CV

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Education and Employment

  • 2021 - Present     Public Astronomer, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge
  • 2017 - 2021     Outreach Facilitator, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge
  • 2012 - 2017     Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Cambridge
  • 2011 - 2012     Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Arizona
  • 2007 - 2011     PhD in Astronomy, University of Cambridge
  • 2003 - 2007     MPhys Astrophysics, University of Southampton (1st Class Hons)

Professional activities

  • Bye-Fellow of Girton College, Universiy of Cambridge
  • Member of the International Astronomical Union (IAU)
  • Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Invited referee for Nature, Nature Physics, the Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, and Astronomy & Astrophysics
  • Patron and Trustee of the Kinetic Science Foundation
  • Committee Member, Cambridge Physics Centre
  • Honorary President of LYRA (Lowestoft & Yarmouth Regional Astronomers) and LDAS (Letchworth & District Astronomical Society)

Writing

  • Since 2019 I have been represented by Laurie Robertson (for adult non-fiction) and Lucy Irvine (children’s non-fiction) of Peters Fraser & Dunlop literary agents
  • I have a two-book deal with Dorling Kindersley, the first of which – Astrophysics for Supervillains – will be published in Summer 2024, with the second planned for 2025
  • My popular astronomy book The Invisible Universe: Why There’s More to Reality than Meets the Eye was published by Oneworld Publications in November 2021
  • My science writing has appeared in New Scientist, Aeon Magazine, The Daily Beast, The Guardian ‘ask an expert’, Writer’s Digest, and others
  • I am an invited consulting science editor for the upcoming book Beyond the Earth; An Anthology of Human Messages Into Deep Space and Cosmic Time (Atalier Editions)
  • I am a consulting expert for several upcoming children’s popular science books to be published by Nosy Crow in collaboration with the University of Cambridge

Research

  • >5500 citations, h-index=37
  • 42 papers in refereed journals (including 2 in Nature)
  • My research interests involve the role of gas in galaxy evolution across cosmic time