Ross McLure

Professor R J McLure

Position: Professor of Extragalactic Astrophysics
Category: Academic staff
Location: Royal Observatory, Edinburgh (ROE)
Room U17

School research affiliations

Ross is a member of the following School research institute:

Institute for Astronomy

Research interests

I am primarily an observational astronomer studying the formation and evolution of galaxies. Currently my research is focused on determining the physical properties of the first galaxies to form in the early history of the Universe. The goal of this research is to improve our understanding of the earliest phases of galaxy evolution and to unveil the sources responsible for the re-ionization of the Universe some 13 billion years ago.

Teaching

Observational Astronomy course coordinator (3rd year undergraduate)

Observation Astronomy Lecturer

Astrophysics Lecturer

Publications

Recent publications

How to measure galaxy star-formation histories I DOI
A. C. Carnall, J. Leja, B. D. Johnson, R. J. McLure, J. S. Dunlop and C. Conroy, Astrophysical Journal (2019)
A direct calibration of thtae IRX-β relation in Lyman-break Galaxies at z = 3-5 DOI
M. P. Koprowski, K. E.K. Coppin, J. E. Geach, R. J. McLure, O. Almaini, A. W. Blain, M. Bremer, N. Bourne, S. C. Chapman, C. J. Conselice, J. S. Dunlop et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 479, 4, p. 4355-4366 (2018)
The VANDELS ESO public spectroscopic survey DOI
R J Mclure, L Pentericci, A Cimatti, J S Dunlop, D Elbaz, A Fontana, K Nandra, R Amorin, M Bolzonella, A Bongiorno, A C Carnall, F Cullen et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 479, 1, p. 25–42 (2018)
The VANDELS ESO public spectroscopic survey: Observations and first data release DOI
L. Pentericci, R. J. McLure, B. Garilli, O. Cucciati, P. Franzetti, A. Iovino, R. Amorin, M. Bolzonella, A. Bongiorno, A. C. Carnall, F. Cullen, J. S. Dunlop et al., Astronomy & astrophysics, 616 (2018)
Obscured star formation in bright z ≃ 7 Lyman-break galaxies DOI
R. A. A. Bowler, N. Bourne, J. S. Dunlop, R. J. McLure and D. J. McLeod, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 481, 2, p. 1631-1644 (2018)

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