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Damien Dornic is an astrophysicist at the forefront of transient astronomy, specializing in the robotic follow-up of cosmic explosions. His research focuses on gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), gravitational wave counterparts, and neutrino sources, leveraging rapid-response optical telescopes to capture the fleeting moments of the most energetic events in the universe. Dornic has been instrumental in the development and scientific exploitation of the COLIBRI 1.3-meter robotic telescope in Mexico, a key ground-based asset for the Sino-French SVOM satellite mission. He also leads work on the CAGIRE near-infrared imager and the DDRAGO wide-field instrument, both designed to maximize COLIBRI’s ability to detect and characterize transient sources. His earlier contributions include the Zadko Telescope in Western Australia, which played a niche role in automated follow-up imaging. With over 12 citations on his foundational Zadko paper and growing impact from the COLIBRI project, Dornic’s work is central to the emerging multi-messenger era of astrophysics, where photons, neutrinos, and gravitational waves converge to reveal the physics of the transient sky.