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 |
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Academic staff | ||||
James Aird | UKRI Future Leaders Fellow | James.Aird [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE C25 | |
Philip Best | Head of School | pnb [at] ed.ac.uk | JCMB 4323b | |
Florian Beutler | Professor (Personal Chair) of observational Cosmology, Royal Society University Research Fellow | florian.beutler [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE S5 | |
Beth Biller | Professor | bb [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE R4 | |
Peter Brand | Emeritus Professor | pwb [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE S | |
Yan-Chuan Cai | Royal Society University Research Fellow | cai [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE S7 | |
Adam Carnall | Chancellor's Fellow | adamc [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE Stobie 2 | |
Fergus Cullen | Reader in Observational Astronomy | fergus.cullen [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE U18 | |
Romeel Dave | Chair of Physics | Romeel.Dave [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE U14 | |
Kenneth Duncan | STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellow | kdun [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE U7 | |
James Dunlop | Professor | James.Dunlop [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE U16 | |
Trent Dupuy | Reader in Observational Astronomy | tdupuy [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE Stobie 6 | |
Annette Ferguson | Professor of Observational Astrophysics | annette.ferguson [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE C13 | |
Alex Hall | Royal Society University Research Fellow | ahall [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE Stobie 3 | |
Catherine Heymans | Professor | heymans [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE R7 | |
Sadegh Khochfar | Personal Chair of Theoretical Astrophysics | sadeghk [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE C19 | |
Sergey Koposov | Personal Chair of Astronomy | Sergey.Koposov [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE C24 | |
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 | rmclure [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE U17 | |
Avery Meiksin | Professor | aam [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE U11 | |
Cyrielle Opitom | Chancellor's Fellow | copi [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE Stobie 4 | |
John Peacock | Professor | jap [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE C20 | |
Jorge Peñarrubia | Personal Chair of Gravitational Dynamics | jorpega [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE C15 | |
Alkistis Pourtsidou | Professor (Personal Chair) of Theoretical Astrophysics | alkistis.pourtsidou [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE U12 | |
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 | Professor | colin.snodgrass [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE H1.05 | |
Andy Taylor | Professor of Astrophysics | ant [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE U15 | |
Anna Lisa Varri | Reader, UKRI Future Leaders Fellow | anna.varri [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE U18 | |
Joe Zuntz | Professor of Cosmology | joe.zuntz [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE R7 | |
Research staff | ||||
Karla Arellano-Córdova | PDRA | K.Arellano [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE stobie 1 | |
Laia Barrufet | Postdoctoral Research Associate | lbarrufe [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE R3 | |
Ricarda Beckmann | Elizabeth Gardner Fellow | Ricarda.beckmann [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE | |
Ryan Begley | Postdoctoral Research Associate | rbeg [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE East Tower | |
Benjamin Bose | Stephen Hawking Fellow | ben.bose [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE U12 | |
Samuel Brieden | PDRA | sam.brieden [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE R3 | |
Zhaoting Chen | Postdoctoral Research Associate | zhaoting.chen [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE | |
Rory Claydon | Senior Scientist / Software Developer | rory.claydon [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
Rachel Cochrane | Leverhulme Early Career Fellow | rcochra3 [at] roe.ac.uk | JCMB | |
Ross Collins | Senior Survey Astronomy Software Developer | rsc [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE H1.02 | |
Giuseppe Congedo | Senior Researcher | giuseppe.congedo [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE R13 | |
Chiara Crociati | Postdoctoral Research Associate in Galaxy Archaeology | ccrociat [at] roe.ac.uk | JCMB | |
Nicholas Cross | Senior Scientist / Software Developer | njc [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE H1.04 | |
Sophia Flury | Postdoctoral Research Associate | sflury [at] roe.ac.uk | JCMB | |
Jindra Gensior | Postdoctoral Research Associate | jgensior [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE East Tower | |
Gordon Gibb | Euclid UK-SGS Senior Research Scientist/Developer | gordon.gibb [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
Benjamin Giblin | Postdoctoral Research Associate | bengib [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE East Tower | |
Marcin Glowacki | Postdoctoral Research Associate | mglowack [at] ed.ac.uk | JCMB | |
Lisa Goh | Research Fellow in Dark Energy and Modified Gravity Studies. | lgoh [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE | |
Aritra Gon | Postdoctoral Research Associate | agon [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
Pedro Gregorio Carrilho | Postdoctoral Research Associate | pedro.carrilho [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
Caroline Guandalin | Postdoctoral Research Associate | cguandal [at] roe.ac.uk | JCMB R6 | |
Nigel Hambly | Senior Researcher | nch [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE Higgs H1.06 | |
Michael Hawkins | Visiting Researcher | mrsh [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE R15 | |
Mark Holliman | Senior Data Systems Specialist | msh [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE H1.02 | |
Malcolm Illingworth | Senior Research Software Engineer | m.illingworth [at] roe.ac.uk | JCMB | |
Laura Keating | Elizabeth Gardner Fellow | Laura.Keating [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
Rohit Kondapally | Postdoctoral Research Associate | rohitk [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE Stobie 1 | |
Hin Leung | Postdoctoral Research Associate | hleung2 [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
Shona Matthew | Euclid UK SGS Project Manager | shona.matthew [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE H 1.06 | |
Derek McLeod | PDRA | derek.mcleod [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE ET | |
Erica Bufanda Molnar-Bufanda | Postdoctoral Research Associate | emolnar [at] ed.ac.uk | JCMB | |
Aneesh Naik | Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship | aneesh.naik [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE East Tower | |
Keith Noddle | Wide Field Astronomy Technical Lead | keith.noddle [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE H1.07 | |
Brendan O'Brien | Senior Research Software Engineer | brendan.obrien [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE H1.03 | |
Marcos Pellejero | Postdoctoral Research Associate in Cosmology and Large-Scale Structure | mpelleje [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE | |
Clara Marie Pennock | Postdoctoral Research Associate | cpennock [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE East Tower | |
Michael Petersen | Stephen Hawking Fellow | michael.petersen [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE Stobie 1 | |
Mark Phillips | Postdoctoral Research Associate | mark.phillips [at] roe.ac.uk | JCMB | |
Amy Rankine | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Amy.Rankine [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE R13 | |
Michael Read | PGRA | mar [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE H1.02 | |
Naomi Robertson | PDRA | naomi.robertson [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
James Robinson | Postdoctoral Research Associate | james.robinson [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE U7 | |
Nicholas Rowell | Senior Sky Survey Researcher | nr [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE H1.03 | |
Agata Rożek | Research Fellow | a.rozek [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
Jascha Schewtschenko | Senior Scientist / Software Developer | jascha.schewtschenko [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE | |
Dirk Scholte | Postdoctoral Research Associate | dscholte [at] roe.ac.uk | JCMB | |
Terence Sloan | LSST:UK Science Centre Project Manager | T.M.Sloan [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE 1.01 | |
Ben Sutlieff | Postdoctoral Research Associate | ben.sutlieff [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE East Tower | |
Eckhard Sutorius | PDRA | etws [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE H1.08 | |
Eric Tittley | Research Computing Officer | ert [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE East Tower | |
Eduardo Vitral | Royal Society Newton International Fellow | eduardo.vitral [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE | |
Mike Shengbo Wang | Postdoctoral Research Associate | mikeshengbo.wang [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE R3 | |
Peredur Williams | Visiting Researcher | pmw [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE R26 | |
Roy Williams | Project Manager / Software Developer WFAU | roy [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE H1.07 | |
Hon Wah Yeung | Senior Scientist / Software Developer | hyeung [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
Other staff | ||||
George Beckett | Project Manager | george.beckett [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE Higgs Building, Rm 1.01 | |
Steph Blakey | Senior Teaching Office Administrator | steph.blakey [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE C18 | |
James Fawcett | Euclid UK Science Ground Segment Outreach and Administration Co-ordinator | jfawcet2 [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
Donald Grigor | Senior Computing Officer | donald.grigor [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE U16 | |
Marco Lam | Senior Scientist/Software Developer | mlam [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE H1.08 | |
Eleanor O'Kane | Communications Officer - LSST:UK | eokane [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE | |
Isobel Ovens | Euclid UK-Project Administrator | iovens [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
Viv Taylor | Administrative Assistant | vivtaylor [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE C17 | |
Research postgraduates | ||||
Lucy Arditi | Postgraduate Student | lucy.arditi [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE C23 | |
Cassandra Barlow-Hall | Postgraduate Student | cbarlow-hall [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE | |
Sankalan Bhattacharyya | Postgraduate Student | Sankalan.Bhattacharyya [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
Cecilia Bondestam | Postgraduate Student | s1864045 [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
Amanda Byström | Postgraduate Student | Amanda.Bystrom [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE U10 | |
Xueqing Chen | Postgraduate Student | xueqing.chen [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE C23 | |
maike Clausen | Postgraduate Student | s2711502 [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
Matthew Cole | Postgraduate Student | s1832183 [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
Abbie Donaldson | Postdoctoral Research Associate | donaldso [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE U7 | |
Callum Donnan | Postgraduate Student | Callum.Donnan [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE U10 | |
Elise Evans | Postgraduate Student | elise.evans [at] ed.ac.uk | JCMB | |
Léa Ferellec | Postgraduate Student | lea.ferellec [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE Higgs open plan area | |
Macarena Garcia Del Valle | Postgraduate Student | macarena.garciavalle [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
Alexander Gordon | Postgraduate Student | Alexander.Gordon [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE Open Plan Office Area, Higgs Building | |
Simone Gordon | Postgraduate Student | simone.gordon [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
Nisha Grewal | Postgraduate Student | nisha.grewal [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE U5 | |
Paloma Guetzoyan | Postgraduate Student | paloma.guetzoyan [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE C23 | |
Tanja Holc | Postgraduate Student | s1971515 [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
Jessica Howell | Postgraduate Student | Jess.howell [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE Higgs Centre for Innovation | |
Andrea Incatasciato | Postgraduate Student | andrea [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE U4 | |
Fred Jennings | Postgraduate Student | Fred.Jennings [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE C23 | |
Evan Jones | Postgraduate Student | s1857441 [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE U10 | |
Ewan Jones | Postgraduate Student | ejones [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE Higgs Office | |
Adam Koval | Postgraduate Student | a.koval [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE C23 | |
Jingjing Althea Lai | Postgraduate Student | Althea.Lai [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE Higgs Open Plan Area | |
Winky Hiu Laam Lee | Postgraduate Student | winky.lee [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
Kahou Leong | Postgraduate Student | KH.Leong [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
Sida Li | Postgraduate Student | s2704866 [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
Feng-Yuan Liu | Postgraduate Student | Fengyuan.Liu [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE u10 | |
Pengyu Liu | Postgraduate Student | pengyu.liu [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE C23 | |
Kevin Lo | Postgraduate Student | kevin.lo [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
Alessandro Maraio | Postgraduate Student | maraio [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE Higgs | |
Gracie Rose McGill | Postgraduate Student | s1938827 [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
Thiago Mergulhao | Postgraduate Student | thiago.mergulhao [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
Tushar Meshram | Postgraduate Student | s2710554 [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
Charlie Tupman Mpetha | Postgraduate Student | c.mpetha [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE C23 | |
Brian Murphy | Postgraduate Student | Brian.Murphy [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE C 23 | |
Conor Nally | Postgraduate Student | conor.nally [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
Larissa Palethorpe | Postgraduate Student | larissa.palethorpe [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE U10 | |
jade Piat | Postgraduate Student | jade.piat [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
Corey Pirie | Postgraduate Student | corey.pirie [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE U10 | |
Giulia Pruto | Postgraduate Student | Giulia.Pruto [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE Higgs | |
Thoephile Queau | Visiting Postgraduate Student | s2761568 [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
Finn Roper | Postgraduate Student | finn.roper [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE U10 | |
Thomas Stanton | Postgraduate Student | T.Stanton [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE Higgs Building | |
Struan Stevenson | Postgraduate Student | s1937611 [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE Higgs Building | |
Linus Thummel | Postgraduate Student | linus.thummel [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE Higgs Building | |
Zhenyu Wu | Postgraduate Student | Zhenyu.Wu [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
zhen Xiang | Postgraduate Student | Zhen.Xiang [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
Rashid Yaaqib | Postgraduate Student | rashid.yaaqib [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE U10 | |
Hong-Gang Yang | Postgraduate Student | Hong-Gang.Yang [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
Charles Yin | Postgraduate Student | s1612350 [at] sms.ed.ac.uk | JCMB | |
Bohan Yue | Postgraduate Student | bohan.yue [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE Higgs Open Plan | |
Yunhao Zhang | Postgraduate Student | YunHao.Zhang [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE Higgs Open Plan |