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 | 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 |  |
| Theron Carmichael | Postdoctoral Research Associate | tcarmich [at] ed.ac.uk | JCMB | |
| 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 of Observational Astrophysics | ferguson [at] roe.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 | 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] 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 |  |
| Anna Lisa Varri | 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 | ||||
| Shadab Alam | Postdoctoral Research Associate | salam [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE Stobie 3 | |
| Mariangela Bonavita | PDRA | mbonav [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE |  |
| Adam Carnall | Leverhulme Early Career Fellow | 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 | Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research Fellow | kdun [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE U7 | |
| Gordon Gibb | Euclid UK-SGS Senior Research Scientist/Developer | gordon.gibb [at] ed.ac.uk | JCMB | |
| 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 |  |
| Catherine Hale | Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship | Catherine.Hale [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
| 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 |  |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Ben Morton | Postdoctoral Research Assistant | morton [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE Stobie 1 | |
| Keith Noddle | Wide Field Astronomy Technical Lead | ktn [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE H1.07 | |
| Cyrielle Opitom | Norman Lockyer Research Fellowship | copitom [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE U7 | |
| Sam Patrick | Postdoctoral Research Associate | sam.patrick [at] ed.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 H1.02 |  |
| Richard Rollins | Euclid UK-SGS Senior Research Scientist/Developer | rrollin2 [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 | |
| 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 | Leverhulme Fellow | tilman.troester [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE Stobie 5 | |
| Stelios Voutsinas | Software Engineer | stv [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE R3 |  |
| Mike Shengbo Wang | Postdoctoral Research Associate | mikeshengbo.wang [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
| 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 | |
| Donald Grigor | Senior Computing Officer | donald.grigor [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE U12 |  |
| Maria Mazoy Saavedra | Deputy Academic Administrator | m.mazoysaavedra [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE C18 |  |
| Viv Taylor | Administrative Assistant | vivtaylor [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE C17 | |
| 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 U10 |  |
| Aaron Bradley | Postgraduate Student | s1208373 [at] sms.ed.ac.uk | ROE Higgs Building | |
| Emma Bubb | Postgraduate Student | ebubb [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE C25 |  |
| James Cadman | Postgraduate Student | james.cadman [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE Higgs Centre for Innovation | |
| Patricio Correa Amaro | Postgraduate Student | S1959271 [at] 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 U10 | |
| Sophie Dubber | Postgraduate Student | dubber [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE U4 | |
| Macarena Garcia Del Valle | Postgraduate Student | macarena.garciavalle [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
| Daniel Gardener | Postgraduate Student | dgar [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE U10 |  |
| Madeleine Ginolin | Visiting Postgraduate Student | madeleine.ginolin [at] ens-paris-saclay.fr | JCMB | |
| 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 | nisha.grewal [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE C23 | |
| Massissilia Hamadouche | Postgraduate Student | mham [at] roe.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 | |
| Alessandro Maraio | Postgraduate Student | maraio [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE U10, ROE | |
| Selina Mather | Visiting Student | selinamather [at] hotmail.co.uk | JCMB | |
| Rob McGibbon | Postgraduate Student | rob.mcgibbon [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE C23 |  |
| Alison McIntosh | Visiting Student | am486 [at] st-andrews.ac.uk | JCMB | |
| Ben Moews | Postgraduate Student | b.moews [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE C25 |  |
| Charlie Tupman Mpetha | Postgraduate Student | c.mpetha [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE C23 | |
| Louise Paquereau | Visiting Student | louise.paquereau [at] universite-paris-saclay.fr | JCMB | |
| Frederika Phipps | Postgraduate Student | phipps [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE U5 |  |
| 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 |  |
| 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 | |
| Tianyi Yang | Postgraduate Student | s2109053 [at] sms.ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
| Rokas Zemaitis | Postgraduate Student | rokasz [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE C23 |  |