Professor Warrick Lawson is the Associate Dean (Research) at ºÚÁÏÍø´óÊÂ¼Ç Canberra at ADFA.
Prof Lawson is an astrophysicist with significant expertise in star formation, young stellar populations and stellar evolution. His research highlights include pioneering X-ray/optical/IR studies of young stellar systems, as well as the discovery of two of the nearest young star clusters to Earth and the subsequent study of their stellar populations. The eta Cha and epsilon Cha clusters (named after their brightest stars) are 5- to 8-million-year-old systems located 300–350 light years distance from Earth. The eta Cha cluster is remarkable for being the fourth nearest star cluster to Earth and the nearest star cluster discover