CV
My curriculum vitae is below; a PDF version is also available (but is not as up-to-date).
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Contact details
Main work Alternative work Home Room 3.221
Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics
Alan Turing Building
The University of Manchester
Manchester
M13
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)161 275 4196
Mobile: +44 (0)789 014 2394Jodrell Bank Observatory
School of Physics & Astronomy
The University of Manchester,
Macclesfield
Cheshire
SK11 9DL
United KingdomTel: If I'm at the observatory, then I can probably be reached by dialing the switchboard on +44 (0)1477 571 321.
6 Oak Close
Chapel-en-le-Frith
High Peak
Derbyshire
SK23 0NF
Mobile: +44 (0)789 014 2394
Education
- 2006–2009 – The University of Manchester – Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL
- I am currently studying for a PhD in Astronomy and Astrophysics, looking at the detection of the Sunyaev-Zel’dovich effect in clusters of galaxies using OCRA-F. My supervisors are Ian Browne and Richard Battye.
- Documents:
- 2002–2006 – The University of Manchester – Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL
- 2:1 – MPhys Physics and Astrophysics (upper second class honours)
- MPhys projects:
- The Stellar Computer, supervised by Malcolm Grey
- Classification of Gravitational Microlensing Light Curves, supervised by Shude Mao. This project won the Tessella Prize for Software at Manchester in 2006.
- 2000–2002 – New Mills School and 6th Form Center – High Peak, Derbyshire
- A – A-Level Mathematics, Physics
- B – A-Level English
- B – AS-Level IT
- Pass – Young Enterprise
- 1995–2000 – Chapel-en-le-Frith High School – High Peak, Derbyshire
- 1 A* – GCSE English
- 5 A – GCSE English Literature, Mathematics, Science (Double Award), Technology
- 2 B – GCSE Geography, History
- 1 C – GCSE French
Research
Publications
... none yet (work in progress)
Meetings attended
When? What? Where? Talk? September 2007 First Annual School of the EU Network "UniverseNet" - The Origin of the Universe Mytilene, Greece - September 2007 Young European Radio Astronomers Conference (YERAC) Bordeaux, France Presentation April 2007 Royal Astronomical Society National Annual Meeting (RAS NAM) Preston, UK - September 2006 PPARC Summer School Milton Keynes, UK -
Prizes and scholarships
- 2006 - Tessella Prize for Software "for the best use of software in an MPhys project"
- 2007-2009 - PPARC/STFC Postgraduate Studentship
Professional society memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2006-present
- Associate Member of the Institute of Physics, 2006-present
Computing experience
- I use both Windows XP and Mac OS X on a daily basis, and have a solid understanding of both the systems as a whole plus the applications that ship with them. I routinely use advanced features of common applications such as Microsoft Word and Excel, as well as more advanced commercial programs such as Adobe Photoshop.
- I am skilled in C/C++ programming, and use LaTeX and BibTex for document creation.
- I am self-taught in HTML, CSS, PHP and SQL, which I have used to construct a number of websites.
Teaching experience
- April & December 2007 - demonstrated the 7m telescope at Jodrell Bank for distance learning students
Responsibilities
- 2006-present - Chairman of the Jodrell Bank Postgraduate Student Committee
Public outreach
- 2006-7 - Gave several "Ask an Astronomer" sessions at Jodrell Bank Observatory, helped at several of their Star Parties, and have given behind-the-scenes tours of the Observatory.
Personal interests
I relax by reading a book - generally either science fiction or fantasy, with occasional forays into other genres of fiction, as well as biographies and science books - or watching TV. I have been known to play basketball, cycle and jog. I also study Aikido, a martial art.
I am interested in photography, and own a digital SLR camera (Canon EOS 400d), which I have also used to do astrophotography, some times in conjunction with my optical telescope (SkyWatcher 130 PM).
Additionally, I am an administrator on the English Wikipedia, to which I have made many thousands of edits.
Miscellaneous
- Full, clean driving license, with Pass Plus.