Staff directory
List of staff and postgraduate students in the Institute for Astronomy
Telephone numbers in the list below are shown as UK numbers. Callers from outside the UK should remove the leading zero and use the UK country code (+44).
| Name | Position | Contact details | Location | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academic staff | ||||
| Philip Best | Professor of Extragalactic Astrophysics | pnb [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE C21 |  |
| Beth Biller | Reader | bb [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE R4 |  |
| Peter Brand | Senior Honorary Professorial Fellow | pwb [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE S |  |
| Romeel Dave | Chair of Physics | rad [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE U14 |  |
| James Dunlop | Professor | James.Dunlop [at] ed.ac.uk | JCMB 4323b |  |
| Annette Ferguson | Professor of Observational Astrophysics | ferguson [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE C13 | |
| Catherine Heymans | Professor | heymans [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE R7 |  |
| Rob Ivison | Professor of Astrophysics | rji [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE RC5 |  |
| Sadegh Khochfar | Personal Chair of Theoretical Astrophysics | sadeghk [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE C19 |  |
| Andy Lawrence | Professor | al [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE U13 |  |
| Bob Mann | Professor | rgm [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE C14 |  |
| Ross McLure | Professor of Extragalactic Astrophysics | rjm [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE U17 |  |
| Avery Meiksin | Professor | meiksin [at] staffmail.ed.ac.uk | ROE U11 |  |
| John Peacock | Professor | jap [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE C20 |  |
| Jorge Peñarrubia | Personal Chair of Gravitational Dynamics | jorpega [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE C15 |  |
| Ken Rice | Personal Chair of Computational Astrophysics | wkmr [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE R8 |  |
| Britton Smith | Chancellor's Fellow | britton.smith [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE R12 |  |
| Colin Snodgrass | Chancellors Fellow | colin.snodgrass [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE R6 | |
| Andy Taylor | Professor of Astrophysics | ant [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE U15 |  |
| Joe Zuntz | Chancellor's Fellow | jzuntz [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE Higgs H 1.05 |  |
| Research staff | ||||
| Shadab Alam | Postdoctoral Research Associate | salam [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE Stobie 3 | |
| Marika Asgari | PDRA | ma [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE East Tower | |
| Mariangela Bonavita | PDRA | mbonav [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE |  |
| Alastair Bruce | PDRA | alb [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE St2 | |
| Yanchuan Cai | Royal Society Research Fellow | cai [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE S7 |  |
| Adam Carnall | Postdoctoral Research Assistant | adamc [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE Stobie 2 | |
| Matteo Cataneo | PDRA | matteo.cataneo [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE S5 |  |
| Ross Collins | Senior Survey Astronomy Software Developer | rsc [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE H1.02 |  |
| Giuseppe Congedo | Postdoctoral Research Associate | giuseppe.congedo [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE Stobie 4 |  |
| Nicholas Cross | PDRA | njc [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE H1.04 |  |
| Weiguang Cui | Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Galaxy Formation and Theoretical Cosmology | Weiguang.Cui [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE R3 | |
| Fergus Cullen | PDRA | fc [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE ET | |
| Daniel Eastwood | Postdoctoral Research Associate | daniel.eastwood [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE U6 | |
| Benjamin Giblin | Postdoctoral Research Associate | bengib [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE U5 | |
| Bryan Gillis | Weak Lensing Shear Measurement Senior Scientist | b.gillis [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE Stobie 3 |  |
| Alex Hall | Postdoctoral Research Associate | ahall [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE ET |  |
| Nigel Hambly | Senior Researcher | nch [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE Higgs H1.06 |  |
| Joachim Harnois-Deraps | Postdoctoral Fellow | jharno [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE Stobie 3 | |
| Michael Hawkins | Emeritus Researcher | mrsh [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE R15 | |
| Mark Holliman | Senior Data Systems Specialist | msh [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE H1.02 |  |
| Katarina Kraljic | Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Galaxy Formation and Theoretical Cosmology | Katarina.Kraljic [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
| Pete Kuzma | Commonwealth Rutherford Fellow | pete.kuzma [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE Stobie 2 | |
| Teng Li | Postdoctoral Research Associate for GridPP and LSST Data Management | teng.li [at] ed.ac.uk | JCMB 3420 |  |
| Chieh-An Lin | Postdoctoral Research Associate | chieh-an.lin [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE St1 |  |
| Shona Matthew | Euclid UK SGS Project Manager | shona.matthew [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE H 1.06 | |
| Derek McLeod | PDRA | mcleod [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE ET | |
| Dave Morris | Research Software Engineer | dmr [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE | |
| Keith Noddle | Wide Field Astronomy Technical Lead | ktn [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE R5 | |
| Michael Petersen | Postdoctoral Research Associate | michael.petersen [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE Stobie 1 | |
| Michael Read | PGRA | mar [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE R3 |  |
| Nicholas Ross | STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellow | npross [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE Stobie 6 |  |
| Nicholas Rowell | Researcher/Developer for Gaia | nr [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE H1.03 | |
| Jose Sabater Montes | PDRA | jsm [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE East Tower |  |
| Daniele Sorini | Postdoctoral Research Associate in Galaxy Formation & Theoretical Cosmology | sorini [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE R3 | |
| Teresita Suarez Noguez | Postdoctoral Research Associate | suarez [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE |  |
| Eckhard Sutorius | PDRA | etws [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE H1.08 |  |
| Eric Tittley | Research Computing Officer | ert [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE East Tower |  |
| Tilman Troester | Marie Curie Fellow | tilman.troester [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE Stobie 5 | |
| Anna Lisa Varri | UKRI Future Leaders Fellow | anna.varri [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
| Stelios Voutsinas | Software Engineer | stv [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE R3 |  |
| Niraj Welikala | PDRA | niraj.welikala [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE St.1 | |
| Peredur Williams | Emeritus Researcher | v1pwill3 [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE R15 | |
| Roy Williams | Project Manager / Software Developer WFAU | roy.williams [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE H1.07 | |
| Other staff | ||||
| George Beckett | Project Manager | george.beckett [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE Higgs Building, Rm 1.01 | |
| Stephanie Blakey | Teaching Office Administrator | steph.blakey [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE C17 | |
| Paula Wilkie | Deputy Academic Administrator | paula.wilkie [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE C18 |  |
| Research postgraduates | ||||
| Sarah Appleby | Postgraduate Student | sapple [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE Higgs Building |  |
| Ryan Begley | Postgraduate Student | ryan.begley [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE C25 |  |
| Aaron Bradley | Postgraduate Student | s1208373 [at] sms.ed.ac.uk | ROE Higgs Building | |
| Emma Bubb | Postgraduate Student | ebubb [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE C25 |  |
| Rachel Cochrane | Postgraduate Student | rcoch [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE U4 |  |
| David Copeland | Postgraduate Student | dcope [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE 111 |  |
| Patricio Correa Amaro | Postgraduate Student | S1959271 [at] sms.ed.ac.uk | JCMB | |
| Dennis Crake | Postgraduate Student | dennis.crake [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE C23 | |
| Gennaro Di Pietro | Postgraduate Student | gdp [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE Higgs Centre for Innovation |  |
| Andrew Dickinson | Postgraduate Student | s1631170 [at] sms.ed.ac.uk | JCMB 1607 |  |
| Sophie Dubber | Postgraduate Student | dubber [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE C23 | |
| Heitor Ernandes | Postgraduate Student | s2004485 [at] sms.ed.ac.uk | JCMB | |
| Léa Ferellec | Visiting Postgraduate Student | lea.ferellec [at] ens-paris-saclay.fr | ROE Higgs Building | |
| Clemence Fontanive | Postgraduate Student | clemence.fontanive [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE U5 |  |
| Indiarose Friswell | Postgraduate Student | s1222838 [at] sms.ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
| Daniel Gardener | Postgraduate Student | dgar [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE C25 |  |
| Lara Gorgulho Alegre | Postgraduate Student | alegre [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE |  |
| Massissilia Hamadouche | Postgraduate Student | mham [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE C23 | |
| Qianjun Hang | Postgraduate Student | s1765089 [at] sms.ed.ac.uk | ROE U4 |  |
| Peter Higgins | Postgraduate Student | p.m.higgins [at] ed.ac.uk | JCMB 1607 |  |
| David Homan | Postgraduate Student | s1564140 [at] sms.ed.ac.uk | ROE U7 |  |
| Amanda Ibsen Osorio | Postgraduate Student | s1772670 [at] sms.ed.ac.uk | JCMB | |
| Andrea Incatasciato | Postgraduate Student | s1874721 [at] sms.ed.ac.uk | ROE U4 | |
| Marios Kalomenopoulos | Postgraduate Student | marios.kalomenopoulos [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE U5 | |
| Tom Kemp | Postgraduate Student | s1414536 [at] sms.ed.ac.uk | ROE C25 |  |
| Arnaz Khan | Postgraduate Student | arnaz.khan [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE C23 | |
| Rohit Kondapally | Postgraduate Student | rohitk [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE U5 |  |
| Fran Lane | Postgraduate Student | flane [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE U6 |  |
| Stephen Lloyd | Postgraduate Student | s0821167 [at] sms.ed.ac.uk | ROE |  |
| Rob McGibbon | Postgraduate Student | rob.mcgibbon [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE C23 |  |
| Romain Meriot | Visiting Postgraduate Student | s1997626 [at] sms.ed.ac.uk | JCMB | |
| Ben Moews | Postgraduate Student | b.moews [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE C25 |  |
| Ben Morton | Postgraduate Student | morton [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE |  |
| Frederika Phipps | Postgraduate Student | phipps [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE |  |
| Harry Rendell-Bhatti | Postgraduate Student | harry.rendell [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE C25 |  |
| Dylan Robson | Postgraduate Student | s1759827 [at] sms.ed.ac.uk | ROE U5 |  |
| Philip Short | Postgraduate Student | pshort [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE |  |
| Aria Shun | Postgraduate Student | s1885627 [at] sms.ed.ac.uk | JCMB | |
| Owen Turner | Postgraduate Student | turner [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE U7 |  |
| Jaime Villasenor | Postgraduate Student | jvi [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE U4 | |
| Niall Whiteford | Postgraduate Student | s1753970 [at] sms.ed.ac.uk | ROE C23 |  |
| Qianli Xia | Postgraduate Student | s1691206 [at] sms.ed.ac.uk | ROE U6 | |
| Rokas Zemaitis | Postgraduate Student | rokasz [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE C23 |  |