Chris Blake

Professor Chris Blake is a cosmologist at Swinburne University of Technology's School of Science, Computing and Emerging Technologies. His research focuses on observational cosmology, large-scale structure, dark energy, and galaxy evolution. He leads major projects like the WiggleZ Survey, GAMA Survey, and KiDS, analyzing galaxy distribution to understand cosmic physics.

He has held postdoctoral roles at UNSW and University of British Columbia. His grants include leadership in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (2024–2031) and projects like 'Uncovering the laws of gravity using the largest map of the cosmos' (2022–2025).

• Awards: Pawsey Medal (2013), ARC Future Fellowship (2011)
• Committee Roles: Chair, Australian Telescope Time Assignment Committee (2013–2015)

His teaching activities include supervising PhD students on topics like cosmological models, peculiar velocity measurements, and dark matter detection. Blake collaborates internationally on surveys such as DESI, combining galaxy and quasar data to refine cosmological parameters.