Morgan Mitchell

I'm Morgan, and I recently completed my PhD in the Astronomy and Astrophysics group at the University of Warwick under the supervision of Professor Don Pollacco.

My PhD work was made up of three main parts -

• Commissioning Warwick's TWIST telescope and using it to discover and observe variability in the globular cluster Messier 3 (NGC 5272)
• Observing white dwarfs (pulsating or with transiting debris) with the Warwick 1-metre (W1m) telescope
• Simulating the Kepler planet population detectable with the PLATO space telescope, due to launch in early 2027.

I led weekly physics examples classes for 25 undergraduate students as part of the PX161 module.

My responsibilities included grading assignments and delivering two weekly classes (one as lead, one as support).

The subjects studied were Classical Mechanics and Special Relativity, Physics Foundations (thermodynamics), Electromagnetism and Quantum Phenomena.

• PhD (PhysicsLink opens in a new window) - University of Warwick (2022-26)
• MSc (ComputingLink opens in a new window) - Imperial College London (2021-22)
• BSc (PhysicsLink opens in a new window) - University of Warwick (2018-21)

Warwick Exoplanets Group Work Talks -

• 25/07/2023 (slidesLink opens in a new window)
• 07/03/2024 (slidesLink opens in a new window)
• 11/03/2025 (slidesLink opens in a new window)

Astronomische Gesellschaft Conference Talk - 17/09/2025 (slidesLink opens in a new window)