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 |  |
| Romeel Dave | Chair of Physics | Romeel.Dave [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE U14 |  |
| 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 | Reader in Theoretical Astrophysics and UKRI Future Leaders Fellow | 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 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 | ||||
| Benjamin Bose | Stephen Hawking Fellow | ben.bose [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE U12 |  |
| Samuel Brieden | PDRA | sam.brieden [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE R3 | |
| Theron Carmichael | Postdoctoral Research Associate | theron.carmichael [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
| Adam Carnall | Leverhulme Early Career Fellow | adamc [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE Stobie 2 | |
| 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 | |
| Fergus Cullen | PDRA | fergus.cullen [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE ET | |
| Kenneth Duncan | STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellow | kdun [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE U7 | |
| 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 |  |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Chiara Moretti | Postdoctoral Research Associate | chiara.moretti [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Anna Porredon | Postdoctoral Research Associate | anna.porredon [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE East Tower | |
| 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 | |
| Alison Young | Postdoctoral Research Associate | alison.young [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
| 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 |  |
| 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 | |
| Ryan Begley | Postgraduate Student | rbeg [at] roe.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 U6 |  |
| Amanda Byström | Postgraduate Student | Amanda.Bystrom [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE U10 |  |
| James Cadman | Postgraduate Student | james.cadman [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE Higgs Centre for Innovation | |
| Xueqing Chen | Postgraduate Student | xueqing.chen [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
| Patricio Correa Amaro | Postgraduate Student | S1959271 [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE U6 | |
| 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 Higgs Open Plan | |
| Callum Donnan | Postgraduate Student | Callum.Donnan [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE U10 | |
| Sophie Dubber | Postgraduate Student | dubber [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE U4 | |
| Guillaume Elias | Visiting Postgraduate Student | guillaume.elias [at] ens-paris-saclay.fr | ROE | |
| 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 | |
| Daniel Gardener | Postgraduate Student | dgar [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE U6 |  |
| Alexander Gordon | Postgraduate Student | Alexander.Gordon [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
| Simone Gordon | Postgraduate Student | simone.gordon [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
| Lara Gorgulho Alegre | Postgraduate Student | alegre [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE Higgs Building H1.20 |  |
| Nisha Grewal | Postgraduate Student | nisha.grewal [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE C23 | |
| Paloma Guetzoyan | Postgraduate Student | paloma.guetzoyan [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE C23 | |
| Massissilia Hamadouche | Postgraduate Student | mham [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE U4 | |
| 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 | |
| Minas Karamanis | Postgraduate Student | minas.karamanis [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
| Arnaz Khan | Postgraduate Student | arnaz.khan [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE C23 | |
| 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 | |
| Pengyu Liu | Postgraduate Student | pengyu.liu [at] ed.ac.uk | JCMB | |
| Kevin Lo | Postgraduate Student | kevin.lo [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
| Alessandro Maraio | Postgraduate Student | maraio [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE Higgs | |
| Rob McGibbon | Postgraduate Student | rob.mcgibbon [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE Higgs Open Plan Area |  |
| 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 |  |
| Frederika Phipps | Postgraduate Student | phipps [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE U5 |  |
| Corey Pirie | Postgraduate Student | corey.pirie [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE U10 |  |
| Harry Rendell-Bhatti | Postgraduate Student | harry.rendell [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE C25 |  |
| Finn Roper | Postgraduate Student | finn.roper [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
| Philip Short | Postgraduate Student | phil.short [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE C25 |  |
| 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 | |
| Niall Whiteford | Postgraduate Student | niallw [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE C23 |  |
| Zhenyu Wu | Postgraduate Student | Zhenyu.Wu [at] ed.ac.uk | JCMB | |
| Rashid Yaaqib | Postgraduate Student | rashid.yaaqib [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
| 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 | |
| Aisyah Zainal | Postgraduate Student | s2406274 [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE | |
| Rokas Zemaitis | Postgraduate Student | rokasz [at] roe.ac.uk | ROE U6 |  |
| Yunhao Zhang | Postgraduate Student | YunHao.Zhang [at] ed.ac.uk | ROE Higgs Open Plan | |