Tara Murphy is an astrophysicist working in the School of Physics at the University of Sydney. She is Head of School of Physics and a Chief Investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery. Her research focuses on detecting and studying transient and highly variable astrophysical phenomena with next generation radio telescopes. In particular, she is interested in developing and applying novel computer science techniques to data-intensive research. She leads an international team of researchers searching for variable and transient sources with the Australian SKA Pathfinder telescope in Western Australia.