UK Academic Partners
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University of Leeds
Project Lead: Prof Melvin Hoare (DARA Principle Investigator)
Research interests: massive star formation, radio astronomy, development in Africa
Project Co-lead(s):
Prof Mark Thompson - radio astronomy, star formation
Dr John Ilee - star and planet formation, mm and radio interferometry, radiative transfer
Dr Julian Pittard - computational fluid dynamics, interstellar medium, star formation, stellar winds
Dr Emma C. Smith - DARA Project Manager, science education, diversity in science, earth observation
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University of Manchester
Project Lead: Prof Anna Scaife
Research interests: radio astronomy, artificial intelligence, data-intensive astronomy, science policy
Project Co-lead(s):
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Prof Robert Beswick - extragalactic radio astronomy, star-formation and AGN
Prof Ben Stappers - pulsars, fast radio bursts, machine learning
Prof Rene Breton - pulsars, transients and binary systems, remote sensing for agriculture
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University of Oxford
Project Lead: Prof Rob Fender
Research interests: radio studies of accretion and feedback around relativistic objects
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University of Hertfordshire
Project Lead: Prof Martin Hardcastle
Research interests: radio astronomy, high-energy astrophysics, physics of active galactic nuclei
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University of Edinburgh
Project Lead: Prof Colin Snodgrass
Research interests: comets, remote observations, spacecraft exploration missions
University of Stirling
Project Lead: Dr Evangelos Spyrakos
Research interests: remote sensing in aquatic environments, aquatic ecosystems, environmental change
Project Co-lead(s):
Dr Tiago Silva - environmental informatics, ecosystems, abiotic-driven environments, climate change, remote sensing
Durham University
Project Lead: Dr Leah Morabito
Research interests: radio interferometry, galaxy surveys, active galaxy nuclei
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University of the Highlands and Islands
Project Lead: Dr Eddy Graham
Research interests: meteorology, climate, climate change, astronomical site testing and characterisation
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University of Bristol
Project Lead: Dr Natasha Maddox
Research interests: optical astronomy, radio astronomy, galaxy evolution, big data
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