Exoplanets
We study planets that orbit other stars, searching for them and characterising their types, compositions and atmospheres. Our research aims to understand the conditions on these planets, how they form and evolve over time, and the potential habitability of other worlds. Our work uses state of the art telescopes, both in space and on the ground. See also research on planetary remnants around white dwarfs.
Research news, job opportunities and possible PhD projects are shared part of the main Astronomy and Astrophysics group webpages.
List of Academic Staff
List of Research Staff
List of Research Fellows
List of Postgraduate Students
List of honorary group members
List of former group members
Academic Staff
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| David ArmstrongLink opens in a new window (professor) (UKRI Frontier Research Grant fellow) |
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Daniel BaylissLink opens in a new window |
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| Heather CeglaLink opens in a new window (professor) (UKRI Future Leaders Fellow) |
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Siddharth GandhiLink opens in a new window |
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Farzana MeruLink opens in a new window |
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| Don PollaccoLink opens in a new window (professor) |
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| Dimitri VerasLink opens in a new window (associate professor - Reader) (STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellow) |
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| Peter WheatleyLink opens in a new window (professor) |
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Research Staff
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| David BrownLink opens in a new window (senior research fellow) |
d.j.a.brown@ For PLATO-related enquiries use psmoffice@ |
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| Lauren DoyleLink opens in a new window (assistant professor) |
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James McCormacLink opens in a new window |
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| Richard WestLink opens in a new window (associate professor) |
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Thomas WilsonLink opens in a new window |
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Research Fellows
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Ioannis ApergisLink opens in a new window |
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Oscar BarraganLink opens in a new window |
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| Ed BryantLink opens in a new window (Warwick prize fellow) |
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Hritam ChakrabortyLink opens in a new window |
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| Kaiming CuiLink opens in a new window | Kaiming.Cui@ |
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Jorge Fernández FernándezLink opens in a new window |
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Samuel GillLink opens in a new window |
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Andreas HadjigeorghiouLink opens in a new window |
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Maria de Juan OvelarLink opens in a new window |
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George KingLink opens in a new window |
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Vedad KunovacLink opens in a new window |
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Marina Lafarga MagroLink opens in a new window |
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Cis LagaeLink opens in a new window |
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Pooneh Nazari |
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Ayaka OkuyaLink opens in a new window |
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Ares Osborn |
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Sahl Rowther |
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Postgraduate Students
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Charlie BaileyLink opens in a new window |
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Rhys CollinsLink opens in a new window |
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Ben DaviesLink opens in a new window |
ben.d.r.davies@ |
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Sophie EdleyLink opens in a new window |
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Fintan Eeles-NolleLink opens in a new window |
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Vanessa Emeka-Okafor |
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Yoshi EschenLink opens in a new window |
yoshi.eschen@ |
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Amena FaruqiLink opens in a new window |
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Marcelo Aron Fetzner KenigerLink opens in a new window |
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Matt GodfreyLink opens in a new window |
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Cameron KelahanLink opens in a new window |
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Isobel LockleyLink opens in a new window |
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Cristina Madurga FavieresLink opens in a new window |
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Rafael Martinez-BrunnerLink opens in a new window |
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Ross McConnell |
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Mateusz PotrykusLink opens in a new window |
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Brandon RajkumarLink opens in a new window |
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Pratishtha RawatLink opens in a new window |
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Amber SedgleyLink opens in a new window |
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Lixian ShenLink opens in a new window |
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Taf ZivaveLink opens in a new window |
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Honorary Group Members
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| Kevin HengLink opens in a new window (honorary professor) (at the Center for Space and Habitability University of Bern, Switzerland) |
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Former Group Members
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Eva-Maria AhrerLink opens in a new window |
Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (Germany) |  |
| David AndersonLink opens in a new window (research fellow) |
Universidad Católica del Norte (Chile) | |
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Matthew BattleyLink opens in a new window |
Postdoc, Geneva Observatory (Switzerland) |  |
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Raphael Bendahan-WestLink opens in a new window |
PhD Student, University of Exeter [websiteLink opens in a new window] |  |
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Joao Bento |
Macquarie University (Australia) | |
| Matteo BrogiLink opens in a new window (assistant professor/associate professor 2017-2022) |
Associate Professor, University of Turin (Italy) [websiteLink opens in a new window] |  |
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Cait ClementLink opens in a new window |
Communications Officer, IOP Publishing |  |
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John Dolan |
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Amanda Doyle |
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Emma Foxell |
ESO Garching (Germany) | |
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Yilen Gomez Maqueo Chew |
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (Mexico) | |
| Faith HawthornLink opens in a new window (PhD student 2020-present) |
Rugby School |
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James JackmanLink opens in a new window |
Postdoctoral Scholar, Arizona State University (USA) [websiteLink opens in a new window] |  |
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| Grant KennedyLink opens in a new window (associate professor 2018-2025) |
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| Minjae KimLink opens in a new window (research fellow 2022-2024) |
University College London |
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James Kirk |
Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian (USA) | |
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Kristine Lam |
DLRA, Berlin (Germany) | |
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Will McClean |
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Catriona McDonald |
Research Fellow, University of Cambridge [websiteLink opens in a new window] |  |
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Laura MillsonLink opens in a new window |
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Morgan MitchellLink opens in a new window |
Data Science Fellow at "Science to Data Science (S2DS)" |
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| Rebecca NealonLink opens in a new window (assistant professor) (UKRI Stephen Hawking fellow) |
ARC Future Fellow, Monash University (Australia) |
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Azib NorazmanLink opens in a new window |
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Sean O'Brien |
PhD student, Queen's University, Belfast [websiteLink opens in a new window] |
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Hugh Osborn |
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| Vatsal PanwarLink opens in a new window (research fellow) |
Research fellow, University of Birmingham |  |
| Tim PearceLink opens in a new window (Stephen Hawking fellow 2023-2026) |
Trinity College, Dublin (Ireland) |  |
| Toby RodelLink opens in a new window (MSc student 2022-2023) |
PhD student, Queen's University, Belfast | |
| Alex RomanecLink opens in a new window (MSc student 2025-26) |
PhD student, MSSL/UCL |  |
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John Rostron |
The Met Office | |
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Jessica Spake |
PhD student, University of Exeter | |
| Paul A. StrømLink opens in a new window (assistant professor) |
The Norwegian Space Agency |
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| Simon Walker (PhD student 2009-2013) (Research fellow) |
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Rebecca Webb |
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Alison YoungLink opens in a new window |
Stephen Hawking Fellow, University of Leeds |  |
