Astronomy Group

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Dr Anna Puglisi

Research Fellow (Anniversary Fellowship)
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Mr Calvin Sykes PhD

Research Fellow
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Professor Christian Knigge

Professor of Astrophysics

Research interests

  • accretion phenomena and associated outflows
  • cataclysmic variables
  • close binaries
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Dr Christopher Frohmaier

Senior Research Fellow
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Dr Daniel Kynoch

Research Fellow in AGN & Compact Obj Var
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Dr Daniel Whiter

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Earth's aurora
  • Auroral acceleration and structuring mechanisms
  • Effects of auroral precipitation on the upper atmosphere
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Professor Francesco Shankar

Professor of Astrophysics

Research interests

  • Super-massive Black Hole Demography and Evolution
  • Galaxy Evolution: Spheroids and Bulges, Environment, High-redshift galaxies
  • Radio and Broad Absorption Line Active Galactic Nuclei
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Dr Imogen Gingell

Principal Research Fellow
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Dr Kamalam Thillaimaharajan

Research Fellow in Auroral Physics
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