Hello world!
I'm an astrophysicist working at Queen Mary University of London
NEWS: I gave a talk at the Royal Institution
NEWS: At the start of 2023 I was awarded a ~€2M ERC consolidator grant to study planet-forming discs in harsh UV environments. The project name is FRIED
I am interested in many topics in astronomy, including
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Working with data from state of the art observational facilities such as ALMA and JWST
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I am on the science team of a UV space telescope proposal Hyperion and its successor, Eos
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Understanding planet diversity in terms of wider diversity in the universe
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Protoplanetary disc photoevaporation (internally and externally)
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Photosynthesis on exoplanets
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The evolution of star forming regions
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Feedback and triggered star formation
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Cloud-cloud collisions
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Synthetic observations (of pretty much anything)
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Globulettes
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Radiation hydrodynamics
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Code comparison (StarBench)
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Creativity and Curiosity - a collaboration between artists and astronomers
I currently lecture the Masters level Radiative Transfer and Astrochemistry course at QMUL