Research Interests.
My primary research interests are focused in the study of the inter-galactic and circum-galactic medium and how these relate to the galaxy population.
Observationally, my focus is on performing large galaxy surveys around quasar sightlines, which themselves have been observed with high resolution spectroscopy - revealing the web of cosmic gas through absorption line systems.
Primarily this involves deep multi-object or grism spectroscopy using instruments such as VIMOS, MUSE and KMOS at the European Southern Observatory as well as COS, STIS and WFC3 on the Hubble Space Telescope. And in the near future these studies will be a key scientific component of upcoming facilities such as the James Webb Space Telescope and the Extremely Large Telescope.
Recent Posts
Recent Work
The VLT LBG Redshift Survey - VI. Mapping HI in the proximity of z ~ 3 LBGs with X-Shooter
Detection of large scale gas infall towards star-forming galaxies at z ~ 3.
Probing the intra-group medium of a z = 0.28 galaxy group
Profiling the nature of gas within a group environment at low redshift.
The VLT LBG Redshift Survey - V. Characterising the z = 3.1 Lyman Alpha Emitter Population
The clustering and luminosity functions of Lyman alpha emitters.
The WIRCam Deep Survey II: Mass Selected Clustering
Measuring the evolution of galaxy clustering since z = 2.
Current and past projects
Quasar Sightline and Galaxy Evolution (QSAGE) survey
Targeting QSO sightlines with the WFC3 grism on the HST.
VLT LBG Redshift Survey (VLRS)
Studying the nature of gas and galaxies at z = 3.
MUSE Lyman Limit System Large Program
Tracing the galaxy population around z ~ 4 lyman limit systems.
WIRCam Deep Survey (WIRDS)
Deep NIR imaging of the CFHTLS Deep fields.
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