MrBen Burridge
HDR Student
School of Elec Eng, Comp and Math Sci (EECMS)
Orcid identifier0009-0004-0093-0096
- HDR StudentSchool of Elec Eng, Comp and Math Sci (EECMS)
BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH IMPACT
PhD Candidate at the Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy (CIRA) / Curtin University node of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR-Curtin).
PhD research focuses on the use of Square Kilometre Array precursor telescopes to study Galactic black hole X-ray binaries - specifically using HI absorption measurements to constrain the distances to these black hole systems in our Milky Way Galaxy.
CURTIN UNIVERSITY APPOINTMENTS
- Business Development and Commercialisation ManagerCurtin University, Commercialisation & Entrepreneurship, Australia22 Sep 2025 - present
DEGREES
- Master of Physics (Astronomy & Astrophysics)The University of Western Australia, Australia
- Bachelor of ScienceThe University of Western Australia, Australia
ROLE
- Research Student
FIELDS OF RESEARCH
- 5101 - Astronomical sciences
- 5109 - Space sciences
- 5107 - Particle and high energy physics
DEPARTMENT
- School of Elec Eng, Comp and Math Sci (EECMS)