Southampton Theory Astrophysics and Gravity (STAG) Research Centre

Our people

Learn about our academic experts, from their research interests to their contact details.

Dr Benjamin Withers

Principal Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Gravity
  • Holography
  • String theory

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Bipasha Chakraborty

Lecturer in Lattice QCD

Research interests

  • Theoretical particle physics;
  • Lattice QCD;
  • Flavour physics & precision tests of the Standard Model;

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Mr Bruno Gimenez Umbert

STFC Research Fellow
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Mr Calvin Sykes PhD

Research Fellow
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Professor Carlos Lobo

Professor

Research interests

  • Superfluidity (rotational aspects, microscopics)
  • Superconductivity (multicomponent pairing theory, FFLO states)
  • Condensed Matter aspects of ultracold atoms (topological states in lattices)

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Dr Carlos Mafra

Principal Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Covariant quantization of the superstring
  • Pure spinor formalism
  • Superstring scattering amplitudes

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Professor Carsten Gundlach

Professor of Mathematical Physics

Research interests

  • Classical general relativity
  • Numerical relativity
  • Critical phenomena in gravitational collapse

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Mr Chandramouli Chowdhury

Senior Research Assistant

Research interests

  • Cosmological Correlators
  • Scattering Amplitudes
  • Logarithmic corrections to Black Hole Entropy
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Professor Christian Knigge

Professor of Astrophysics

Research interests

  • accretion phenomena and associated outflows
  • cataclysmic variables
  • close binaries
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Dr Christopher Frohmaier

Senior Research Fellow
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