Personal profile
Biography
Jan 1999: PhD at Max-Planck-Institute of Astronomy Heidelberg, Germany
until 2001: Research Fellow at MPIA Heidelberg, PI of COMBO-17 survey
2001-2013: University of Oxford, UK (2004-2009 STFC Advanced Fellow)
from 2013: RSAA Mt Stromlo, ANU, Canberra, Australia
2016-2018: ANU Node Leader of CAASTRO (ARC Centre of Excellence in All-sky Astrophysics)
Qualifications
PhD
Research Interests
Growth of supermassive black holes from the early universe until today
Properties of accretion discs around supermassive black holes
LSST, eROSITA, SkyMapper, COMBO-17
Wide-field sky surveys, object classification and photometric redshift estimation
Optical counterparts to gravitational-wave events
Galaxy evolution throughout the history of the Universe
Research student supervision
- Registered to supervise
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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The accretion of a solar mass per day by a 17-billion solar mass black hole
Wolf, C., Lai, S., Onken, C. A., Amrutha, N., Bian, F., Hon, W. J., Tisserand, P. & Webster, R. L., Apr 2024, In: Nature Astronomy. 8, 4, p. 520-529 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
16 Citations (Scopus) -
Characterising SMSS J2157-3602, the most luminous known quasar, with accretion disc models
Lai, S., Wolf, C., Onken, C. A. & Bian, F., 1 May 2023, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 521, 3, p. 3682-3698 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access7 Citations (Scopus) -
Universality in the random walk structure function of luminous quasi-stellar objects
Tang, J. J., Wolf, C. & Tonry, J., Apr 2023, In: Nature Astronomy. 7, p. 473-480 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
20 Citations (SciVal) -
AllBRICQS: The All-sky BRIght, Complete Quasar Survey
Onken, C. A., Wolf, C., Hon, W. J., Lai, S., Tisserand, P. & Webster, R., 21 Feb 2023, In: Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia. 40, e010.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access13 Citations (Scopus) -
A catalogue of Type 2 active galactic nuclei in the 6dF Galaxy Survey
Suresh, S., Hon, W. J., Webster, R. L., Wolf, C. & Onken, C. A., Nov 2025, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 543, 4, p. 3649-3663 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Projects
- 7 Finished
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Asteroids in the Solar System and quadruply lensed quasars
Wolf, C. (PI)
5/01/24 → 31/12/24
Project: Research
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Explosive Astrophysics from Siding Spring Observatory
Lidman, C. (PI), Brough, S. (CoI), Brown, M. J. I. (CoI), Colless, M. (CoI), Einecke, S. (CoI), Galloway, D. (CoI), Heger, A. (CoI), Kamath, D. (CoI), Möller, A. (CoI), O'Toole, S. (CoI), Ruiter, A. (CoI), Seitenzahl, I. (CoI), Travouillon, T. (CoI), Wen, L. (CoI) & Wolf, C. (CoI)
27/04/23 → 30/06/25
Project: Research
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Wide Field Optical Telescope Gap Analysis against AFSPCI 10-610
Wolf, C. (PI) & Onken, C. (CoI)
1/12/20 → 25/06/21
Project: Research
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Characterising the Utility of the SkyMapper Telescope for Surveys of Geo-Sat Orbits
Wolf, C. (PI) & Onken, C. (CoI)
18/12/19 → 31/03/20
Project: Research
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The growth of giant black holes in the early Universe
Wolf, C. (PI), Bian, F. (CoI) & Fan, X. (CoI)
1/07/19 → 31/12/22
Project: Research