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
Academic Staff
Emeritus Staff
Visitors
ALMA UK Regional Centre
Research Staff
IT Development & Support
Operations/Engineering
Administration/Support
Postgraduate Students

Directors

Name	Research Area	Telephone Extension	Email 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

Name	Research Area	Telephone Extension	Email username
Prof Richard Battye	Cosmology/Theory	54185	richard.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 Plasmas	63912	philippa.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 & technology	63653	gary.fuller
Dr Keith Grainge		54690	keith.grainge
Dr Malcolm Gray	Late-type Stars, Masers, Radiative transfer	63967	malcolm.gray
Dr Neal Jackson	Gravitational Lensing	54080	neal.jackson
Dr Scott Kay	Cosmology	54166	scott.kay
Dr Eamonn Kerins	Exoplanets and Gravitational Lensing	54191	eamonn.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 Leahy	Cosmology, radio astronomy, AGN jets, Galactic magnetic fields	54115	j.p.leahy
Dr Myfanwy Lloyd	Circumstellar Matter	54085	myfanwy.lloyd
Prof Shude Mao	Gravitational Lensing		shude.mao
Dr Bruno Maffei	Radioastronomy Technology	54141	bruno.maffei
Dr Andrew Markwick	Astrochemistry	63971	andrew.markwick
Dr Tim O'Brien	Associate Director (Public Engagement & Communications) / Circumstellar Matter	54165, 69437	tim.obrien
Prof Lucio Piccirillo	Radioastronomy Technology	54194	lucio.piccirillo
Dr Giampaolo Pisano	Radioastronomy technology	63944,54195	giampaolo.pisano
Prof Richard Schilizzi	SKA	54055	richard.schilizzi
Dr Ben Stappers	Pulsars	54187	ben.stappers
Dr Patrick Weltevrede	Pulsars	54162	patrick.weltevrede
Prof Peter Wilkinson	Cosmic Microwave Background	54129	peter.wilkinson

Emeritus and Honorary Staff

Name	Research Area	Telephone Extension	Email username
Dr Bryan Anderson	Radioastronomy technology	2613	bryan.anderson
Prof Ian Browne	Active Galaxies and Gravitational Lensing	54127	ian.browne
Prof Rod Davies	Cosmic Microwave Background & Ex-Director	54123	rod.davies
Prof Andrew Lyne	Pulsars and Ex-Director	69423	andrew.lyne
Prof John Meaburn	Inter- & Circum-stellar matter	2618	john.meaburn
Prof Tom Millar	Visiting Professor
Gresham Prof Ian Morison	Optical Astronomy		ian.morison
Prof Alan Pedlar	Galaxies		alan.pedlar
Prof Sir Francis Graham Smith	Pulsars & Ex-Director	69471	francis.graham-smith
Prof Ralph Spencer	Technology and X-ray binaries		ralph.spencer
Dr Peter Thomasson	MERLIN Operations	69542	peter.thomasson
Dr Grigory Vekstein	Plasma & Solar physics	54123	grigory.vekstein

ALMA UK Regional Centre

Name	Research Area	Telephone Extension	Email 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 Richards	ALMA Regional Centre	54243	a.m.s.richards

Research Staff

Name	Research Area	Telephone Extension	Email username
Dr Cees Bassa	European 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 Evolution	54202	cristobal.espinoza@postgrad
Dr Robert Ferdman	Pulsars	54145	robert.ferdman
Dr Melanie Gendre	Active Galaxies		melanie.gendre
Dr Mykola Gordovskyy	Solar Plasmas	54087	mykola.gordovskyy
Dr Alastair Gunn	VLBI Operations	69433	alastair.gunn
Dr Paul Harrison	AstroGrid	54124	paul.harrison
Vic Haynes	Research Associate - Quasioptics and filters	62495	vhaynes@jb
Dr Gemma Janssen	European Pulsar Timing Array, Large European Array for Pulsars	54145	gemma.janssen
Dr Christine Jordan	Pulsars	2674	chris.jordan
Dr Hilary Kay	Daphne Jackson Fellow	54145	hilary.kay
Dr Iain McDonald	Evolved Stars	54145	mcdonald@jb
Dr Simon Melhuish	Research Fellow	62496, 54121	simon.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 Foregrounds	54142	michael.peel
Dr Jaime Pineda	ESO 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 Watson	CMB Pipeline	54142	bob.watson
Dr Joseph Zuntz	Cosmological structure formation	54087	joseph.zuntz

IT Development & Support

Name	Research Area	Telephone Extension	Email username
Dr Anthony Holloway	Head of Computing	54096,69426	anthony.j.holloway
Dr Robert Dickson	IT Manager	54230,69426	robert.c.dickson
Beverley Hancock	IT Support	69426	beverley.v.hancock

Scientific Visitors

Name	Research Area	Telephone Extension	Email username
Dr Ana Cabral	Low Mass Star Formation	54144	ana.cabral@postgrad
Dr Sandra Etoka	ALMA Archive	54124	sandra.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

Name	Research Area	Telephone Extension	Email username
Dr Aziz Ahmedsaid	DSP Engineer	69407	aziz.ahmedsaid
Dr Mirza Asif	Telescope Array Controller	69448,69449,69460	mirza.asif
James Bartle	Telescope Technician	69405,69410	james.bartle
Angela Bayley	Systems Programmer	69409	angela.bayley
Dr Mike Bentley	Senior Experimental Officer (links & developments)	69411	michael.bentley
Tony Blackburn	Links Technician	69413	tony.blackburn-2
Eddie Blackhurst	Receiver Technician	69485	edward.blackhurst
Paul Burgess	VLBI Operations	69475	paul.burgess
David Clarke	Telescope Technician	69410,69457	david.t.clarke
Philip Clarke	Telescope Technician	69405,69410	pclarke@jb
Ray Comber	Deputy OiC (Telescope Engineering)	69402	ray.comber
John Edgley	RF Group Supervisor	69425	john.edgley
Adrian Galtress	Draftsperson	69427	adrian.galtress
John Hamilton	Control Room & Servo Lab Supervisor	69435	john.hamilton
Andrew Howson	Telescope Array Controller	69448,69449,69460	andrew.howson
Luke Invernon	Telescope Array Controller	2660,2249	luke.invernon
Anthony Johnson	Control Technician	69442	ajohnson@jb
John Kitching	Engineer (Mechanical)	69403	gjkitching
Christopher Mance	Telescope Array Controller	69448,69449,69460	christopher.mance
Ian Manfield	Telescope Array Controller	69448,69449,69460	ian.manfield
Frank Manning	Electrical Supervisor	69404	frank.manning
Jason Marshall	Cryogenics Technician	69458	jason.marshall
Leslie Parry	Digital Technician	69488,9473	leslie.parry
Mark Roberts	Telescope Array Controller	69448,69449,69460	mark.roberts
Darren Shepherd	Mechanical Technician	54061	darren.shepherd
Sarah Smith	RF Engineer	69487	sarah.smith
Matthew Stubbs	Electrical Technician	69404	matthew.stubbs
Alan Williams	Telescope Technician	69405,69410	alan.williams-2
Dr Richard Whitaker	SKADS Engineer	69476	richard.whitaker

Administration/Support

Name	Research Area	Telephone Extension	Email username
Mike Anderson	Site Manager/Safety Advisor JBO	69490	mike.j.anderson
Foteini "Claire" Lykou	PA to the Directors	54214	admin@jb
Angela Linton	Project Office	54189	angela.linton
Sarah Morris	General Office - JBO	69429	sarah.m.morris
Pat Stanway	General Office - JBO	69400,69428,69429	patricia.stanway
Dr Althea Wilkinson	JBCA/SKA Project Officer	54184	althea.wilkinson

Postgraduate Students

Name	Research Area	Telephone Extension	Email 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

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