Kate Harborne

Dr. Kate Harborne is a Research Fellow at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) at the University of Western Australia. Her work focuses on numerical simulations and galaxy dynamics, specializing in understanding galaxy formation and evolution through stellar kinematic signatures. She completed her PhD in computational astrophysics at UWA, developing the SimSpin tool for generating mock integral field unit (IFU) kinematic data cubes from simulations. Her research also explores the reliability of simulations, particularly regarding velocity structures and galactic disk evolution. She holds an MSci Physics with Astronomy degree from the University of Nottingham.

• Affiliations: ICRAR/UWA, Astro3D
• Education:
  • PhD in Computational Astrophysics (UWA, 202X)
  • MSci Physics with Astronomy (University of Nottingham, 2016)

Research Interests: Galaxy dynamics and evolution, mock observables, stellar kinematics, numerical simulations, and tool development for observational comparisons. Key projects include the MAGPI Survey and improving simulation-realism assessments via SimSpin.

Grants: Co-Investigator on the 'Constraining the physics of galaxies and dark matter with AI-accelerated statistical inference' project (2025-2025).