Tamara Davis

Not to be confused with Tamra Davis.
Tamara Davis
Citizenship Australian
Fields Astrophysics, cosmology
Institutions University of Queensland
Education University of New South Wales (2004)
Website
smp.uq.edu.au/people/TamaraDavis/

Tamara Davis, Ph.D, is an Australian astrophysicist. As of 2016 she is a Professor, and Vice-Chancellor of Research and Teaching Fellow, at the University of Queensland,[1] where she has been employed since 2008.[2][3]

The Australian Academy of Science awarded her their Nancy Millis Medal in 2015.[4] She was Australian Institute of Physics Women in Science Lecturer in 2011.[5] She received the Astronomical Society of Australia's Louise Webster Prize in 2009.[6]

Tamara has also competed on an international level for Australia at Ultimate Frisbee.[7]

Education

Davis completed her Ph.D in astrophysics[3] at the University of New South Wales in 2004.[2] She also has a BSc in physics and a BA in philosophy.[3]

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