Senior Lecturer at Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University
I am a computational cosmologist working at the Astrophysics Research Institute (ARI) , Liverpool John Moores University. My research interests are focused on the formation and evolution of galaxies, in particular on the formation of our own galaxy, the Milky Way.
In particular, I am interested in the composition of the stellar halo, the distribution of stellar streams and the nature of dark matter.
Cosmology is at a tipping point – we may be on the verge of discovering new physics
Sep 14, 2024 08:03 am UTC| Insights & Views Science
For the past few years, a series of controversies have rocked the well-established field of cosmology. In a nutshell, the predictions of the standard model of the universe appear to be at odds with some recent...
Scientists start mapping the hidden web that scaffolds the universe
Oct 04, 2019 14:37 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science
After counting all the normal, luminous matter in the obvious places of the universe galaxies, clusters of galaxies and the intergalactic medium about half of it is still missing. So not only is 85% of the matter in the...