Dr. Duane W. Hamacher is an astronomer and Lecturer in the Nura Gili Centre for Indigenous Programs at the University of New South Wales in Sydney Australia. He is well known for his research and communication in Australian Aboriginal Astronomy and impact cratering, particularly historical and cultural views of the phenomenon. He is also an astronomy educator and consultant curator at Sydney Observatory and publishes a research blog for the Australian Aboriginal Astronomy Project.
Hamacher graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Physics from the University of Missouri. He then completed a Master of Science thesis in Astrophysics entitled "A Search for Transiting Extrasolar Planets from the Southern Hemisphere" in 2008 at the University of New South Wales. In 2012, he completed a Doctor of Philosophy in Indigenous Studies at Macquarie University with a thesis entitled "On the Astronomical Knowledge and Traditions of Aboriginal Australians" under the supervision of Ray Norris.
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