J., Reguitti, A., Ryder, S., Matsuoka, T., Michiyama, T., Pignata, G., Hiramatsu, D., Bostroem, K. A., Kundu, E., Kuncarayakti, H., Bersten, M. C., Pooley, D., Lee, S. H., Patnaude, D., Rodríguez, Ó. & Folatelli, G., 1 Jan 2023, In: Astrophysical Journal. 942, 1, p. 1-18 18 p., 17.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Nonrepeating fast radio burst in a dwarf host galaxy
Bhandari, S., Gordon, A. C., Scott, D. R., Marnoch, L., Sridhar, N., Kumar, P., James, C. W., Qiu, H., Bannister, K. W., T. Deller, A., Eftekhari, T., Fong, W., Glowacki, M., Prochaska, J. X., Ryder, S. D., Shannon, R. M. & Simha, S., 1 May 2023, In: Astrophysical Journal. 948, 1, p. 1-11 11 p., 67.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A radio-detected type Ia supernova with helium-rich circumstellar material
Kool, E. C., Johansson, J., Sollerman, J., Moldón, J., Moriya, T. J., Mattila, S., Schulze, S., Chomiuk, L., Pérez-Torres, M., Harris, C., Lundqvist, P., Graham, M., Yang, S., Perley, D. A., Strotjohann, N. L., Fremling, C., Gal-Yam, A., Lezmy, J., Maguire, K., Omand, C., & 17 others , 18 May 2023, In: Nature. 617, 7961, p. 477-482 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prizes
Press/Media
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Record-breaking fast radio burst offers path to weigh the Universe
20/10/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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For the first time, astronomers have detected a radio signal from the massive explosion of a dying white dwarf
Stuart Ryder & Erik Kool
18/05/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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