Astronomy Group

People

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

Professor Matthew Middleton

Professor
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Dr Mehtap Ozbey Arabaci

Research Software Engineer
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Dr Nawapat Kaweeyanun

Res Fellow in Magnetospheric Physics

Research interests

  • Auroras
  • Terrestrial Magnetosphere
  • Planetary and Moon Magnetospheres
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Dr Philip Wiseman

Senior Research Fellow Ernest Rutherford

Research interests

  • the supernova explosions of white dwarf stars
  • the expansion of the Universe
  • ‘dark energy’ that accelerates its expansion

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Poshak Gandhi

Professor of Astrophysics

Research interests

  • Data-intensive Astronomy
  • Social Impact of Astronomy
  • Time-domain astrophysics, Black Holes, Lunar astronomy
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Professor Robert Fear

Professor

Research interests

  • Magnetic reconnection
  • Large-scale solar wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling
  • Global magnetospheric dynamics
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Dr Sadie Jones

Senior Teaching Fellow
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Dr Sandra De Jesus Raimundo

Lecturer in Astronomy

Research interests

  • Supermassive black holes; 
  • Active Galactic Nuclei; 
  • Galaxy evolution and dynamics; 

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Sebastian Hoenig

Head of School

Research interests

  • Active Galactic Nuclei
  • Dust
  • Radiative transfer
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Professor Tony Bird

Associate Dean Education

Research interests

  • My main research interest is in instrumentation and data analysis for high energy astrophysics.
  • I am a co-investigator for the IBIS imaging telescope on the European Space Agency's INTEGRAL space telescope mission, operating successfully since its launch in 2001.
  • I am responsible for compilation of the all-sky survey from IBIS.
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