People

Leadership Team

Chris Clarkson

Prof Chris Clarkson

Professor of Cosmology
Head of the Astronomy Unit
Head of the Centre for Theoretical Physics and Astronomy

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Cosmology, General Relativity
Andreas Brandhuber

Prof Andreas Brandhuber

Professor of Theoretical Physics
Head of The Centre for Theoretical Physics

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Quantum Field Theory, String Theory, Scattering Amplitudes, Gravitational Waves
Thomas Haworth

Dr Thomas Haworth

Reader in Astrophysics
Admissions Lead for MSc Astrophysics

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Planet formation, Star formation, Radiative Transfer, Hydrodynamics, Astrophysics, Monte Carlo Methods
Heli Hietala

Dr Heli Hietala

Royal Society University Research Fellow | Senior Lecturer in Space Plasma Physics
Member of the SPCS EDI committee
EDI champion for the Centre for Theoretical Physics and Astronomy

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
shock waves, particle acceleration, multi-spacecraft missions, heliophysics, space weather
Gabriele Travaglini

Prof Gabriele Travaglini

Professor of Theoretical Physics

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Quantum field theory, scattering amplitudes in gauge theory and gravity, gravitational waves, string theory