Professor Chris Blake is an observational cosmologist with research interests in large-scale structure, dark energy and gravity, and galaxy evolution. His research examines questions concerning how the universe was made, what it is formed of, and the physical laws that govern its evolution.

Professor Blake’s particular expertise is in constructing large maps that show the way galaxies are scattered through space and in determining what galaxy distribution tells us about the physics of the universe. He is involved in a number of current and future galaxy and lensing survey projects such as the WiggleZ Survey at the Australian Astronomical Observatory, the 6dF Galaxy Survey, the GAMA Survey, and the Kilo-Degree Imaging Survey (KiDS).

Prior to joining the Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing at Swinburne, Professor Blake previously held postdoctoral positions at the University of New South Wales and the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.