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Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics

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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

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