I am an associate professor in the Astronomy and Astrophysics group of the Department of Physics at the University of Warwick. I use multi-wavelength observations to study accretion physics and the high energy physics of astronomical outflows such as jets, winds and stellar explosions in extreme environments. Some of the questions that I am most interested in include: How are jets launched and collimated? What is the physics driving the explosions of supernovae and transients? What are the new fast transients that being discovered by modern telescopes? What is the nature of the newly discovered class of white dwarf pulsars? What is the radio emission mechanism in accreting white dwarfs? My research spans the explosions of stars, to the accretion physics of compact objects (black holes, neutron stars and white dwarfs) as they strip material off of companion stars, to the merger of compact objects as revealed by gravitational wave detectors.

Interests:

Accretion and outflow physics in:

• Transients such as
  • fast blue optical transients
  • tidal disruption events
  • supernovae
  • gamma ray bursts (long and short)
  • gravitational wave sources
  • novae
• Accreting compact objects:
  • Cataclysmic Variables
  • X-ray binaries

You can find a list of my research papers here.