Simon Lee

Simon Lee

School of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

I am a post-doctoral researcher in high-energy gamma-ray astrophysics. I am currently working as a Commissioning Scientist as part of the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory,

My research has included the following fields:

  • Monte Carlo simulations of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACT)
  • Use and optimisation of IACT analysis techniques
  • Detection of high-energy gamma-ray transients
  • Technical simulations of IACT camera hardware

  • Education
    Date Institution name Country Title
    2019 - 2024 University of Adelaide Australia PhD
    2013 - 2016 Flinders University Australia Bachelor of Science (Honours)

  • Journals
    Year Citation
    2024 Lee, S., Einecke, S., Rowell, G., Balazs, C., Bellido, J., Dai, S., . . . White, M. (2024). Optimising an array of Cherenkov telescopes in Australia for the detection of TeV gamma-ray transients. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 41, e075-1-e075-11.
    DOI
    2022 Lee, S., Einecke, S., Rowell, G., Balazs, C., Bellido, J. A., Dai, S., . . . White, M. (2022). Performance of a small array of Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescopes sited in Australia. PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA, 39, 1-8.
    DOI Scopus2

  • Conference Papers
    Year Citation
    2022 Hassan, T., Abdalla, H., Abe, H., Abe, S., Abusleme, A., Acero, F., . . . Bernlöhr, K. (2022). Performance of a proposed event-type based analysis for the Cherenkov Telescope Array. In Proceedings of Science Vol. 395.
    2022 Abdalla, H., Abe, H., Abe, S., Abusleme, A., Acero, F., Acharyya, A., . . . Berti, A. (2022). The Cherenkov Telescope Array: layout, design and performance. In Proceedings of Science Vol. 395.
    2022 Carosi, A., López-Oramas, A., Longo, F., Abdalla, H., Abe, H., Abe, S., . . . Bernardini, E. (2022). The Cherenkov Telescope Array transient and multi-messenger program. In Proceedings of Science Vol. 395.
    2022 Abdalla, H., Abe, H., Abe, S., Abusleme, A., Acero, F., Acharyya, A., . . . Berti, A. (2022). Sensitivity of CTA to gamma-ray emission from the Perseus galaxy cluster. In Proceedings of Science Vol. 395.
    2022 Armstrong, T. P., Costantini, H., Glicenstein, J. F., Lenain, J. P., Schwanke, U., Tavernier, T., . . . Belmont, R. (2022). Monte Carlo Simulations and Validation of NectarCAM, a Medium Sized Telescope Camera for CTA. In Proceedings of Science Vol. 395.
    2022 Miener, T., Nieto, D., Brill, A., Spencer, S., Contreras, J. L., Abdalla, H., . . . Benbow, W. (2022). Reconstruction of stereoscopic CTA events using deep learning with CTLearn. In Proceedings of Science Vol. 395.
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    2022 Abdalla, H., Abe, H., Abe, S., Abusleme, A., Acero, F., Acharyya, A., . . . Berti, A. (2022). Southern African Large Telescope Spectroscopy of BL Lacs for the CTA project. In Proceedings of Science Vol. 395.
    2022 Abdalla, H., Abe, H., Abe, S., Abusleme, A., Acero, F., Acharyya, A., . . . Berti, A. (2022). HAWC J2227+610: a potential PeVatron candidate for the CTA in the northern hemisphere. In Proceedings of Science Vol. 395.
    2022 Abdalla, H., Abe, H., Abe, S., Abusleme, A., Acero, F., Acharyya, A., . . . Berti, A. (2022). Active Galactic Nuclei population studies with the Cherenkov Telescope Array. In Proceedings of Science Vol. 395.
    2022 Abdalla, H., Abe, H., Abe, S., Abusleme, A., Acero, F., Acharyya, A., . . . Berti, A. (2022). Sensitivity of the Cherenkov Telescope Array to a dark matter signal from the Galactic centre. In Proceedings of Science Vol. 395.
    2022 Aschersleben, J., Peletier, R. F., Vecchi, M., Wilkinson, M. H. F., Abdalla, H., Abe, H., . . . Bernardini, E. (2022). Application of pattern spectra and convolutional neural networks to the analysis of simulated Cherenkov Telescope Array data. In Proceedings of Science Vol. 395.
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    2022 Pecimotika, M., Adamczyk, K., Prester, D. D., Gueta, O., Hrupec, D., Maier, G., . . . Beck, G. (2022). Performance of the Cherenkov Telescope Array in the presence of clouds. In Proceedings of Science Vol. 395.
    2022 Nöthe, M., Kosack, K., Nickel, L., Peresano, M., Abdalla, H., Abe, H., . . . Berge, D. (2022). Prototype Open Event Reconstruction Pipeline for the Cherenkov Telescope Array. In Proceedings of Science Vol. 395.
    2022 Di Piano, A., Bulgarelli, A., Fioretti, V., Baroncelli, L., Parmiggiani, N., Longo, F., . . . Bednarek, W. (2022). Detection methods for the Cherenkov Telescope Array at very-short exposure times. In Proceedings of Science Vol. 395.
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    2022 Sergijenko, O., Brown, A. M., Fiorillo, D. F. G., de León, A. R., Satalecka, K., Tung, C. F., . . . Bednarek, W. (2022). Sensitivity of the Cherenkov Telescope Array to emission from the gamma-ray counterparts of neutrino events. In Proceedings of Science Vol. 395.
    2022 Steppa, C., Egberts, K., Abdalla, H., Abe, H., Abe, S., Abusleme, A., . . . Bernardos, M. I. (2022). Exploring the population of Galactic very-high-energy γ-ray sources. In Proceedings of Science Vol. 395.
    2022 López-Oramas, A., Bulgarelli, A., Chaty, S., Chernyakova, M., Gnatyk, R., Hnatyk, B., . . . Bastieri, D. (2022). Prospects for Galactic transient sources detection with the Cherenkov Telescope Array. In Proceedings of Science Vol. 395.
    2022 Patricelli, B., Carosi, A., Nava, L., Seglar-Arroyo, M., Schüssler, F., Stamerra, A., . . . Baquero Larriva, A. (2022). Searching for very-high-energy electromagnetic counterparts to gravitational-wave events with the Cherenkov Telescope Array. In Proceedings of Science Vol. 395.
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  • Conference Items
    Year Citation
    2024 Trois, A., Dournaux, J., Scuderi, S., White, R., Tagliaferri, G., Proserpio, L., . . . Zech, A. (2024). Status of the Small-Sized Telescopes programme for the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory. Poster session presented at the meeting of Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. JAPAN, Yokohama: SPIE.
    DOI Scopus2

  • Preprint
    Year Citation
    2024 Lee, S., Einecke, S., Rowell, G., Balazs, C., Bellido, J. A., Dai, S., . . . White, M. (2024). Optimising an Array of Cherenkov Telescopes in Australia for the
    Detection of TeV Gamma-Ray Transients.
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