People

Telephone numbers: +44 1707 28nnnn, where the nnnn is shown after the staff names below.

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Research Staff

Name Main Research Interests Publications
Dr John Atkinson
(System Administrator)
Tel. 6358
E-mail. J.Atkinson
Massive Black Holes in Galactic Nuclei;
Young Stellar Objects and their Environments.
publications (all)
publications (refereed)
preprints
Dr John Barnes
(PDRA)
Tel. 5162
E-mail. J.R.Barnes
Personal Webpage
Late-type stars;
Brown dwarfs;
Extrasolar planets.
publications (all)
publications (refereed)
preprints
Dr David Bonfield
(PDRA)
Tel. 5179
E-mail. D.Bonfield
Galaxy formation and evolution;
Active galaxies;
Photometric fitting and selection methods;
Optical and near-infrared instrumentation.
publications (all)
publications (refereed)
preprints
Dr Nicola Brassington
(Research Fellow)
Tel. 6078
E-mail. N.Brassington
Galaxy formation and evolution;
X-ray emission from normal galaxies.
publications (all)
publications (refereed)
preprints
Prof. Elias Brinks
Tel. 6072
E-mail. E.Brinks
Nearby galaxies;
Interstellar medium;
Interacting galaxies and galactic dynamics.
publications (all)
publications (refereed)
preprints
Dr Ben Burningham
(PDRA)
Tel. 5179
E-mail. B.Burningham
Personal Webpage
Brown dwarfs;
Star Formation.
publications (all)
publications (refereed)
preprints
Dr Silvia Catalan
(Marie-Curie Fellow)
Tel. 5222
E-mail. S.Catalan
White dwarfs;
low-mass stars.
publications (all)
publications (refereed)
preprints
Dr Antonio Chrysostomou
(On secondment as Associate Director JCMT)
E-mail. A.Chrysostomou
Personal Webpage
Star Formation;
Circum-stellar environments;
Interstellar dust.
publications (all)
publications (refereed)
preprints
Dr Maria-Rosa Cioni
(Humboldt Fellow)
Tel. 5189
E-mail. M.Cioni
Formation and Evolution of the Magellanic Clouds; Resolved Stellar Populations: evolved, obscured and variable stars; Morphology, age and metallicity gradients of galaxies in the Local Volume. publications (all)
publications (refereed)
preprints
Dr James Collett
Tel. 1362
E-mail. J.L.Collett
Personal Webpage
Galaxy dynamics;
Theoretical astrophysics.
publications (all)
publications (refereed)
preprints
Prof. Janet Drew
(Director of CAR)
Tel. 6576
E-mail. J.Drew
The Milky Way in H-alpha;
Star formation and evolution;
Accretion disk winds;
Numerical radiation transfer.
publications (all)
publications (refereed)
preprints
Dr Andreas Georgiou
(Senior Research Fellow)
Tel. 9337 (int 8537)
E-mail. A.Georgiou
General Relativity;
Relativistic Astrophysics;
Exact solutions of the Einstein and Einstein - Maxwell field equations;
Relativistic Plasmas.
publications (ADS list)
publications (ADS refereed)
non-ADS publications
Dr Tim Gledhill
(Reader)
Tel. 4601
E-mail. T.Gledhill
Star Formation;
Post-AGB stars;
Scattering models.
publications (all)
publications (refereed)
preprints
Dr Jonathan Granot
(Reader)
(Royal Society - Wolfson Research Merit Award holder)
Tel. 4569
E-mail. J.Granot
Personal Webpage
High Energy Astrophysics;
Gamma-Ray Bursts;
Soft Gamma Repeaters;
Relativistic Fluid Dynamics.
publications (all)
publications (refereed)
preprints
Dr Martin Hardcastle
(Reader)
Tel. 6409
E-mail. M.J.Hardcastle
Personal Webpage
Active galactic nuclei;
Astrophysical jets;
X-ray emission from groups and clusters of galaxies.
publications (all)
publications (refereed)
preprints
Dr Volker Heesen
(PDRA)
Tel. 5162
E-mail. V.Heesen
Personal Webpage
Nearby galaxies;
Interstellar medium;
Magnetic Fields.
publications (all)
publications (refereed)
preprints
Prof. James Hough
Tel. 4500
E-mail. J.H.Hough
Polarimetry;
Active Galactic Nuclei;
Star formation;
Interstellar dust;
Astrobiology.
publications (all)
publications (refereed)
preprints
Dr Matt Jarvis
(Reader)
Tel. 5251
E-mail. M.J.Jarvis
Personal Webpage
Observational constraints on galaxy formation and evolution;
Active galaxies;
Future radio telescopes
Observational cosmology.
publications (all)
publications (refereed)
preprints
Prof. Hugh Jones
Tel. 4426
E-mail. H.R.A.Jones
Personal Webpage
Extrasolar Planets;
Brown dwarfs.
publications (all)
publications (refereed)
preprints
Dr Chiaki Kobayashi
Tel. TBA
E-mail. C.Kobayashi
publications (all)
publications (refereed)
preprints
Dr Philip Lucas
(Reader)
Tel. 6070
E-mail. P.W.Lucas
Star Formation;
Brown dwarfs;
Extra-solar planets;
Scattering models;
Instrumentation.
publications (all)
publications (refereed)
preprints
Dr Alan McCall
Tel. 6073
E-mail. A.Mccall
Star Formation;
Scattering models.
publications (all)
publications (refereed)
preprints
Dr Brent Miszalski
(PDRA)
Tel. 8536
E-mail. B.Miszalski
Personal Webpage

Planetary nebulae;
Common envelope evolution;
Multi-object spectroscopy.

publications (all)
publications (refereed)
preprints
Dr Ralf Napiwotzki
Tel. 6071
E-mail. R.Napiwotzki
Late stages of stellar evolution. publications (all)
publications (refereed)
preprints
Dr David Pinfield
(Reader and Academic Fellow)
Tel. 4171
E-mail. D.J.Pinfield
Personal Webpage
Brown dwarfs;
Extrasolar planets.
publications (all)
publications (refereed)
preprints
Dr Basmah Riaz
(Research Fellow)
Tel. 6078
E-mail. B.Riaz
Brown dwarf disks;
Astrochemistry;
Star formation.
publications (all)
publications (refereed)
preprints
Prof. Sean Ryan
Tel. 6068
E-mail. S.G.Ryan
Personal Webpage
Early stages of chemical evolution in the Galaxy;
Origins of galaxies and their evolution;
Population II/III stars.
publications (all)
publications (refereed)
preprints
Dr Marc Sarzi
(STFC Advanced Fellow)
Tel. 6437
E-mail. M.Sarzi
Personal Webpage
Massive Black Holes in Galactic Nuclei;
Integral Field Spectroscopy.
publications (all)
publications (refereed)
preprints
Dr Dan Smith
(Research Fellow)
Tel. TBA
E-mail. D.J.B.Smith
TBA.
publications (all)
publications (refereed)
preprints
Dr Jason Stevens
(Reader)
Tel. 6363
E-mail. J.A.Stevens
Star formation at high redshifts;
Dust in spiral galaxies;
AGN polarisation.
publications (all)
publications (refereed)
preprints
Dr Mark Thompson
Tel. 4605
E-mail. M.A.Thompson
Massive star formation;
Triggered star formation;
Galactic plane star formation surveys;
Astrochemistry
publications (all)
publications (refereed)
preprints
Dr Mikko Tuomi
Tel. 5222
E-mail. TBA
Personal Webpage
Extrasolar planets;
Bayesian statistics;
Multidata inversion techniques.
publications (all)
publications (refereed)
preprints
Research Fellows Jarvis, Pinfield and Sarzi become Academic Staff on completion of their Fellowships

Research students

Name Project
Ioannis Bagetakos
E-mail. I.Bagetakos
Supervisor: Brinks
Shells, Bubbles and Holes: the Porosity of the InterstellarMedium in Galaxies
Gemma Bagheri
E-mail. G.Bagheri
Supervisor: Cioni
The structure of the Magellanic Clouds
Pierre-Emmanuel Belles
E-mail. P.Belles
Supervisor: Brinks
Star Formation In Extreme Environments: The Intergalactic Laboratory
Christopher Burton
E-mail. C.S.Burton
Supervisor: Jarvis
The environmental effect on galaxy formation and evolution
David Bush
E-mail. TBA
Supervisor: Lucas
Red Objects and young clusters in the UKIDSS Galactic Plane Survey
James Canty
E-mail. J.Canty
Supervisor: Lucas
Very cool brown dwarfs and free floating planets
Jose Cao Orjales
E-mail. J.Cao-Orjales
Supervisor: Stevens
Active galactic nuclei and their environments
Carlos Contreras
E-mail. C.Contreras
Supervisor: Lucas
Extreme variable stars in star formation regions
Elizabeth Dodd
E-mail. E.Dodd
Supervisor: Jarvis

Multi-wavelength studies of the environments of AGN

James Falder
E-mail. J.T.Falder
Supervisor: Stevens
The environments of high-redshift AGN
Alessandro Faimali
E-mail. A.Faimali
Supervisor: Thompson
TBA
Hywel Farnhill
E-mail. H.Farnhill
Supervisor: Drew
Mapping the Galactic Plane beyond the Solar Circle
Dana Ficut-Vicas
E-mail. D.Vicas
Supervisor: Brinks
An analysis of Little THINGS
Isadora Fontaine
E-mail. TBA
Supervisor: Pinfield
TBA
Kieran Forde
E-mail. K.Forde
Supervisor: Gledhill
Integral field spectroscopy of post-AGB stars
James Frith
E-mail. J.Frith
Supervisor: Pinfield
Planet properties and ESA's Cosmic Vision
Andy Gallagher
E-mail. A.Gallagher
Supervisor: Ryan
Neutron-capture nucleosynthesis and high resolution spectroscopy of metal-deficient stars
Joana Gomes
E-mail. J.Gomes
Supervisor: Pinfield
Binary systems and their implications for exoplanets
Joanna Goodger
E-mail. J.L.Goodger
Supervisor: Hardcastle
Interactions between radio-loud active galaxies and their environments
Niall Goulding
E-mail. N.T.Goulding
Supervisor: Barnes
Cool star characterisation for extrasolar planet studies
Jeremy Harwood
E-mail. jeremy.harwood@physics.org
Supervisor: Hardcastle
X-ray jets in low-power and high-power radio sources
Peter Herbert
E-mail. P.D.Herbert
Supervisor: Jarvis
Multi-wavelength studies of AGN
Samantha Hickey
E-mail. S.Hickey
Supervisor: Jarvis
Tracing the build-up of stellar mass over the history of the Universe
Luke Hindson
E-mail. L.Hindson
Supervisor: Thompson
A comprehensive multiwavelength study of triggered and massive star formation in the Giant HII region G305
Eleni Kalfountzou
E-mail. E.Kalfountzou
Supervisor: Jarvis
The star-formation - AGN connection
Hugo Ledo
E-mail. H.Ledo
Supervisor: Sarzi
Galaxy Transformation in Clusters
Samuel Lindsay
E-mail. S.Lindsay
Supervisor: Jarvis
Cosmology with the new radio surveys
Federico Marocco
E-mail. F.Marocco
Supervisor: Jones
TBA
Beatriz Mingo
E-mail. B.Mingo
Supervisor: Hardcastle
X-ray studies of active galaxies
David Murray
E-mail. D.Murray
Supervisor: Burningham
Spectroscopy for candidate ultracool subdwarfs
Jamie Ownsworth
E-mail. J.Ownsworth
Supervisor: Hardcastle
Radio-loud AGN impact on galaxy scales
Glen Parish
E-mail. G.Parish
Supervisor: Jarvis
The environmental dependence of galaxy formation and evolution from optical and infrared surveys
Roberto Raddi
E-mail. R.Raddi1
Supervisor: Drew
A search for isolated young stars and star forming regions
David Samuel
E-mail: TBA
Supervisor: Lucas
A search for new clusters in the UKIDSS Galactic Plane Survey
David Shelton
E-mail. D.Shelton
Supervisor: Hardcastle
The environments of powerful radio galaxies
Liz Sibbons
E-mail. L.Sibbons1
Supervisor: Ryan
The metallicity distribution in the NGC 6822 galaxy and the calibration of the C/M ratio
Manuel Silva
E-mail. M.D.D.V.Silva
Supervisor: Napiwotzki
Runaway Stars
Brigitta Sipocz
E-mail. TBA
Supervisor: Pinfield
Searching for M dwarf transits
Ben Spikings
E-mail. B.Spikings
Supervisor: Napiwotski
TBA
Hanifa Teimourian
E-mail. H.Teimourian
Supervisor: Jarvis
Searching for radio-loud AGN in the epoch of reionization
Conrad Vilela
E-mail. C.Vilela
Supervisor: Pinfield
TBA
Lientjie de Villiers
E-mail. H.de-Villiers
Supervisor: Thompson
3D object extraction from astronomical spectral line datacubes
Simon Weston
E-mail. S.1.Weston
Supervisor: Napiwotzki
The population of planetary nebulae and their central stars
Alice Williamson
E-mail. A.M.Williamson
Supervisor: Priddey
Astronomy & Music: the Legacy of Pythagoreanism in the History of Ideas
Zenghua Zhang
E-mail. Z.Zhang7
Supervisor: Pinfield
Discovery and characterisation of ultracool dwarfs in large scale surveys
   

Visiting Professors

Name Research Interests Publications
Prof. David Axon
(Rochester Inst. Technology)
Massive Black Holes in Galactic Nuclei;
Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) - Unified Theories.
publications (all)
publications (refereed)
preprints
Prof. Juan Fabregat
(Universidad de Valencia)
Massive Stars, Massive X-Ray Binaries publications (all)
publications (refereed)
preprints
Prof. Johan Knapen
(IAC)
Star formation in galaxies;
Galactic bars;
Galaxy structure.
publications (all)
publications (refereed)
preprints
Prof. Bill Martin
(Joint appointment with CAIR)
Lasers;
Scattering;
Polarimetry.
 
Prof. Issac Shlosman
(University of Kentucky)
Galactic Dynamics. publications (all)
publications (refereed)
preprints
Prof. Bill Sparks
(STScI)
Astrobiology;
Extrasolar Planet Detection;
Radio Galaxies and Jets;
Mergers;
Distances of Galaxies using Light Echoes.
publications (all)
publications (refereed)
preprints
Prof. Doug Whittet
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst.)
Physics and Chemistry of Interstellar Dust and its role in Star Formation. publications (all)
publications (refereed)
preprints

Visiting Senior Research Fellows

Name Research Interests Publications
Prof. David Aitken Star Formation;
Interstellar dust;
Polarization mechanisms;
Galactic centre.
publications (all)
publications (refereed)
preprints
Dr Andy Bunker
(Oxford)
Galaxy formation and evolution;
High-redshift galaxies and their stellar populations;
Intervening absorption systems seen in quasar spectra.
publications (all)
publications (refereed)
preprints
Dr Andrew Robinson
(Rochester Inst. Technology)
Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) - Unified Theories. publications (all)
publications (refereed)
preprints

Visiting Research Fellows

Name Research Interests Publications
Dr Stuart Clark
www.stuartclark.com publications (all)
publications (refereed)
preprints
Dr Judith Croston
University of Southampton
Astrophysical jets;
X-ray emission from groups and clusters of galaxies.
publications (all)
publications (refereed)
preprints
Dr Bob Chapman Gamma Ray Bursts publications
preprints
Dr Avril Day-Jones
(Universidad de Chile)
Brown Dwarfs publications (all)
publications (refereed)
preprints
Dr Chen Dong
(Yunnan Observatory, China)
Brown dwarfs;
Planets;
Robotic telescopes.
publications (all)
publications (refereed)
preprints
Dr Maria-Cruz Gálvez-Ortiz
(Marie-Curie Fellow)
Chromospheric activity;
Binary stars;
Low mass stars and objects.
publications (all)
publications (refereed)
preprints
Dr Yakiv Pavlenko
(Leverhulme Fellow)
Stellar atmospheres;
Brown dwarfs.
publications (all)
publications (refereed)
preprints
Mr Nik Szymanek
Outreach;
Astrophotography
www.ccdland.com
publications
Dr Stuart Young
(Rochester Inst. Technology)
Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) - Unified Theories. publications (all)
publications (refereed)
preprints