People
The Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics has a rich history and our reputation for innovative research and teaching is dependant on the people who work and study here.
Find a list of the staff who work with us below.
Academic staff
- Richard Battye - Professor of Cosmology
- Robert Beswick - Professor of Astrophysics
- Rebecca Bowler - Research Fellow
- Rene Breton - Professor of Astrophysics
- Michael Brown - Professor of Astrophysics
- Philippa Browning - Professor of Astrophysics
- Philip Bull - Reader in Cosmology
- Jens Chluba - Professor of Cosmology
- Christopher Conselice - Professor of Extragalactic Astronomy
- Philip Diamond - Professor of Astrophysics
- Clive Dickinson - Professor of Astrophysics
- Gary Fuller - Professor of Astrophysics
- Michael Garrett - Sir Bernard Lovell Chair in Astrophysics, Director of JBCA
- Keith Grainge - Professor of Astrophysics
- Neal Jackson - Reader
- Scott Kay - Professor of Astrophysics
- Michael Keith - Lecturer in Astrophysics
- Eamonn Kerins - Senior Lecturer in Astronomy
- Michael Kramer - Professor of Astrophysics
- Timothy O'Brien - Professor of Astrophysics
- J. Patrick Leahy - Senior Lecturer in Radio Astronomy
- Lucio Piccirillo - Professor of Radio Astronomy Technology
- Anna Scaife - Professor of Radio Astronomy
- Benjamin Stappers - Professor of Astrophysics
- Patrick Weltevrede - Senior Lecturer
- Laura Wolz - Presidential Fellow (Academic)
- Albert Zijlstra - Professor of Astrophysics
Emeritus Professors
- Ian Browne - Emeritus Professor of Astrophysics
- Andrew Lyne - Emeritus Professor of Astrophysics
- John Meaburn - Emeritus Professor of Astrophysics
- Alan Pedlar - Emeritus Professor of Astrophysics
- Richard Schilizzi - Emeritus Professor of Astrophysics
- Sir Francis Graham Smith - Emeritus Professor of Astrophysics
- Ralph Spencer - Emeritus Professor of Astrophysics
Honorary Staff
- Anna Bonaldi - Honorary Senior Research Fellow
- Tyler Bourke - Honorary Senior Research Fellow
- Robert Braun
- Richard Long - Honorary Senior Research Fellow
- Joseph McMullin - Honorary Professor
- Anita Richards - Honorary Senior Research Fellow
- Andrew Siemion - Honorary Professor
- Peter Thomasson - Honorary Fellow
- Jeremy Yates - Honorary Professor
Research staff
- Sandeep Acharya - Research Associate
- Nathan Adams - Research Associate
- Danai Antonopoulou - EPSRC Fellow
- Avishek Basu - Research Associate
- Emmanuel Bempong-Manful - e-MERLIN Research Support Scientist
- George Bendo - Research Fellow
- Justin Bray - e-MERLIN Research Support Scientist
- Iulia Cimpan - e-MERLIN Support Scientist
- Steven Cunnington - Research Associate
- Angelina Frankowska - Research Associate
- Mykola Gordovskyy - Research Fellow
- Alastair Gunn - VLBI Support Scientist
- Stuart Harper - Research Associate
- Fabian Jankowski - Research Associate
- Carringtone Kinyanjui - Research Assistant
- Soheb Mandhai - Research Associate
- Mark McCulloch - Research Associate
- William McGenn - Research Associate
- Iain Mcdonald - Research Fellow
- Lina Preston - Research Associate
- Jack Radcliffe - Honorary Research Fellow
- Benjamin Shaw - Research Associate
- Christopher Skipper - Research Associate
- Mayuresh Surnis - Research Associate
- James Trussler - Research Associate
- Robert Watson - Research Fellow
- David Williams-Baldwin - e-MERLIN Research Support Scientist
- Nicholas Wrigley - e-MERLIN Support Scientist
- Inigo Zubeldia - Research Associate
Professional services staff
- Michael Anderson - Departmental Safety Advisor and Site Manager
- Mirza Asif - Telescope Controller
- Benjamin Bartle - Telescope Workshop Assistant Technician
- James Bartle - Telescope Technician
- Tony Blackburn - Receiver and Links Technician
- Edward Blackhurst - Receiver Technician
- David Clarke - Telescope Technician
- Phillip Clarke - Telescope Supervisor and Design Technician
- Raymond Comber - Mechanical Engineer
- Robert Dickson - Telescope Controller
- John Edgley - Receiver Supervisor
- Allan England - Software Developer (Telescope Control)
- Adrian Galtress - Draughtsperson
- Simon Garrington - Associate Director, Jodrell Bank Observatory. Director of the e-MERLIN VLBI National Facility
- Fern Gauntlett - Telescope Controller
- John Hamilton - Senior Controller and Servo Lab Supervisor
- Paul Harrison - Senior Java Developer
- Joseph Holder - Research Project Manager
- Anthony Holloway - Head of Computing (JBCA & JBO)
- Luke Invernon - Telescope Array Controller
- Anthony Johnson - Control Systems Engineer
- Kenneth Kelly - Telescope Controller
- Oliver King - Servo Lab Technician
- John Kitching - Mechanical Engineer
- Laura Knighton - Operations Administrator
- Francis Manning - Electrical Supervisor
- Jason Marshall - Receiver Technician
- Simon Melhuish - Cryogenic Engineer
- Mitchell Mickaliger - Operational Support Scientist (Pulsars)
- Sarah Morris - Operations Administrator
- Thomas Muxlow - UK ALMA Regional Centre Manager / e-MERLIN Support Scientist
- Richard Oberland - SADT Project Engineer
- Leslie Parry - Digital / VLBI Technician
- Mark Roberts - Telescope Controller
- Neil Roddis - Head of Engineering
- Sotirios Sanidas - IT Manager
- Katie Shaw - Operations Administrator
- Sarah Smith - Radio Frequency Engineer
- Lindsey Stirrup - Project Manager
- Matthew Stubbs - Electrical Technician
- Emma Thomas - Operations Administration Assistant
- Darren Walker - Software Developer
- Richard Whitaker - Electronics Design Engineer
- Althea Wilkinson - Senior Domain Specialist
- Alan Williams - Telescope Technician
PhD Postgraduate Students
- Edoardo Altamura
- Andres Ariza
- Duncan Austin
- Cameron Bogue
- Micah Bowles
- Miguel Carcamo
- Emma Carli
- Roke Cepeda-Arroita
- Zhaoting Chen
- Steven Cotterill
- Oliver Dodge
- Valerio Gilles
- Katrine Glasscock
- Long Jiang
- Thomas Kite
- Elizabeth Lee
- Eunseong Lee
- Yang Liu
- Geferson Lucatelli
- Nico Marrin
- Babak Mohammadian
- Devina Mohan
- Iuliana-Camelia Nitu
- Adipol Phosrisom
- Bannawit Pimpanuwat
- Fiona Porter
- Akshay Priyadarshi
- Mariam Rashid
- Thomas Rennie
- Inigo Slijepcevic
- Xiaoxi Song
- David Specht
- Sankarshana Srinivisan
- James Stewart
- Georgina Stroud
- Amy Suddards
- Thomas Sweetnam
- Tinn Thongmeearkom
- Imogen Towler
- James Turner
- Robin Upham
- Laila Vleeschower Calas
- Haoyue Wang
- Yongxiong Wang
- Jonathan Wong
- Mark Wright
- Michael Wright
MSc Postgraduate Students
- Phillip Black
- Kwan Lin Kristy Fu
- Medha Ganapathiraju
- Jaswant Jayacumaar
- Joseph Mwatukange
- Andrew Oldnall
- Pengyue Sun
- Beihang Yang
- Fujiang Yu