The Astrophysics Team
The astrophysics group in Exeter was founded in 2001 (or thereabouts?). See
here for a look at the group circa September 2004, and
here for a list of current members of the group.
Please add details of your own work and areas of research.
Academic Staff
Name | Job Title | Research Interest | Room Number | Telephone Number | Email Address |
Prof. Matthew Bate | Head of Group. Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics | SPH simulations of star formation | 416 | 01392 725513 | mbate@astro.ex.ac.uk |
Prof. Mark McCaughrean | Professor of Astrophysics | Infrared observations of star formation regions, HH objects, low mass stars and brown dwarfs | On leave of abscence | Unused | mjm@astro.ex.ac.uk |
Prof. Tim Naylor | Norman Lockyer Professor of Astrophysics, Head of School of Physics | Optical observations of star formation regions, colour-magnitude diagrams | 613 | 01392 264172 | timn@astro.ex.ac.uk |
Dr. Suzanne Aigrain | Lecturer | Observations of transiting exoplanets and eclipsing binaries | 507 | 01392 264089 | suz@astro.ex.ac.uk |
Dr. Chris Brunt | Lecturer | Radio and sub-mm observations of molecular clouds and star formation regions | 415 | 01392 725512 | brunt@astro.ex.ac.uk |
Dr. Tim Harries | Senior Lecturer | Observations and modelling of circumstellar discs and magnetospheric accretion, radiation transfer codes | 505 | 01392 264158 | th@astro.ex.ac.uk |
Dr. Jennifer Hatchell | Senior Research Fellow | Use of far-infrared and millimetre wavelengths to study clouds of gas and dust during collapse under gravity | 406 | 01392 725516 | hatchell@astro.ex.ac.uk |
Dr. Jenny Patience | Lecturer | Infrared and mm observations of star formation and planet host stars, interferometry and simultaneous differential imaging | 506 | 01392 264125 | patience@astro.ex.ac.uk |
Dr. Frédéric Pont | Senior Lecturer | Photometric and spectroscopic observations of exoplanets | 417 | 01392 725522 | fpont@astro.ex.ac.uk |
Fellows
Honorary Fellows
Post-doctoral
Research Administrator
Systems Administrator
Post-Graduates
Past Members
Last known location listed.
Dr. Gennaro D'Angelo - NASA Ames
Dr. Andy Bunker - Oxford
Dr. Ben Burningham - Hertfordshire
Dr. Kuenley Chiu - ?
Dr. Howard Cohl - New Zealand. Doing another PhD on Green's functions
Dr. Stuart Littlefair - Sheffield
Dr. Ryuichi Kurosawa - University of Las Vegas in Nevada
Dr. Chris Reeves - St Andrews
Dr. Neil Symington - St Andrews
Dr. Stuart Whitehouse - Basel