Chris Lidman

Chris Lidman is an Associate Professor and Director of Siding Spring Observatory at ANU. He specializes in time domain astronomy, observational cosmology, and telescope operations. His research focuses on supernovae, dark energy, and gravitational wave sirens. He has contributed to major projects like the Dark Energy Survey (DES) and OzDES. Key achievements include co-discovering the accelerating universe (2011 Nobel Prize-winning work) and leading ESO instrument commissions. He holds a PhD from ANU and has over 700 publications.

• Affiliations: ANU Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics, OzGRAV, LSST, 4MOST.
• Education: PhD in Astronomy (ANU, 1994).

Research interests include exotic transients, cosmological parameter constraints, and telescope operations. Over 300 DES/OzDES papers have been published. Awards include the Gruber Prize (2007) and Breakthrough Prize (2014). Supervised students include Patrick Armstrong and Bailey Martin. Active in grant projects like the AAT facility upgrade and instrumentation development.

Labs/Teams: ANU 2.3m telescope automation, OzDES collaboration, Stromlo Observatory operations. Current projects include testing thawing dark energy models and gravitational wave cosmology.