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Thomas Nordlander is a Stromlo Fellow at the Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Australian National University (ANU), conducting cutting-edge research in stellar astrophysics with 98 publications and an h-index of 39. His work leverages GALAH and SkyMapper surveys to investigate chemical evolution in the Milky Way and satellite galaxies through high-resolution spectroscopic analysis.
Education:
- PhD in Astrophysics, Uppsala University, Sweden (2017)
Dr. Nordlander's research centers on metallicity studies and chemical tagging of stellar populations. He pioneers 3D non-local thermodynamic equilibrium (NLTE) modeling to derive precise abundances, moving beyond traditional 1D LTE methods. His fingerprint shows dominant expertise in Metallicity (100%), High Resolution Spectroscopy (64%), and Milky Way chemical evolution (48%), with significant contributions to globular cluster studies and elemental abundance analysis.
His recent publications reveal a focus on lithium abundances in late-type stars using GALAH DR3 data, metal-poor star searches in the Large Magellanic Cloud via SkyMapper, and multiple populations in intermediate-age clusters. This work demonstrates consistent innovation in spectroscopic techniques and galactic archaeology, with publication output peaking at 19 papers in 2021.
Dr. Nordlander is registered to supervise research students and served as Co-Investigator on the ARC-funded project 'Galactic Archaeology with unprecedented stellar spectroscopic surveys' (2018-2019), analyzing Milky Way chemical-dynamical structure using HERMES spectrograph data. His collaborations span international teams including the GALAH and SkyMapper survey consortia.
As part of ANU's stellar astrophysics group, he utilizes the Anglo-Australian Telescope and participates in major observational campaigns. His research directly contributes to understanding galactic formation histories through precise chemical abundance measurements of stellar populations across diverse environments.
