Image credits, left to right: [1] Art: Measuring mistakes by Ulrike Kuchner. Lapel pin: CepheidStudio. [2] EROJ003707+0909.5, aka the space-invader. [3] Mapping dark matter with gravitational lensing. [4] Searching for gravitationally lensed gravitational waves.
Brief biography
More information is available upon request.
Employment and education
| Current roles | Professor of Physics and Astronomy (Birmingham) and Ida Pfeiffer Professor (Vienna) |
| 2024-2025 | Faculty of Earth Sciences, Geography and Astronomy, University of Vienna, Austria |
| Since 2005 | School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, UK |
| 2002-2005 | California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA (Postdoctoral Scholar) |
| 1999-2002 | Ustinov College, Durham University (PhD Astrophysics, 2002) |
| 1991-1999 | Arthur Andersen, Leeds, Chicago and London (ACA, 1994) |
| 1988-1991 | Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford (BA Physics, 1991) |
Awards, fellowships, and honourary positions
| 2021-2023 | Royal Society Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellow |
| 2017 | Senior Fellow, Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) |
| 2012 | Astronomical Society of Japan Paper of the Year (Co-recipient) |
| 2007 | Royal Astronomical Society Fowler Award (Early career contributions to astronomy) |
| 2005-2014 | Royal Society University Research Fellow |
| 2005-2008 | Visiting Scholar, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA |
| 2000 | Institute of Physics Prize for First Year PhD Astrophysics, Durham University |
| 1998 | Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society |
| 1994-1996 | Honourary Lecturer, Bradford School of Management, UK |
Example continuing education
| Various | How to be an effective ally; Inclusive educator; Neurodiversity awareness |
| 2019-2021 | Research Leader Programme, University of Birmingham |
