Tamara Maree Davis is an Australian astrophysicist. , she is a professor in the School of Mathematics and Physics at the

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, where she has been employed since 2008. The Australian Academy of Science awarded her their Nancy Millis Medal in 2015, and she was awarded an

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in 2018,. She received the Astronomical Society of Australia's Louise Webster Prize in 2009, and their Robert Ellery Lectureship in 2021. She became a Member of the Order of Australia in 2020. As an athlete, Davis has competed for Australia at an international level in

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Education

Davis completed her Ph.D in astrophysics at the

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in 2004. She also has a

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in physics and a BA in philosophy.

References

External links

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for ''Engaging Women''. Living people Australian astrophysicists University of New South Wales alumni Academic staff of the University of Queensland Year of birth missing (living people) Members of the Order of Australia Australian women academics 21st-century Australian women scientists {{physicist-stub