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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 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 …
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 …
The Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) is inaugurated on the 10th November. Following successful first-light observations, five years to the day since the ground-breaking in 2000, representatives of the international SALT partnership are gathering a SAAO. South African President Thabo Mbeki will attend the ceremony, alongside UCLan Vice-Chancellor Dr Malcolm McVicar Read More …
The Centre has recruited four excellent researchers to work alongside lecturer staff on a range of projects in solar, stellar and extragalactic astrophysics. They come to us from all over the world, adding a wealth of new knowledge and experience to the Centre. Dr Katrien Uytterhoeven joins us from the Read More …