Southampton Theory Astrophysics and Gravity (STAG) Research Centre

Our people

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

Dr Sadie Jones

Senior Teaching Fellow
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Dr Samuel Upton

Research Fellow

Research interests

  • General relativity
  • Black holes
  • Gravitational waves
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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 Stefano Moretti PhD, FilDrHC

Professor

Research interests

  • His research interests include: Standard Model (QCD and EW Interactions), Supersymmetry, Non-…
  • Prof Moretti’s scientific activity is in particle phenomenology, particularly in the area of …
  • Prof Moretti is also author of two textbooks, S. Khalil and S. Moretti, `Supersymmetry Beyond…

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Emeritus Professor Stephen King FInstP, CPhys, PhD

Research interests

  • The Flavour Problem and Neutrino Physics
  • Interface of Cosmology with Particle Physics
  • Beyond the Standard Model
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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 astrophysic…
  • I am a co-investigator for the IBIS imaging telescope on the European Space Agency's INTEGRAL…
  • I am responsible for compilation of the all-sky survey from IBIS.
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Dr Violetta Sagun

Senior Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Neutron stars
  • Dark matter
  • Binary neutron star mergers
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