Adam Deller

Prof. Adam Deller is an astrophysicist whose research is concerned with the physics of compact objects (neutron stars and black holes).

Prof. Deller studies this area primarily through observations with radio telescopes. He investigates fast radio bursts, radio pulsars, X-ray binaries, and Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN), often using Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) to make images with incredibly tiny pixels that can resolve these very distant objects. These far-off astrophysical sources can be used to illuminate otherwise-invisible tenuous gas permeating the space between galaxies, probe the nature of gravity, and test whether our understanding of physics holds at the most extreme densities and speeds attainable. His work also involves developing instrumentation for radio interferometers, particularly through developing high performance digital signal processing solutions that can be deployed on commodity computing hardware.

Before joining Swinburne, Prof. Deller worked at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) in the US, and at the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON) in the Netherlands. He is also a co-founder of the radio signal processing company Fourier Space Pty Ltd, which provides custom signal processing solutions to radio astronomy and space industry facilities.