Lensing of space time around a black hole. At Oxford we study black holes observationally and theoretically on all size and time scales - it is some of our core work. Credit: ALAIN RIAZUELO, IAP/UPMC/CNRS. CLICK HERE TO VIEW MORE IMAGES. Dr Becky SmethurstRoyal Astronomical Society Research Fellow Research themeAstronomy and astrophysics Sub departmentAstrophysics Research groupsGalaxy formation and evolutionHintze Centre for Astrophysical Surveys rebecca.smethurst@physics.ox.ac.uk Personal website (with contact email address for non-academic queries) About Research Prizes, awards and recognition Science Communication Publications