Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics

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Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics Staff & Postgraduate Directory

This directory includes the Alan Turing Building and Jodrell Bank Observatory.

Telephone:
For extensions 5xxxx, prefix 0161 27
For extensions 6xxxx prefix 0161 30
For extensions 26xx prefix 01477 57
For 22xx extensions contact the JBO switchboard on 01477 571321.

E-mail: Send to username@manchester.ac.uk or username@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk or username@jb.man.ac.uk as listed below

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Directors

NameResearch AreaTelephone ExtensionEmail username
Prof Simon Garrington

Director of Jodrell Bank Observatory

54054, 69401

simon.garrington

Prof Albert Zijlstra Director of Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics
63925 albert.zijlstra

Academic Staff

NameResearch AreaTelephone ExtensionEmail username
Prof Richard BattyeCosmology/Theory54185richard.battye
Prof Sarah Bridle Dark matter, Gravitational lensing, Universe expansion 54042 sarah.bridle
Dr Michael Brown Cosmology 63913 mike.brown
Prof Philippa Browning Solar & Laboratory Plasmas63912philippa.browning
Prof Richard Davis Cosmic Microwave Background 54164 richard.davis
Prof Peter Dewdney SKA 69616
Prof Phil Diamond Director, Square Kilometre Array Project Office and Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Manchester philip.diamond
Dr Clive Dickinson
CMB, Foregrounds, Radio Astronomy, ISM, Intensity mapping 54232 clive.dickinson
Prof Gary Fuller Star formation, Millimeter & Sub-millimeter astrophysics & technology63653gary.fuller
Dr Keith Grainge 54690 keith.grainge
Dr Malcolm Gray Late-type Stars, Masers, Radiative transfer63967malcolm.gray
Dr Neal JacksonGravitational Lensing54080neal.jackson
Dr Scott KayCosmology54166scott.kay
Dr Eamonn Kerins Exoplanets and Gravitational Lensing 54191eamonn.kerins
Prof Michael Kramer Director of the Max-Planck-Institut fur Radioastronomie (MPIfR) and Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Manchester   michael.kramer@
Dr Patrick LeahyCosmology, radio astronomy, AGN jets, Galactic magnetic fields 54115 j.p.leahy
Dr Myfanwy LloydCircumstellar Matter54085myfanwy.lloyd
Prof Shude MaoGravitational Lensing  shude.mao
Dr Bruno MaffeiRadioastronomy Technology54141bruno.maffei
Dr Andrew Markwick Astrochemistry63971andrew.markwick
Dr Tim O'BrienAssociate Director (Public Engagement & Communications) / Circumstellar Matter 54165, 69437 tim.obrien
Prof Lucio Piccirillo Radioastronomy Technology
54194 lucio.piccirillo
Dr Giampaolo PisanoRadioastronomy technology63944,54195giampaolo.pisano
Prof Richard Schilizzi SKA 54055 richard.schilizzi
Dr Ben StappersPulsars 54187 ben.stappers
Dr Patrick Weltevrede Pulsars 54162 patrick.weltevrede
Prof Peter WilkinsonCosmic Microwave Background54129peter.wilkinson

Emeritus and Honorary Staff

NameResearch AreaTelephone ExtensionEmail username
Dr Bryan AndersonRadioastronomy technology2613bryan.anderson
Prof Ian BrowneActive Galaxies and Gravitational Lensing54127ian.browne
Prof Rod DaviesCosmic Microwave Background & Ex-Director 54123 rod.davies
Prof Andrew Lyne Pulsars and Ex-Director 69423 andrew.lyne
Prof John MeaburnInter- & Circum-stellar matter2618john.meaburn
Prof Tom MillarVisiting Professor
Gresham Prof Ian Morison Optical Astronomy   ian.morison
Prof Alan Pedlar Galaxies   alan.pedlar
Prof Sir Francis Graham SmithPulsars & Ex-Director69471francis.graham-smith
Prof Ralph Spencer Technology and X-ray binaries ralph.spencer
Dr Peter ThomassonMERLIN Operations 69542 peter.thomasson
Dr Grigory Vekstein Plasma & Solar physics 54123 grigory.vekstein

ALMA UK Regional Centre

NameResearch AreaTelephone ExtensionEmail username
Dr Adam Avison ALMA Regional Centre 54138 adam.avison
Dr George Bendo Research Associate 54258 george.bendo
Dr Tom Muxlow ARC Node Manager. Star-formation processes in nearby and high redshift galaxies 54108 tom.muxlow
Dr Anita RichardsALMA Regional Centre54243a.m.s.richards

Research Staff

NameResearch AreaTelephone ExtensionEmail username
Dr Cees BassaEuropean Pulsar Timing Array, Large European Array for Pulsars 54202 cees.bassa
Dr Robert Beswick e-MERLIN/Galaxies and Star Formation 50483,69412 robert.beswick
Dr Pierre-Emmanuel Belles e-Merlin support scientist 66464 pierreemmanuel.belles
Dr Anna Bonaldi CMB/Component Separation and Planck 54087 anna.bonaldi
James Cullen Research Associate - NEXPReS 69422 james.cullen
Dr Cristobal Espinoza Pulsar Spin Evolution54202cristobal.espinoza@postgrad
Dr Robert Ferdman Pulsars54145robert.ferdman
Dr Melanie Gendre Active Galaxies melanie.gendre
Dr Mykola Gordovskyy Solar Plasmas 54087 mykola.gordovskyy
Dr Alastair GunnVLBI Operations69433alastair.gunn
Dr Paul HarrisonAstroGrid54124paul.harrison
Vic HaynesResearch Associate - Quasioptics and filters62495vhaynes@jb
Dr Gemma JanssenEuropean Pulsar Timing Array, Large European Array for Pulsars54145gemma.janssen
Dr Christine JordanPulsars2674chris.jordan
Dr Hilary KayDaphne Jackson Fellow54145hilary.kay
Dr Iain McDonald Evolved Stars 54145 mcdonald@jb
Dr Simon MelhuishResearch Fellow62496, 54121simon.melhuish
Dr Ming Wah Richard Ng Technology 54121 mingwah.ng
Dr Roger Noble MERLIN Software 69464 roger.noble
Dr Fabio Noviello Instrumental and Observational Cosmology 54087  
Dr Michael Peel Planck Foregrounds54142michael.peel
Dr Jaime PinedaESO ALMA COFUND Fellow jaime.pineda
Dr Paul Ruffle SAGE-Spec Studies of Dust in the Magellanic Clouds, Evolved Stars and Astrochemistry 54087 paul.ruffle
Sotirios Sanidas STEP Fellow 54196 sotirios.sanidas@postgrad
Chris Shenton UK PrepSKA Programme Manager and JBO Digital Systems Engineer 69470, 63677 chris.shenton
Dr Magda Todorovic

CMB Foregrounds, Anomalous Dust, ISM, Nearby Galaxies.

54124 magdolna.todorovic
Dr Alessio Traficante IR and  Sub-mm Astronomy 54087 alessio.traficante
Dr Bob WatsonCMB Pipeline 54142bob.watson
Dr Joseph Zuntz Cosmological structure formation 54087 joseph.zuntz

IT Development & Support

NameResearch AreaTelephone ExtensionEmail username
Dr Anthony HollowayHead of Computing54096,69426anthony.j.holloway
Dr Robert DicksonIT Manager54230,69426robert.c.dickson
Beverley HancockIT Support69426beverley.v.hancock

Scientific Visitors

NameResearch AreaTelephone ExtensionEmail username
Dr Ana Cabral Low Mass Star Formation 54144 ana.cabral@postgrad
Dr Sandra EtokaALMA Archive54124sandra.etoka
Dr Richard Long Galactic Dynamics and Gravitational Lensing richard.long@postgrad
Dr Bryan Rees Galactic bulge PNe 54145 bryan.rees@
Hector Vives-Arias Gravitational lensing 54103 hector.vives-arias

Operations/Engineering

NameResearch AreaTelephone ExtensionEmail username
Dr Aziz AhmedsaidDSP Engineer69407aziz.ahmedsaid
Dr Mirza AsifTelescope Array Controller69448,69449,69460mirza.asif
James BartleTelescope Technician69405,69410james.bartle
Angela BayleySystems Programmer69409angela.bayley
Dr Mike BentleySenior Experimental Officer (links & developments)69411michael.bentley
Tony BlackburnLinks Technician 69413 tony.blackburn-2
Eddie BlackhurstReceiver Technician 69485 edward.blackhurst
Paul BurgessVLBI Operations69475paul.burgess
David ClarkeTelescope Technician69410,69457david.t.clarke
Philip ClarkeTelescope Technician69405,69410pclarke@jb
Ray ComberDeputy OiC (Telescope Engineering)69402ray.comber
John EdgleyRF Group Supervisor 69425 john.edgley
Adrian GaltressDraftsperson69427adrian.galtress
John HamiltonControl Room & Servo Lab Supervisor69435john.hamilton
Andrew HowsonTelescope Array Controller69448,69449,69460andrew.howson
Luke Invernon Telescope Array Controller 2660,2249 luke.invernon
Anthony JohnsonControl Technician69442ajohnson@jb
John KitchingEngineer (Mechanical)69403gjkitching
Christopher ManceTelescope Array Controller69448,69449,69460christopher.mance
Ian ManfieldTelescope Array Controller69448,69449,69460ian.manfield
Frank ManningElectrical Supervisor69404frank.manning
Jason MarshallCryogenics Technician 69458 jason.marshall
Leslie ParryDigital Technician69488,9473leslie.parry
Mark RobertsTelescope Array Controller69448,69449,69460mark.roberts
Darren Shepherd Mechanical Technician 54061 darren.shepherd
Sarah Smith RF Engineer 69487 sarah.smith
Matthew Stubbs Electrical Technician 69404 matthew.stubbs
Alan WilliamsTelescope Technician69405,69410alan.williams-2
Dr Richard Whitaker SKADS Engineer 69476 richard.whitaker

Administration/Support

NameResearch AreaTelephone ExtensionEmail username
Mike Anderson Site Manager/Safety Advisor JBO69490mike.j.anderson
Foteini "Claire" Lykou PA to the Directors 54214 admin@jb
Angela Linton Project Office 54189 angela.linton
Sarah MorrisGeneral Office - JBO69429sarah.m.morris
Pat StanwayGeneral Office - JBO 69400,69428,69429 patricia.stanway
Dr Althea WilkinsonJBCA/SKA Project Officer54184althea.wilkinson

Postgraduate Students

 
NameResearch AreaTelephone ExtensionEmail username
Shahram Amiri Technology shahram.amiri@postgrad
Supachai Awiphan Exoplanet Searches 54196 supachai.awiphan@postgrad
Makiko "Sherwin" Ban Sun, Stars and Planets   makiko.ban@postgrad
Rachana Bhatawdekar C-Band All-Sky Survey rachana.bhatawdekar@postgrad
David Boulderstone Cosmological Evolution of Galaxy Clusters david.boulderstone@postgrad
Sally Cooper Pulsars sally.cooper@postgrad
Samuel Cusworth Cosmology samuel.cusworth@postgrad
Constantinos Demetroullas Extragalactic 54144 costantinos.demetroullas@postgrad
Ho Ting Fung Technology 54196 hoting.fung@postgrad
Liz Guzman Planetary Nebulae Interacting with ISM 54144 lizette.ramirez@postgrad
Mareike Haberichter Theory of Skyrmions 54196 mareike.haberichter@postgrad
Emily Hall emily.hall@postgrad
Stuart Harper Extragalactic stuart.harper@manchester
William Harrop Dusty Modelling of Mass Losing Stars william.harrop@postgrad
Kerry Hebden Sun, Stars and Planets 54144 kerry.hebden@postgrad
Leo Huckvale Sun, Stars and Planets leo.huckvale@postgrad
Mohammed Akbar Hussain RRLs/Extragalactic mohammed.hussain-2@postgrad
Melis Irfan Extragalactic 54196 melis.irfan@postgrad
Andrew Jones Dusty Galaxies and PAH Emission andrew.jones-8@postgrad
Olivia Jones Cosmic Dust Minerology 54103 olivia.jones@postgrad
Matias Lackington Werner Sun, Stars and Planets 54103 matias.lackingtonwerner@postgrad
Indy Leclerq Extragalactic
Stefania Maccalli Technology 54196 stefania.maccalli@postgrad
Marion Mathelie-Guinlet Astrochemistry marion.mathelie-guinlet@postgrad
Mark McCulloch Technology 54196 Mark.McCulloch@postgrad
Catherine McGuire Infall Signatures and Massive Star-Formation 54144 catherine.mcguire@postgrad
Teo Mocnik Planetary Nebulae teo.mocnik@postgrad
Imran Mohamed Technology 54196 Imran.Mohamed@postgrad
Richard Newton Extragalactic 54196 richard.newton-3@postgrad
Monika Obrocka Pulsars/Technology 54202 monika.obrocka@postgrad
Fahri Ozturk Technology 54196 Fahri.Ozturk@postgrad
Jonathan Pearson
Theoretical Cosmology 54196 jonathan.pearson@postgrad
Simon Pike Extragalactic 54196 simon.pike-2@postgrad
Jonathan Quinn Extragalactic jonathan.quinn@postgrad
Carl Roberts e-MERLIN/Gravitational Lensing carl.roberts@postgrad
Simon Rookyard Pulsars simon.rookyard@postgrad
Christina Smith Sun, Stars and Planets 54144 christina.smith-3@postgrad
Adam Stanier Sun, Stars and Planets   Adam.stanier-2@postgrad
Christopher Taylor Technology   christopher.taylor-2@postgrad
Dan Thornton Pulsars 54202 dan.thornton-2@postgrad
Amy Tyndall Sun, Stars and Planets Amy.Tyndall@postgrad
Matias Vidal Extragalactic 54196 mvidal@jb
Kate Voller Cosmology 54196 kate.voller@manchester.ac.uk
Christopher Wallis Extragalactic/Cosmology christopher.wallis@postgrad
Lee Whittaker Extragalactic/Cosmology lee.whittaker@postgrad
Nick Wrigley e-MERLIN Project 54144 Nicholas.Wrigley@postgrad