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Research Staff in Astrophysics

Professor Roger Davies	*Philip Wetton Professor and Head of Astrophysics*
Dr Suzanne Aigrain	Extra-solar planets, star and planet formation
Professor S Jocelyn Bell Burnell	Neutron stars, microquasars, gamma ray bursts
Professor Katherine Blundell	Relativistic jets, astrophysical plasmas, evolution of quasars and microquasars
Dr Andrew Bunker	Formation and evolution of galaxies
Dr Martin Bureau	Galaxy dynamics and evolution
Dr Michele Cappellari	Galaxy formation and evolution
Dr Garret Cotter	Observational Cosmology
Dr Gavin Dalton	Large-Scale Structure and FMOS Project
Dr Julien Devriendt	Cosmology, Galaxy Formation and Evolution
Dr Joanna Dunkley	Theoretical Cosmology
Professor Pedro Ferreira	Theoretical Cosmology
Professor Isobel Hook	Cosmology with high redshift supernovae; high redshift quasars
Professor Mike Jones	Experimental Cosmology
Dr Chris Lintott	Star formation
Dr Tony Lynas-Gray	Stellar Atmospheres and Pulsation
Dr Phil Marshall	Observational cosmology, gravitational lensing
Professor John Miller	Relativistic Astrophysics
Dr Lance Miller	Observational Cosmology
Professor Philipp Podsiadlowski	Stellar Evolution Theory and Applications
Professor Steve Rawlings	Observational Cosmology
Dr Dimitra Rigopoulou	Observational Cosmology, Mid-Far Infrared Spectroscopy
Professor Pat Roche	Young Stars and Infrared Instrumentation
Professor Joseph Silk	*Savilian Professor*
Dr Adrianne Slyz	numerical hydrodynamics, interstellar medium, galaxy formation
Dr Harry Smith	Radio interference characterisation and spectrum management [CRAF Associate]
Dr Mark Sullivan	Observational cosmology; Dark energy; Galaxy evolution; Supernovae
Dr Angela Taylor	Experimental Cosmology
Professor Niranjan Thatte	Integral Field Spectroscopy, Seyferts & AGN, Exo-planets
Professor Ghassan Yassin	Experimental Cosmology

Research Staff in Theoretical Physics

Professor James Binney	Gravitational Dynamics
Dr John Magorrian	Galactic/Solar System Dynamics, Gravitational Lensing
Dr John March-Russell	Particle Astrophysics
Dr Graham Ross	Particle Astrophysics
Prof Subir Sarkar	Particle Astrophysics and the Early Universe

Gemini Support Staff

Dr Emily Down	AGN
Dr Andrew Gosling	X-ray binaries
Dr Ilona Soechting	Observational cosmology
Dr Aprajita Verma	Observational Cosmology

Postdoctoral Researchers in Astrophysics

Dr Estelle Bayet
Dr Fraser Clarke	Brown dwarfs, Extrasolar planets
Dr Charmaine Armitage-Caplan	Cosmology, Cosmic Microwave Background
Dr Sirichai Chongchitnan	Theoretical cosmology. Observational tests of inflation and dark energy
Dr Tim Clifton	Theoretical Cosmology
Dr Yohan Dubois	Numerical hydrodynamics, galaxy formation, cosmological magnetic field, feedback
Dr Neale Gibson	Extrasolar planet detection and characterisation
Dr Christopher Gordon	Cosmology
Dr Ian Heywood	Observational Cosmology
Dr Ryan Houghton	Galaxy Evolution
Dr Aris Karastergiou
Dr Sugata Kaviraj	The Formation and Evolution of the First Galaxies
Dr Hans-Rainer Klockner	Observational Cosmology
Dr Jamie Leech	Experimental Cosmology
Dr Ian Lewis	FMOS Project
Dr Kate Maguire	Supernovae, observational cosmology
Dr Sebastian Perez	Micrquasars, AGN
Dr Arfon Smith	Galaxy Zoo
Dr Matthias Tecza
Dr Stephen Wilkins	Galaxy formation and evolution
Dr Kristian Zarb Adami	Experimental Cosmology, Bayesian Data Analysis, CMOS Design
Dr Joe Zuntz	CMB theory and analysis

Post-doctoral Researchers in Theoretical Physics

See Theoretical Astrophysics website

Postgraduate Students in Astrophysics

Graeme Addison	Cosmology, CMB, inflation
Richard Armstrong	Experimental Cosmology
Tessa Baker	Theoretical cosmology, modified gravity
Sarah Blake	Supernovae
Richard Booth	Stars. simulations
Philip Bull	Theoretical cosmology; inhomogeneous cosmological models; dark energy
Joseph Caruana	Galaxy Formation and Evolution
Adam Coates	Radio astronomy
Charles Copley	Radio instrumentation
Daniel Darg	Foundations of Cosmology, Multiverse Scenarioes, Computer Modelling
Olaf Davis	Cosmological dark matter simulations
Roger Deane	Radio interferometry, galaxy evolution
Sam Doolin	Quasars and Radio Galaxies, Microquasars, Accretion and Jets
Thomas Evans	Exoplanets
Griffin Foster	Radio Instrumentation
Sam Geen	Numerical Galaxy Formation
Renee Hlozek	Theoretical and Observational Cosmology
Taysun Kimm	Galaxy Formation and Evolution
Boon Kok Tan	Terahertz intrumentation, Cosmology, Astronomical Telescope
Edward Macaulay	Theoretical Cosmology
Amy McQuillan	Extra-solar planets
Sarah Miller	Galaxy Dynamics & Evolution
Ernst Otto	Experimental Cosmology
Yen-Chen Pan	Type 1a Supernovae
Kieran Phillips	Large scale galactic dynamics, early universe dynamics and cosmology, solar physics, theoretical astrophysics
William Potter	AGN jet production, accretion discs, dark energy
Danny Price	Instrumentation
Henry Tillson	Cosmology, Galaxy Formation and Evolution
Selçuk Topal	Early Type Galaxies
Mihran Vardanyan	Theoretical Cosmology
Jasmeer Virdee	Herschel, ALMA, GMRT
Qiang Yi	QSOs
Kimon Zagkouris
Yangjun Zhou

Visitors

Dr Susan Ames	Theoretical Cosmology
Charlie Barclay	Green College SCR
Dr Marc Sarzi	Galaxy Evolution

Postgraduate Students in Theoretical Physics

See Theoretical Astrophysics website

Support Staff

Martin J Carter	Deputy Systems Manager
Jonathan Patterson	Beowulf Manager
Vanessa Ferraro-Wood	Astrophysics Administrator and PA to Head of Astrophysics
Yunley Oakley	Astrophysics Finance Manager
Ashling Morris	Astrophysics Secretary and PA to Savilian Professor