Curriculum Vitae

Research Statement

I am an expert in the field of radio astronomy with more than ten years experience working both on low-level data processing and pipeline development, as well as working with radio data to publish work on the astrophysics of anomalous microwave emission and Galactic synchrotron emission. My current role is within the next generation CMB space mission LiteBIRD where I am one of the joint leaders for the LiteBIRD Galactic science group. I am also a member of several other ground-based CMB and intensity mapping groups that include: QUIJOTE, C-BASS, BINGO, COMAP, and MeerKLASS. A key area I have worked on within these collaborations is the mitigation of systematic errors due to the instrument, ground pick-up, the atmosphere, or, critically for this position, RFI from satellites. I have several published works regarding the impact of RFI on future SKAO observations, and I have presented this work at the Co-existing with RFI workshop. —

Appointments

PDRA, Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester — 2023—present
LiteBIRD simulations; C-BASS data analysis; joint lead, LiteBIRD Galactic science group.

PDRA, JBCA, University of Manchester — 2020—2023
C-BASS & COMAP data analysis and pipeline development.

PDRA, JBCA, University of Manchester — 2018—2020
COMAP calibration pipeline; SKA RFI modelling; low-frequency Galactic foregrounds.

PDRA, JBCA, University of Manchester — 2016—2018
BINGO and MeerKLASS: simulations and analysis pipelines.

Education

PhD, Radio Astronomy — University of Manchester (2011–2016)
MPhys (Upper Second-Class Honours) — University of Manchester (2007–2011)

Supervision

Co-supervision of PhD students:

• Adam Barr (Manchester PhD, 2021)
• Roke Cepeda-Arroita (Manchester PhD, 2022)
• Thomas Rennie (Manchester PhD, 2024)
• Gabriel Hoerning (current)
  Also co-supervised ~12 MPhys students (2018–2025).

Selected Scientific Presentations

• 2025 — Anomalous Microwave Emission Workshop: “Anomalous Microwave Emission with COMAP and C-BASS”
• 2024 — LiteBIRD Face-to-Face Meeting: “C-Band All Sky Survey” (poster)
• 2023 — Invited colloquium: “Piggy-Backing on the CMB: What cosmology experiments teach us about our own Galaxy”
• 2022 — Workshop: “The C-BASS: Overview and Intensity Results”; Guest lectures on Cosmoglobe Component Separation (radio astronomy & radio foregrounds)
• 2018–2019 — Moriond; EWASS/NAM: HI IM systematics talks
• 2016 — Moriond; Co-existing with RFI: GNSS & HI IM
• 2014 — National Astronomy Meeting (poster): QUIJOTE survey overview

Outreach and Public Engagement

• 2025 — Chester Astronomical Society: “Mapping the Tomography of the Universe” (~30 attendees)
• 2022 — Chester Astronomical Society: “Supernovae: The Life of Stars after Death” (~30 attendees)
• 2018 — Crewe Astronomical Society: “The Milky Way as seen by Radio Telescopes” (~30 attendees)
• 2011–2016 — The Jodcast: news, interviews, editing

Publications

See the Publications page for a complete, up-to-date list.