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A mask highlighting tens of thousands of radio sources in a deep MeerKAT observation of the CDFS field.

Ian Heywood

Senior Researcher in Radio Astronomy

Research theme

  • Astronomy and astrophysics

Sub department

  • Astrophysics

Research groups

  • Galaxy formation and evolution
  • MeerKAT
  • Pulsars, transients and relativistic astrophysics
  • The Square Kilometre Array (SKA)
ian.heywood@physics.ox.ac.uk
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  • Publications

I am a senior researcher in radio astronomy at the University of Oxford, UK, and a visiting professor at Rhodes University, South Africa. I also have an honorary affiliation with the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory.

My research involves using continuum and spectral line observations with radio interferometers to study various phenomena in the Universe, and developing new and automated ways to process such data. I work on the design and execution of several large-scale radio surveys using next-generation radio telescopes, primarily MeerKAT, the South African precursor to the mid-frequency component of the Square Kilometre Array.

A list of my publications can be found on NASA's ADS here.

I held a Hintze Fellowship in Oxford prior to my current position (2017-2019). Before that I spent four years in Australia where I was a Senior Research Scientist (2013-2017) and head of the astrophysics group (2016-2017) at CSIRO Astronomy & Space Science, where I worked mainly on commissioning the ASKAP telescope, the other dish-based SKA precursor instrument. I have also previously held an Honorary Senior Research Associate (2011-2017) position at Rhodes University. Before moving to Australia I was a SEPnet Fellow (2011-2013), and post-doc (2004-2011) at the University of Oxford. I received my PhD in astrophysics from the University of Manchester (2005).

Thanks for visiting.

Research interests

Galaxy formation and evolution
Radio transients
Radio interferometry techniques
Radio surveys

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