Prof Bob Nichol
Position: Professor of Astrophysics and Pro-Vice Chancellor (Research)E-mail: bob.nichol(at port.ac.uk)Telephone: +44 (0)2392 844472Office:
Research interests: My main research interests and projects include: Studies of the large-scale structure in the Universe (Euclid, SDSS-III BOSS, ISW); Supernovae (SDSS-II Supernova Survey, DES); Galaxy properties as a function of environment (Galaxy Zoo, SDSS); Halo properties of galaxies and how they trace the underlying dark matter (BOSS); Advanced computational and statistical methods; Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI, LOFAR)
Biography:
I finished my PhD in 1992 at the University of Edinburgh and started a postdoctoral position at Northwestern University with Prof. Mel Ulmer. In 1993, I moved to the University of Chicago to beginning work on the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (www.sdss3.org) and have been involved in this world-leading survey ever since. In 1997, I became an assistant professor in physics at Carnegie Mellon University, and an associate professor in 2001. In 2004, I returned to the UK in Portsmouth via a Marie Curie Professorship and since 2010 I have been co-director of the ICG. In 2007, I was awarded a Marie Curie Award
Qualifications: PhD in PhysicsAchievements and recognition: Marie Curie Award (2007)
Grants: STFC, Leverhulme, Royal Society
Roles and Collaborations: Sloan Digital Sky Survey, Dark Energy Survey, Euclid, Galaxy Zoo
Postgraduate students supervised: 4 PhD students (2013)
Teaching responsibilities: Maths, Applied Physics
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