STAFF AND RESEARCH

Faculty and Teaching Staff

  •   Prof Michael Smith [Professor of Astronomy] (Star Formation, Astrofluids)
  •   Prof Mark Burchell [Professor of Space Science] (Impacts, Planetary Science, Astrobiology)
  •   Dr Dirk Froebrich [Lecturer in Astronomy; Observatory Manager] (Protostars, Interstellar Matters)
  •   Dr Jingqi Miao [Lecturer in Astrophysics] (Star formation, Numerical Astrophysics)
  •   Dr Stephen Lowry [Lecturer in Astronomy and Astrophysics] (Solar System Small Bodies: Observations and Spacecraft Exploration)

Postdoctoral Research Associates & Adjunct Researchers

Experimental Officer

Observatory Team: CAPS Associate Members

  •  John Kemp (Instumentation, Telescopes, SEKAS contact)
  •  Dr Kaz Krynicki (CAPS Honorary Adjunct Fellow)

Space School Team

  •   Steve Walls
  •   Jo Mann
  •   Robert Gore
  •   Matthew Maylin
  •   Anika Walls-Bruck
  •   Vicky FitzGerald
  •   Faye Thorndycroft

Computational Astrophysics Group

Postgraduate Students

  •  Nick Foster (Raman Spectroscopy of NASA Stardust Samples)
  •  Andrew Lightwing (Impact disruption of icy targets)
  •  Jonathan Rowles (Star Formation)
  •  Sam Fairey * (The "Stardust" space mission.)
  •  Sharon Mitchison (Evolution of Star Formation Regions)
  •  Nick Miles (Genetic Algorithms for Photometric Redshifts)
  •  Michael Knight (Numerical Astrophysics)
  •  Stuart Standen (Solar System Studies)
  • * In process of being examined

    Adjunct Positions

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