Discs research group

We study discs that orbit a variety of other stars, from the youngest planet-forming discs to those that orbit the end-products of stellar evolution, white dwarfs. Our research aims to understand how these discs form and evolve, what goes on within them, and their ultimate fate. This work is done with a combination of theory, observation, and modelling. We use supercomputers, state-of-the-art observatories, and occasionally a pen and paper.

Academic Staff

Name	Email & Links	Research Interests
Grant Kennedy (assistant professor, Royal Society University Research Fellow)	G.Kennedy [at] warwick.ac.uk drgmk.com	Debris Discs Exocomets Protoplanetary Discs Planet-disc interactions
Farzana Meru (assistant professor, Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellow)	f.meru [at] warwick.ac.uk	Protoplanetary Discs Planet Migration Dust Coagulation Planet Formation
Dimitri Veras (associate professor, STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellow)	d.veras [at] warwick.ac.uk	White dwarf debris discs and rings Planet-disc interactions

Research Staff

Name	Email & Links	Research Interests
Chris Manser (Imperial College London)	c.manser [at] imperial.ac.uk	White dwarf debris discs Remnant planetary systems around white dwarfs
Rebecca Nealon (Hawking fellow)	Rebecca.Nealon [at] warwick.ac.uk rebeccanealon.com	Protoplanetary discs Planet disc interactions Warped and misaligned discs Black hole discs

Postgraduate Students

Name	Email & Links	Research Interests
Raphael Bendahan-West (MSc student)	r.bendahan-west [at] warwick.ac.uk	Debris Discs Exocomets
Patrick Cronin-Coltsmann (PhD student)	Patrick.Cronin-Coltsmann [at] warwick.ac.uk	Debris Discs Protoplanetary Discs Planet Formation Low Mass Stars
Amena Faruqi (MSc student)	amena.faruqi [at] warwick.ac.uk	Protoplanetary Discs Planet-Disc Interactions Planet Formation Planetary System Dynamics
Catriona McDonald (PhD Student)	Catriona.McDonald [at] warwick.ac.uk catrionamcdonald.github.io	White Dwarf Pollution White Dwarf Debris Discs Planetary System Dynamics
Azib Norazman (PhD Student)	Azib.Norazman [at] warwick.ac.uk azibn.github.io	Exocomets Debris Discs Bayesian Nested Sampling Machine Learning Methods
Sahl Rowther (PhD student)	Sahl.Rowther [at] warwick.ac.uk sahl95.github.io	Gravitationally Unstable Protoplanetary Discs Warped Discs Planet-Disc Interactions