The Centre welcomes three new students onto the PhD programme this year. Jaz Pearson came from Pleckgate High School in Blackburn to study Mathematics at UCLan. Gaining his BSc degree with first class honours, he has stayed on to work towards his PhD with Dr Robert Walsh, looking at the Read More …
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United Kingdom Solar Physics and MIST 2007 meetings
The UK Solar Physics and MIST communities will be descending on UCLan in 2007 as they attend joint meetings with the RAS National Astronomy Meeting. These annual meetings are coming together for the first time, making this the largest NAM for a long time. During the week-long event there will Read More …
Dr Stephanie Courty joins UCLan
The Centre for Astrophysics at the University of Central Lancashire is pleased to announce the arrival of its newest staff member, Dr Stephanie Courty. Stephanie completed her PhD in Paris in 2002 in the field of computational cosmmology and galaxy formation, and is an acknowledged expert in thermodynamical evolution of Read More …
Centre wins Academic Fellowship in Galaxy Formation
The Centre for Astrophysics is pleased to announce that it has been awarded an Academic Fellowship in High Performance Computational Galaxy Formation from the Research Councils of the United Kingdom (RCUK). These prestigious 5-year fellowships lead to a permanent faculty position at the host intitution. The recruitment process for this Read More …
National Astronomy Meeting 2007
The Centre for Astrophysics at UCLan is to host the RAS/PPARC National Astronomy Meeting in 2007 April. This will being together hundreds of astronomers from across the UK and beyond to discuss the latest advances in astronomy and astrophysics. During the week-long NAM’07 event there will be public lectures, news stories Read More …
NASA job for UCLan graduate
Dr Mike Marsh, who recently graduated with a PhD in Solar Physics from UCLan, is taking up a research fellowship at NASA‘s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Maryland. This facility operates many of NASA‘s satellites, including solar observatories SOHO and TRACE. Mike will be working with Drs Jack Ireland Read More …
Astronomy at Astrofest
Our world-leading distance learning team will be on-site at Astrofest, Kensington Town Hall, 3rd and 4th February 2006. Come along to Stands 35 & 36 and meet the staff and students. Information on all our courses will be available, and you can try out our Astroquiz. In addition we are Read More …
Professor Brad Gibson Joins UCLan
Coming from Swinburne University, Professor Brad Gibson joined the University’s Centre for Astrophysics on the 1st February 2006. He has been appointed the new Chair in Theoretical Astrophysics, and is charged with overseeing the development of a new, vibrant, program of computational and theoretical astrophysics. “My research is actually fairly Read More …
Two new PhD students
Two PhD students join us this week, bring the total starting this academic year to four. The latest additions come from outside the United Kingdom. Ilani Loubser comes from the North West University, South Africa, where she has just completed an MSc in Astrophysics. She will be working with Dr Read More …
New research students
The Centre has recruited four new students onto the PhD programme starting in the academic year 2005-2006. Two start immediately, with the others arriving in 2006 January. Angela MacDonald comes to us from the University of Manchester, where she successfully studied for an MPhys in Astrophysics. She is working with Dr Read More …