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Rhodes University: Grahamstown, ZA

2021-03 to present | Research Fellow (Physics and Electronics)
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Kenda Knowles

University of KwaZulu-Natal: Westville, ZA

2018-03-01 to 2021-02-28 | SARAO Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Department of Mathematics)
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Kenda Knowles

University of KwaZulu-Natal: Westville, ZA

2016-03-01 to 2018-02-28 | Claude Leon Postdoctoral Fellow (Department of Physics)
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Education and qualifications (4)

University of KwaZulu-Natal - Westville Campus: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, ZA

2011-08-01 to 2016-02-22 | PhD (Applied Mathematics/Astrophysics) (Department of Mathematics)
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Kenda Knowles

University of Cape Town: Rondebosch, Western Cape, ZA

2011-02 to 2011-05 | MSc (did not complete due to illness) (Astronomy and Astrophysics)
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University of KwaZulu-Natal - Pietermaritzburg Campus: Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, ZA

2010-02 to 2010-12 | BSc Honours (Phyiscs) (Physics Department)
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University of KwaZulu-Natal - Pietermaritzburg Campus: Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, ZA

2007-02 to 2009-12 | BSc (Computational Physics) (Physics Department)
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Professional activities (14)

African Astronomical Society: Johannesburg, ZA

2021-02 to present
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Kenda Knowles

South African Radio Astronomy Observatory: Cape Town, ZA

2021-01 to present | Committee Member (SARAO Users Committee)
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Kenda Knowles

South African Radio Astronomy Observatory: Cape Town, ZA

2021-01 to present | Committee Member (SARAO Users Committee)
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Kenda Knowles

MeerKAT Absorption Line Survey Collaboration: Pune, IN

2019-11 to present | Co-Chair (Continuum and Polarization Science Working Group)
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Kenda Knowles

Beyond Ultra-deep Frontier Fields Legacy Observations (BUFFALO) Collaboration: Durham, GB

2019 to present | Science Collaboration
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MeerKAT Absorption Line Survey (MALS) Collaboration: Pune, IN

2017-01 to present | Science Collaboration
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MeerKAT Exploration of Relics, Giant Halos, and Extragalactic Radio Sources (MERGHERS) Collaboration: Durban, ZA

2016-04 to present | Science Collaboration (Project Lead)
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Kenda Knowles

Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) Collaboration: Princeton, US

2011-09 to present | Science Collaboration
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South African Radio Astronomy Observatory: Cape Town, ZA

2018 | Postdoctoral Fellowship
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L'Oreal France: Paris, Île-de-France, FR

2017-11-08 | L'Oreal-UNESCO Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Postdoctoral Fellowship (For Women In Science)
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Claude Leon Foundation: Cape Town, Western Cape, ZA

2016 | Postdoctoral Fellowship
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Kenda Knowles

South African Government : Johannesburg, ZA

2015-09-13 | Women In Science Awards - Doctoral Fellowship (Department of Science and Technology)
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Kenda Knowles

Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings: Lindau, DE

2015-07 | Young Scientist for 65th Laureate Meeting
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University of KwaZulu-Natal: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, ZA

2010 | Samuel Edelstein Fellowship
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Funding (3)

A MeerKAT view of radio continuum emission in galaxy clusters

2018-03 to 2021-02 | Contract
South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (Cape Town, ZA)
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96665
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High-resolution SZ studies of ACTpol galaxy clusters with MUSTANG-1.5

2016-03 to 2018-02 | Contract
Claude Leon Foundation (Johannesburg, ZA)
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Kenda Knowles

Statistical Study of Diffuse Radio Emission in ACT Galaxy Clusters with MeerKAT

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L'Oreal-UNESCO For Women in Science (Paris, FR)
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Works (38)

Exploring The Dynamical Nature and Radio Halo Emission of Abell 384: A Combined Radio, X-ray and Optical Study

2025-03-24 | Other
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staf480
Contributors: Swarna Chatterjee; Denisha Pillay; Abhirup Datta; Ramij Raja; Kenda Knowles; MAJIDUL RAHAMAN; Sinenhlanhla Sikhosana
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A Multiwavelength Approach to Constraining the Merger Properties of ACT-CL J0034.4+0225

The Astrophysical Journal
2024-10-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad6442
Contributors: Peter Doze; Matt Hilton; John P. Hughes; Charles R. Keeton; Kenda Knowles; Kavilan Moodley; Tony Mroczkowski; Bruce Partridge; Catie A. Raney; Cristóbal Sifón et al.
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XLSSC 122 caught in the act of growing up

Astronomy & Astrophysics
2024-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202348213
Contributors: J. van Marrewijk; L. Di Mascolo; A. S. Gill; N. Battaglia; E. S. Battistelli; J. R. Bond; M. J. Devlin; P. Doze; J. Dunkley; K. Knowles et al.
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MeerKAT observations of starburst galaxies and AGNs within the core of XMMXCS J2215.9−1738 at z  = 1.46

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2024-07-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stae1640
Contributors: D Y Klutse; M Hilton; I Heywood; I Smail; A M Swinbank; K Knowles; S P Sikhosana
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MIGHTEE: multi-wavelength counterparts in the COSMOS field

2023-10-30 | Other
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stad3307
Contributors: Imogen Whittam; Natasha Maddox; Leah Morabito; Catherine Hale; M.G. Santos; Lucia Marchetti; Matt Jarvis; Yiping Ao; Fang Xia An; Kenda Knowles et al.
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Mining mini-halos with MeerKAT I. Calibration and imaging

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2023-02-15 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stad391
Contributors: K S Trehaeven; V Parekh; N Oozeer; B Hugo; O Smirnov; G Bernardi; K Knowles; C Tasse; K M B Asad; S Giacintucci
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A unique, ring-like radio source with quadrilateral structure detected with machine learning

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2023-01-28 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stad074
Contributors: M Lochner; L Rudnick; I Heywood; K Knowles; S S Shabala
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MeerKAT’s view of the bullet cluster 1E 0657-55.8

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2022-12-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stac3370
Contributors: S P Sikhosana; K Knowles; M Hilton; K Moodley; M Murgia
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The MeerKAT Galaxy Clusters Legacy Survey: star formation in massive clusters at 0.15 < z < 0.35

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2022-11-29 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stac3293
Contributors: K C Kesebonye; M Hilton; K Knowles; W D Cotton; T E Clarke; S I Loubser; K Moodley; S P Sikhosana
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SoUthern Cluster sCale Extended Source Survey (SUCCESS): a GMRT and Meerkat study of nine massive galaxy clusters

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2022-07-13 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stac1649
Contributors: R Kale; V Parekh; M Rahaman; D C Joshi; T Venturi; K Kolokythas; J O Chibueze; S Sikhosana; D Pillay; K Knowles
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The MeerKAT Galaxy Cluster Legacy Survey

Astronomy & Astrophysics
2022-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202141488
Contributors: K. Knowles; W. D. Cotton; L. Rudnick; F. Camilo; S. Goedhart; R. Deane; M. Ramatsoku; M. F. Bietenholz; M. Brüggen; C. Button et al.
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Blind HI and OH absorption line search: First results with mals and uGMRT processed using ARTIP

Astrophysical Journal
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/abcb85
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2-s2.0-85100844456

Part of ISSN: 15384357 0004637X
Contributors: Gupta, N.; Jagannathan, P.; Srianand, R.; Bhatnagar, S.; Noterdaeme, P.; Combes, F.; Petitjean, P.; Jose, J.; Pandey, S.; Kaski, C. et al.
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A GMRT Narrowband vs. Wideband Analysis of the ACT−CL J0034.4+0225 Field Selected from the ACTPol Cluster Sample

Galaxies
2021-12-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/galaxies9040117
Contributors: Sinenhlanhla P. Sikhosana; Kenda Knowles; C. H. Ishwara-Chandra; Matt Hilton; Kavilan Moodley; Neeraj Gupta
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Discovery of Rare Dying Radio Galaxies Using MeerKAT

Galaxies
2021-11-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/galaxies9040102
Contributors: Nadeem Oozeer; Lawrence Rudnick; Michael F. Bietenholz; Tiziana Venturi; Kenda Knowles; Konstantinos Kolokythas; Nceba Mhlahlo
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A Multiwavelength Dynamical State Analysis of ACT-CL J0019.6+0336

Galaxies
2021-11-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/galaxies9040097
Contributors: Denisha S. Pillay; David J. Turner; Matt Hilton; Kenda Knowles; Kabelo C. Kesebonye; Kavilan Moodley; Tony Mroczkowski; Nadeem Oozeer; Christoph Pfrommer; Sinenhlanhla P. Sikhosana et al.
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Searching for High-z Radio Galaxies with the MGCLS

Galaxies
2021-11-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/galaxies9040089
Contributors: Kenda Knowles; Sinah Manaka; Michael F. Bietenholz; William D. Cotton; Matthew Hilton; Konstantinos Kolokythas; S. Ilani Loubser; Nadeem Oozeer
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One Source, Two Source(s): Ribs and Tethers

Galaxies
2021-10-23 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/galaxies9040081
Contributors: Lawrence Rudnick; William Cotton; Kenda Knowles; Konstantinos Kolokythas
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MERGHERS pilot: MeerKAT discovery of diffuse emission in nine massive Sunyaev–Zel’dovich-selected galaxy clusters from ACT

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2021-04-27 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stab939
Contributors: K Knowles; D S Pillay; S Amodeo; A J Baker; K Basu; D Crichton; F de Gasperin; M Devlin; C Ferrari; M Hilton et al.
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The atacama cosmology telescope: A measurement of the cosmic microwave background power spectra at 98 and 150 GHz

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2020/12/045
EID:

2-s2.0-85099357810

Part of ISSN: 14757516
Contributors: Choi, S.K.; Hasselfield, M.; Ho, S.-P.P.; Koopman, B.; Lungu, M.; Abitbol, M.H.; Addison, G.E.; Ade, P.A.R.; Aiola, S.; Alonso, D. et al.
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The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: DR4 maps and cosmological parameters

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2020/12/047
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2-s2.0-85099392804

Part of ISSN: 14757516
Contributors: Aiola, S.; Calabrese, E.; Maurin, L.; Naess, S.; Schmitt, B.L.; Abitbol, M.H.; Addison, G.E.; Ade, P.A.R.; Alonso, D.; Amiri, M. et al.
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The genealogy of magnetic fields

Nature Astronomy
2020-11-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41550-020-01245-4
Contributors: Kenda Knowles
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The Simons Observatory

Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
2019-09 | Conference abstract
BIBCODE: 2019BAAS...51g.147L
ARXIV: 1907.08284
Contributors: Lee, Adrian; Abitbol, Maximilian H.; Adachi, Shunsuke; Ade, Peter; Aguirre, James; Ahmed, Zeeshan; Aiola, Simone; Ali, Aamir; Alonso, David; Alvarez, Marcelo A. et al.
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GMRT 610 MHz observations of galaxy clusters in the ACT equatorial sample

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2019-06-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stz823
Contributors: Kenda Knowles; Andrew J Baker; J Richard Bond; Patricio A Gallardo; Neeraj Gupta; Matt Hilton; John P Hughes; Huib Intema; Carlos H López-Caraballo; Kavilan Moodley et al.
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The Simons Observatory: science goals and forecasts

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
2019-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2019/02/056
BIBCODE: 2019JCAP...02..056A
ARXIV: 1808.07445
Contributors: Ade, Peter; Aguirre, James; Ahmed, Zeeshan; Aiola, Simone; Ali, Aamir; Alonso, David; Alvarez, Marcelo A.; Arnold, Kam; Ashton, Peter; Austermann, Jason et al.
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Design and Performance of the Multiplexed SQUID/TES Array at Ninety Gigahertz

American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #231
2018-01 | Conference abstract
BIBCODE: 2018AAS...23121502S
Contributors: Stanchfield, Sara; Ade, Peter; Aguirre, James; Brevik, Justus A.; Cho, Hsiao-Mei; Datta, Rahul; Devlin, Mark; Dicker, Simon R.; Dober, Bradley; Duff, Shannon M. et al.
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High Resolution Imaging with MUSTANG-2 on the GBT

American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #231
2018-01 | Conference abstract
BIBCODE: 2018AAS...23132205S
Contributors: Stanchfield, Sara; Ade, Peter; Aguirre, James; Brevik, Justus A.; Cho, Hsiao-Mei; Datta, Rahul; Devlin, Mark; Dicker, Simon R.; Dober, Bradley; Duff, Shannon M. et al.
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A Large Sky Survey with MeerKAT

MeerKAT Science: On the Pathway to the SKA
2016 | Conference paper
BIBCODE: 2016mks..confE..32S
Contributors: Santos, M.; Bull, P.; Camera, S.; Chen, S.; Fonseca, J.; Heywood, I.; Hilton, M.; Jarvis, M.; Jozsa, G. I. G.; Knowles, K. et al.
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MERGHERS: An SZ-selected cluster survey with MeerKAT

Proceedings of MeerKAT Science: On the Pathway to the SKA. 25-27 May, 2016 Stellenbosch, South Africa (MeerKAT2016). Online at <A href=``href=''>href=``https://pos.sissa.it/cgi-bin/reader/conf.cgi?confid=277</A>, id.30
2016 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-85053484628

Part of ISBN:

18248039

BIBCODE: 2016mks..confE..30K
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The extraordinary amount of substructure in the Hubble Frontier Fields cluster Abell 2744

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2016-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw2251
ARXIV: 1606.04527
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A shock front at the radio relic of Abell 2744

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2016-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw1435
ARXIV: 1603.02272
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A giant radio halo in a low-mass SZ-selected galaxy cluster: ACT-CL J0256.5+0006

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2016-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw795
ARXIV: 1506.01547
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Hubble Frontier Fields: predictions for the return of SN Refsdal with the MUSE and GMOS spectrographs

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2016-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw069
ARXIV: 1509.08914
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Observing the polarisation pattern of Saturn using CARMA

ArXiv e-prints
2015-11 | Journal article
ARXIV: 1511.04062
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Hubble Frontier Fields: the geometry and dynamics of the massive galaxy cluster merger MACSJ0416.1-2403

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2015-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stu2425
ARXIV: 1406.3011
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Hubble Frontier Fields: a high-precision strong-lensing analysis of galaxy cluster MACSJ0416.1-2403 using \tilde200 multiple images

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2014-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stu1355
ARXIV: 1405.3582
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The Radio Relics and Halo of El Gordo, a Massive z = 0.870 Cluster Merger

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2014-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/786/1/49
ARXIV: 1310.6786
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The star formation history of mass-selected galaxies from the VIDEO survey

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2014-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stu053
ARXIV: 1401.1648
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The Radio Relics and Halo of El Gordo: a Massive Cluster Merger at z = 0.870

American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #223
2014-01 | Conference paper
BIBCODE: 2014AAS...22310606B
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Peer review (4 reviews for 3 publications/grants)

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