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Southampton Theory Astrophysics and Gravity (STAG) Research Centre

Our people

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

Mr Lorenzo Maximilian Kuchler

Research Fellow

Dr Lu Heng Sunny Yu

Teaching Fellow

Research interests

  • Quantum gravity, Quantum field theory, Relativity, Gravity and Cosmology
  • Mathematics and Physics Education

Emeritus Professor Malcolm Coe FRAS, FHEA, FRCS

Research interests

  • His PhD involved participating in the construction of the UK's first  space-based X-ray telescope and, subsequently, analyzing data from that instrument.
  • At NASA, and since, he worked with other space-based telescopes to investigate the Universe at extreme temperatures and gravities, exploring the boundaries of Einstein's theory of General Relativity.
  • Since then he has also been a frequent user of international ground-based telescopes.

Email: m.j.coe@soton.ac.uk

Address: B46, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

Dr Manda Banerji

Associate Dean-Equality, Div. & Inc.

Accepting applications from PhD students

Professor Mark Sullivan

Associate Dean-Research

Research interests

  • Supernovae
  • Time domain astronomy
  • Cosmology

Accepting applications from PhD students

Dr Matthew Middleton

Associate Professor

Dr Michael Kenna-Allison PhD

Teaching Fellow

Research interests

  • Modified Gravity & Cosmology.
  • Dark Energy Theories.

Dr Nawapat Kaweeyanun

Res Fellow in Magnetospheric Physics

Professor Nicholas Evans

Professor of Particle Physics

Research interests

  • Strongly Coupled Gauge Theories including QCD and composite Higgs models
  • Holographic Descriptions of Gauge Theories
  • The origin of mass

Accepting applications from PhD students