Professor Sarah Brough is an astrophysicist who has led international research in the field of massive galaxies at the centres of galaxy clusters. These so-called Brightest Cluster Galaxies represent the culmination of the galaxy formation process, making them a class of galaxies that galaxy evolution models must be able to reproduce and explain.
Professor Brough also plays a major role in setting the vision for the Australian astronomical community and has recently secured access for Australian astronomers to the US$700M Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time - a 10-year survey of the southern sky, significantly increasing Australia’s astronomical capacity.
She currently serves as Australia's Science Lead for this survey and as a Member of the Australian Academy of Science's National Committee for Astronomy, responsible for overseeing Australian astronomy’s decadal plan process.
Following an MPhys degree in Physics at The University of Liverpool, Sarah is now a leader in the discipline of astrophysics and an exceptional role model for where an MPhys degree can lead to.