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