Derek McLeod

Dr. DJ McLeod

Position: PDRA
Category: Research staff
Location: Royal Observatory, Edinburgh (ROE)
Room ET

Email: derek.mcleod [at] ed.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)131 668 8370
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Derek is a member of the following School research institute:

Institute for Astronomy

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Recent publications

The JWST EXCELS survey: Outflows in 1.5 < z < 5 quiescent and recently quenched galaxies are likely relics from episodic AGN activity
Elizabeth Taylor, Adam C. Carnall, David Maltby, Omar Almaini, Ho-Hin Leung, Struan D. Stevenson, Andrea Negri, Fergus Cullen, Vivienne Wild, Ross J. McLure, Alice E. Shapley, Karla Z. Arellano-Cordova, Ryan Begley, Cecilia Bondestam, James S. Dunlop, Derek J. McLeod, Dirk Scholte et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (2026)
The JWST EXCELS survey: The ages and abundances of 3 < z < 5 massive quiescent galaxies show that downsizing was already in place by z ≃ 4 DOI
Ho-Hin Leung, A. C. Carnall, Elizabeth Taylor, Struan D. Stevenson, Aliza G. Beverage, Fergus Cullen, James S. Dunlop, Derek J. McLeod, Ross J. McLure, Ryan Begley, Omar Almaini, Stella Antonogiannaki, Karla Z. Arellano-Cordova, Laia Barrufet, Cecilia Bondestam, Callum T. Donnan, Isaac J.B. Holst, Dirk Scholte et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 549, 1, p. 1-28 (2026)
Strength in numbers: Red Galaxies Bolster the cosmic star formation rate density at z ≳ 3 DOI
L. Barrufet, J. S. Dunlop, R. Begley, S. Flury, D. J. McLeod, K. Arellano-Cordova, A. Carnall, F. Cullen, C. T. Donnan, F. Liu, R. McLure, D. Scholte, T. M. Stanton, R. K. Cochrane, C. Conselice, R. Ellis, P. G. Pérez-González et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 548, 4, p. 1-12 (2026)
The JWST EXCELS Survey: gas-phase metallicity evolution at 2 < z < 8 DOI
T. M. Stanton, F. Cullen, A. C. Carnall, D. Scholte, K. Z. Arellano-Córdova, A. E. Shapley, D. J. McLeod, C. T. Donnan, R. Begley, R. Davé, J. S. Dunlop, R. J. McLure, K. Rowlands, C. Bondestam, M. L. Hamadouche, H. -H. Leung, S. D. Stevenson and E. Taylor, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 547, 4, p. 1-25 (2026)
The JWST EXCELS Survey: A spectroscopic investigation of the ionizing properties of star-forming galaxies at 1<z<8 DOI
R. Begley, R. J. McLure, F. Cullen, A. C. Carnall, T. M. Stanton, D. Scholte, D. J. McLeod, J. S. Dunlop, K. Z. Arellano-Córdova, C. Bondestam, C. T. Donnan, M. L. Hamadouch, A. E. Shapley and S. Stevenson, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 545, 1, p. 1-25 (2026)

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