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 | ||||
| James Aird | UKRI Future Leaders Fellow | James.Aird [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE C25 |  |
| Philip Best | Professor of Extragalactic Astrophysics | pnb [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE C21 |  |
| Florian Beutler | 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 |  |
| Yanchuan 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 | PDRA | fergus.cullen [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE ET | |
| 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 | JCMB 4323b |  |
| Trent Dupuy | Reader in Observational Astronomy | tdupuy [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE | |
| Annette Ferguson | Professor of Observational Astrophysics | annette.ferguson [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE C13 | |
| 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 | Reader in Observational 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 | Reader | joe.zuntz [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE Higgs H 1.05 |  |
| Research staff | ||||
| Karla Arellano-Córdova | PDRA | K.Arellano [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE stobie 1 | |
| Ryan Begley | Postdoctoral Research Associate | rbeg [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE U10 | |
| 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 | 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 |  |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Bryan Gillis | Euclid UK-SGS Senior Research Scientist/Developer | b.gillis [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE Stobie 3 |  |
| Lara Gorgulho Alegre | Postdoctoral Research Associate | alegre [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE Higgs Building H1.20 | |
| Pedro Gregorio Carrilho | Postdoctoral Research Associate | pedro.carrilho [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
| Catherine Hale | Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship | Catherine.Hale [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
| Alex Hall | Royal Society University Research Fellow | ahall [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE ET |  |
| Nigel Hambly | Senior Researcher | nch [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE Higgs H1.06 |  |
| 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 |  |
| Amanda Ibsen | Research Software Engineer | aibsen [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE H1.03 | |
| Laura Keating | Elizabeth Gardner Fellow | Laura.Keating [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
| Bokyoung Kim | Postdoctoral Research Associate | bokyoung.kim [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE East Tower | |
| Rohit Kondapally | Postdoctoral Research Associate | rohitk [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE Stobie 1 | |
| Pete Kuzma | Post-Doctoral Research Associate | pete.kuzma [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE Stobie 2 | |
| Corentin Loron | Visiting Research Fellow | v1cloron [at] ed.ac.uk | JCMB | |
| 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 | |
| Dave Morris | Research Software Engineer | dmr [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE | |
| Ben Morton | Postdoctoral Research Assistant | ben.morton [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE Stobie 1 | |
| Aneesh Naik | Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship | aneesh.naik [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE East Tower | |
| Richard Neveux | Postdoctoral Research Associate | richard.neveux [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
| Keith Noddle | Wide Field Astronomy Technical Lead | keith.noddle [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE H1.07 | |
| Sam Patrick | Postdoctoral Research Associate | sam.patrick [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE R5 | |
| 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 | |
| Michael Petersen | Stephen Hawking Fellow | michael.petersen [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE Stobie 1 | |
| 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 | nrober10 [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE | |
| James Robinson | Postdoctoral Research Associate | james.robinson [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE U7 | |
| Richard Rollins | Euclid UK-SGS Senior Research Scientist/Developer | richard.rollins [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
| Nicholas Rowell | Senior Sky Survey Researcher | nr [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE H1.03 | |
| Agata Rozek | Postdoctoral Research Associate in Asteroid Photometry | a.rozek [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
| Jascha Schewtschenko | Senior Scientist / Software Developer | jascha.schewtschenko [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE | |
| 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 |  |
| Stelios Voutsinas | Software Engineer | Stelios.Voutsinas [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE R3 |  |
| Mike Shengbo Wang | Postdoctoral Research Associate | mikeshengbo.wang [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE R3 | |
| Peredur Williams | Emeritus 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 | |
| Alison Young | Postdoctoral Research Associate | alison.young [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
| Rokas Zemaitis | Postdoctoral Research Associate | rokas.zemaitis [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE U6 | |
| Other staff | ||||
| George Beckett | Project Manager | george.beckett [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE Higgs Building, Rm 1.01 | |
| Stephanie Blakey | Senior Teaching Office Administrator | steph.blakey [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE C18 | |
| Donald Grigor | Senior Computing Officer | donald.grigor [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE U16 |  |
| 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 | ||||
| Sarah Appleby | Postgraduate Student | sapple [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE East Tower |  |
| Cassandra Barlow-Hall | Postgraduate Student | cbarlow-hall [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE | |
| Aaron Bradley | Postgraduate Student | s1208373 [at] sms.ed.ac.uk | ROE Higgs Building | |
| Emma Bubb | Postgraduate Student | ebubb [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE U6 |  |
| Amanda Byström | Postgraduate Student | Amanda.Bystrom [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE U10 |  |
| Xueqing Chen | Postgraduate Student | xueqing.chen [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE C23 | |
| Dennis Crake | Postgraduate Student | dennis.crake [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE Higgs Building | |
| Jack Delaney | Postgraduate Student | s1983688 [at] sms.ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
| Gennaro Di Pietro | Postgraduate Student | gdp [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE Higgs Centre for Innovation |  |
| Abbie Donaldson | Postgraduate Student | donaldso [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE U4 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Ewan Jones | Postgraduate Student | ejones [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE Higgs Office | |
| Marios Kalomenopoulos | Postgraduate Student | marios.kalomenopoulos [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE U5 | |
| Jingjing Althea Lai | Postgraduate Student | Althea.Lai [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE Higgs Open Plan Area | |
| Kahou Leong | Postgraduate Student | KH.Leong [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 | |
| Thiago Mergulhao | Postgraduate Student | thiago.mergulhao [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 |  |
| Corey Pirie | Postgraduate Student | corey.pirie [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE U10 |  |
| Finn Roper | Postgraduate Student | finn.roper [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE U10 | |
| Manika Sidhu | Postgraduate Student | s2135306 [at] sms.ed.ac.uk | JCMB | |
| Thomas Stanton | Postgraduate Student | T.Stanton [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 | |
| Rashid Yaaqib | Postgraduate Student | rashid.yaaqib [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE U10 | |
| Tianyi Yang | Postgraduate Student | s2109053 [at] sms.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 | |