Dr Madeline Marshall (Maddie, she/her)

Tasmanian astrophysicist.

Currently a Plaskett Fellow at the National Research Council Canada, Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Centre, in Victoria, British Columbia.

Studies galaxies and supermassive black holes in the early Universe using computer simulations and space telescopes.
Key research topics: high-z quasar host galaxies, creating mock observations for telescope predictions and comparisons, quasar-host decomposition, black hole and galaxy scaling relations, high-z quasars, HST & JWST imaging, JWST IFU spectroscopy, hydrodynamical simulations, and semi-analytic models.

Leading a James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) program to study the host galaxies of the first quasars, and involved with several other exciting JWST projects studying the early Universe including PEARLS and GA-NIFS.

Completed a PhD at the University of Melbourne and a BSc (Honours) at the University of Tasmania.

Contact me: madeline_marshall (at) outlook (dot) com