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 | jaird [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
| 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 |  |
| 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 |  |
| Trent Dupuy | Reader in Observational Astronomy | tdupuy [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
| Annette Ferguson | Professor | 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 |  |
| Sergey Koposov | Reader in Observational Astronomy | skoposov [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
| 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 | |
| Mariangela Bonavita | PDRA | mbonav [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE |  |
| 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 | Senior Researcher | 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 | |
| Kenneth Duncan | Leiden-Edinburgh Astronomy Fellow | kdun [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE U7 | |
| Daniel Eastwood | Postdoctoral Research Associate | daniel.eastwood [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE U6 | |
| Benjamin Giblin | Postdoctoral Research Associate | bengib [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE East Tower | |
| Bryan Gillis | Weak Lensing Shear Measurement Senior Scientist | b.gillis [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE Stobie 3 |  |
| Alex Hall | Senior Research Associate | 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 |  |
| 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 | |
| Fran Lane | Postdoctoral Research Assistant | flane [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE R5 | |
| 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 H1.07 | |
| Michael Petersen | Postdoctoral Research Associate | michael.petersen [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE Stobie 1 | |
| Michael Read | PGRA | mar [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE H1.02 |  |
| Nicholas Ross | STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellow | npross [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE Stobie 6 |  |
| 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 | |
| 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 R3 |  |
| 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 U18 | |
| 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 | pmw [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE R26 | |
| 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 | Academic Administrator | paula.wilkie [at] ed.ac.uk | JCMB 4314 |  |
| Research postgraduates | ||||
| Sarah Appleby | Postgraduate Student | sapple [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE Higgs Building |  |
| Cassandra Barlow-Hall | Postgraduate Student | s2110601 [at] sms.ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
| 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 |  |
| Patricio Correa Amaro | Postgraduate Student | S1959271 [at] sms.ed.ac.uk | ROE c23 | |
| Dennis Crake | Postgraduate Student | dennis.crake [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE C23 | |
| 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 |  |
| Andrew Dickinson | Postgraduate Student | s1631170 [at] sms.ed.ac.uk | JCMB 1607 |  |
| Abbie Donaldson | Postgraduate Student | donaldso [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE | |
| Sophie Dubber | Postgraduate Student | dubber [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE C23 | |
| Heitor Ernandes | Visiting Postgraduate Student | s2004485 [at] sms.ed.ac.uk | JCMB | |
| Léa Ferellec | Visiting Postgraduate Student | lea.ferellec [at] ens-paris-saclay.fr | ROE Higgs Building | |
| Indiarose Friswell | Postgraduate Student | s1222838 [at] sms.ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
| Daniel Gardener | Postgraduate Student | dgar [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE U10 |  |
| Simone Gordon | Postgraduate Student | s1986236 [at] sms.ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
| Lara Gorgulho Alegre | Postgraduate Student | alegre [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE |  |
| Nisha Grewal | Postgraduate Student | s1931175 [at] sms.ed.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 |  |
| Amanda Ibsen Osorio | Postgraduate Student | s1772670 [at] sms.ed.ac.uk | JCMB | |
| Andrea Incatasciato | Postgraduate Student | s1874721 [at] sms.ed.ac.uk | ROE U4 | |
| Ewan Jones | Postgraduate Student | s2111042 [at] sms.ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
| Marios Kalomenopoulos | Postgraduate Student | marios.kalomenopoulos [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE U5 | |
| Minas Karamanis | Postgraduate Student | s1775237 [at] sms.ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
| Arnaz Khan | Postgraduate Student | arnaz.khan [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE C23 | |
| Rohit Kondapally | Postgraduate Student | rohitk [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE U5 |  |
| Kahou Leong | Postgraduate Student | s1874138 [at] sms.ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
| Stephen Lloyd | Postgraduate Student | s0821167 [at] sms.ed.ac.uk | ROE |  |
| Alessandro Maraio | Postgraduate Student | s2110223 [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 |  |
| Charlie Mpetha | Postgraduate Student | s1982557 [at] sms.ed.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 C25 |  |
| Aria Shun | Postgraduate Student | s1885627 [at] sms.ed.ac.uk | JCMB | |
| Manika Sidhu | Postgraduate Student | s2135306 [at] sms.ed.ac.uk | JCMB | |
| 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 |  |