Mark Sullivan

Research interests

Supernovae

Time domain astronomy

Cosmology

Accepting applications from PhD students.

Research

Research groups

Member of:

Research interests

Supernovae
Time domain astronomy
Cosmology
Dark energy
Galaxy evolution

Current research

Mark's research interests include supernovae, dark energy, galaxy evolution, and applications of data science techniques to astrophysics research. His supernova research group has been funded by the European Research Council and by the Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC), and he was the PI of the STFC Centre for Doctoral Training in Data Intensive Science (DISCnet). He is now working on preparation for the Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time, and the ESO/4MOST spectrographic instrument.

Research projects

Active projects

LSST and TiDES: the next generation of type Ia supernova cosmology

Researchers:

Professor Mark Sullivan

C Knigge - Astrophysics at Southampton

Researchers:

Professor Christian Knigge

Professor Tony Bird ,

Professor Diego Altamirano ,

Professor Sebastian Hoenig ,

Professor Mark Sullivan ,

Professor Francesco Shankar ,

Professor Poshak Gandhi ,

Professor Matthew Middleton

Sponsor: Science And Technology Facilities Council

LSST:UK Phase C: Southampton Component

Researchers:

Professor Manda Banerji

Professor Mark Sullivan

Sponsor: Science And Technology Facilities Council

Completed projects

UK Involvement in LSST: Phase B

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Professor Mark Sullivan

Sponsor: Science And Technology Facilities Council

Physics and Cosmology with Supernovae

Researchers:

Professor Mark Sullivan

Sponsor: Science And Technology Facilities Council

UK Involvement in LSST : Phase A

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Professor Mark Sullivan

Sponsor: Science And Technology Facilities Council

PATT Travel Grant - Support for Telescope Travel for......

Researchers:

Professor Mark Sullivan

Sponsor: Science And Technology Facilities Council

SPCND-EU ERC- Dr M Sullivan

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Professor Mark Sullivan

Sponsor: European Union

Mole Gazer: Proof-of-concept study to improve early detection of melanoma using time-series analyses of evolution of naevi

Researchers:

Professor Mark Sullivan

Sponsor: European Union

Fast Transients- Marie Curie IIF- Mark Sullivan

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Professor Mark Sullivan

Sponsor: European Union

Opening a Window onto the Final Stages of Massive Star Evolution

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Professor Mark Sullivan

Sponsor: Weizmann UK

STFC opportunities: Developing synergies between transient astronomy and early medical intervention

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Professor Mark Sullivan

Sponsor: Science And Technology Facilities Council

RS URF Mark Sullivan: Dark Energy Now and in the Future

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Professor Mark Sullivan

Sponsor: Royal Society

Travel Support for Conference: Supernovae in the Local Universe

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Professor Mark Sullivan

Sponsor: Royal Astronomical Society

RAS Undergraduate Summer Research Student Bursary

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Professor Mark Sullivan

Sponsor: Royal Astronomical Society

Undergraduate Bursary for Summer Research Student: "Superluminous Supernovae : a Route to the Progenitors?"

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Professor Mark Sullivan

Sponsor: Royal Astronomical Society

C Knigge - Astrophysics at Southampton

Researchers:

Professor Christian Knigge

Professor Mark Sullivan ,

Professor Poshak Gandhi ,

Professor Francesco Shankar ,

Professor Matthew Middleton ,

Professor Sebastian Hoenig

Sponsor: Science & Technology Facilities Council

Publications

156 publications

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It is not σ8: constraining the non-linear matter power spectrum with the Dark Energy Survey Year-5 supernova sample

P. Shah, T. M. Davis, M. Vincenzi, P. Armstrong, D. Brout, R. Camilleri, L. Galbany, M. S. S. Gill, D. Huterer, N. Jeffrey, O. Lahav, J. Lee, C. Lidman, A. Möller, M. Sullivan, L. Whiteway, P. Wiseman, S. Allam, M. Aguena, J. Annis, J. Blazek, D. Brooks, A. Carnero Rosell, J. Carretero, C. Conselice, L. N. da Costa, M. E. S. Pereira, S. Desai, H. T. Diehl, P. Doel, S. Everett, I. Ferrero, B. Flaugher, J. Frieman, J. García-Bellido, E. Gaztanaga, G. Giannini, D. Gruen, R. A. Gruendl, G. Gutierrez, S. R. Hinton, D. L. Hollowood, K. Honscheid, D. J. James, S. Lee, J. L. Marshall, J. Mena-Fernández, R. Miquel, A. Palmese & A. Pieres, 2025, Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society, 537(4), 3814-3825

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staf286

Type: article

Reduction of the type Ia supernova host galaxy step in the outer regions of galaxies

M. Toy, P. Wiseman, M. Sullivan, D. Scolnic, M. Vincenzi, D. Brout, T. M. Davis, C. Frohmaier, L. Galbany, C. Lidman, J. Lee, L. Kelsey, R. Kessler, A. Möller, B. Popovic, B. O. Sánchez, P. Shah, M. Smith, M. Aguena, S. Allam, O. Alves, D. Bacon, D. Brooks, D. L. Burke, A. Carnero Rosell, J. Carretero, L. N. da Costa, M. E. S. Pereira, S. Desai, H. T. Diehl, P. Doel, A. Drlica-Wagner, S. Everett, I. Ferrero, B. Flaugher, J. Frieman, J. García-Bellido, M. Gatti, E. Gaztanaga, G. Giannini, R. A. Gruendl, G. Gutierrez, S. R. Hinton, D. L. Hollowood, K. Honscheid, D. J. James, K. Kuehn, O. Lahav, S. Lee & J. L. Marshall, 2025, Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society, 538(1), 181-197

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staf248

Type: article

A systematically-selected sample of luminous, long-duration, ambiguous nuclear transients

P. Wiseman, R.D. Williams, I. Arcavi, L. Galbany, M.J. Graham, S. Hönig, M. Newsome, B. Subrayan, M. Sullivan, Y. Wang, D. Ilić, M. Nicholl, S. Oates, T. Petrushevska & K.W. Smith, 2025, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 537(2), 2024-2045

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staf116

Type: article

SN 2023xwi: forbidden line emission in the peak spectrum of a Ca-strong transient

C.-G Touchard-Paxton, C. Frohmaier, M. Pursiainen, M. Sullivan, A. Polin, G. Dimitriadis, L. Galbany, T.L. Killestein, A. Kumar & J. Lyman, 2025, Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society, 537(2), 1015-1027

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staf069

Type: article

Constraints on compact objects from the Dark Energy Survey 5-yr supernova sample

P. Shah, T.M. Davis, M. Vincenzi, P. Armstrong, D. Brout, R. Camilleri, L. Galbany, J. Garcia-Bellido, M.S.S. Gill, O. Lahav, J. Lee, C. Lidman, A. Moeller, M. Sako, B.O. Sanchez, M. Sullivan, L. Whiteway, P. Wiseman, S. Allam, M. Aguena, S. Bocquet, D. Brooks, D.L. Burke, A. Carnero Rosell, L.N. da Costa, M.E.S. Pereira, S. Desai, S. Dodelson, P. Doel, I. Ferrero, B. Flaugher, J. Frieman, E. Gaztanaga, D. Gruen, R.A. Gruendl, G. Gutierrez, K. Herner, S.R. Hinton, D.L. Hollowood, K. Honscheid, D.J. James, K. Kuehn, S. Lee, J.L. Marshall, J. Mena-Fernandez, R. Miquel, J. Myles, A. Palmese, A. Pieres & A.A. Plazas Malagon, 2025, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 536(1), 946-961

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stae2614

Type: article

Evaluating cosmological biases using photometric redshifts for type Ia supernova cosmology with the dark energy survey supernova program

R.C. Chen, D. Scolnic, M. Vincenzi, E.S. Rykoff, J. Myles, R. Kessler, B. Popovic, M. Sako, M. Smith, P. Armstrong, D. Brout, T.M. Davis, L. Galbany, J. Lee, C. Lidman, A. Möller, B.O. Sánchez, M. Sullivan, H. Qu, P. Wiseman, T.M.C. Abbott, M. Aguena, S. Allam, O. Alves, F. Andrade-Oliveira, J. Annis, D. Bacon, D. Brooks, A. Carnero Rosell, J. Carretero, A. Choi, C. Conselice, L.N. da Costa, M.E.S. Pereira, H.T. Diehl, P. Doel, S. Everett, I. Ferrero, B. Flaugher, J. Frieman, J. García-Bellido, M. Gatti, E. Gaztanaga, G. Giannini, D. Gruen, R.A. Gruendl, G. Gutierrez, K. Herner, S.R. Hinton & D.L. Hollowood, 2024, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 536(2), 1948-1966

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stae2703

Type: article

The Dark Energy Survey supernova program: cosmological analysis and systematic uncertainties

M. Vincenzi, D. Brout, P. Armstrong, L. Kelsey, M. Smith, M. Sullivan, P. Wiseman, C. Frohmaier & M. Toy, 2024

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad5e6c

Type: other

Modelling the impact of host galaxy dust on type Ia supernova distance measurements

B. Popovic, P. Wiseman, M. Sullivan, M. Smith, S. González-Gaitán, D. Scolnic, J. Duarte, P. Armstrong, J. Asorey, D. Brout, D. Carollo, L. Galbany, K. Glazebrook, L. Kelsey, R. Kessler, C. Lidman, J. Lee, G.F. Lewis, A. Möller, R.C. Nichol, B.O. Sánchez, M. Toy, B.E. Tucker, M. Vincenzi, T. M. C. Abbott, M. Aguena, F. Andrade-Oliveira, D. Bacon, D. Brooks, D. L. Burke, A. Carnero Rosell, J. Carretero, F.J. Castander, L.N. da Costa, M.E.S. Pereira, T.M. Davis, S. Desai, S. Everett, I. Ferrero, B. Flaugher, J. García-Bellido, E. Gaztanaga, R.A. Gruendl, G. Gutierrez, S.R. Hinton, D.L. Hollowood, K. Honscheid, D.J. James, K. Kuehn & O. Lahav, 2024, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 534(3), 2263-2276

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stae2164

Type: article

The Dark Energy Survey Supernova program: light curves and 5 yr data release

B. O. Sánchez, D. Brout, M. Vincenzi, M. Sako, K. Herner, R. Kessler, T.M. Davis, D. Scolnic, M. Acevedo, J. Lee, A. Möller, H. Qu, L. Kelsey, P. Wiseman, P. Armstrong, B. Rose, R. Camilleri, R. Chen, L. Galbany, E. Kovacs, C. Lidman, B. Popovic, M. Smith, P. Shah, M. Sullivan, M. Toy, T.M.C. Abbott, M. Aguena, S. Allam, O. Alves, J. Annis, J. Asorey, S. Avila, D. Bacon, D. Brooks, D.L. Burke, A. Carnero Rosell, D. Carollo, J. Carretero, L.N. da Costa, F.J. Castander, S. Desai, H.T. Diehl, J. Duarte, S. Everett, I. Ferrero, B. Flaugher, J. Frieman, J. García-Bellido & M. Gatti, 2024, The Astrophysical Journal, 975(1)

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad739a

Type: article

The Dark Energy Survey: cosmology results with ∼1500 new high-redshift Type Ia supernovae using the full 5 yr data set

T. M. C. Abbott, M. Acevedo, M. Aguena, A. Alarcon, S. Allam, O. Alves, A. Amon, F. Andrade-Oliveira, J. Annis, P. Armstrong, J. Asorey, S. Avila, D. Bacon, B. A. Bassett, K. Bechtol, P. H. Bernardinelli, G. M. Bernstein, E. Bertin, J. Blazek, S. Bocquet, D. Brooks, D. Brout, E. Buckley-Geer, D. L. Burke, H. Camacho, R. Camilleri, A. Campos, A. Carnero Rosell, D. Carollo, A. Carr, J. Carretero, F. J. Castander, R. Cawthon, C. Chang, R. Chen, A. Choi, C. Conselice, M. Costanzi, L. N. da Costa, M. Crocce, T. M. Davis, D. L. DePoy, S. Desai, H. T. Diehl, M. Dixon, C. Frohmaier, M. Sullivan, M. Toy & P. Wiseman, 2024, The Astrophysical Journal, 973(1)

DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ad6f9f

Type: article

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