Ross McLure

School of Physics and Astronomy

Professor R J McLure

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

Email: rmclure [at] ed.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)131 668 8419
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School research affiliations

Ross is a member of the following School research institute:

Institute for Astronomy

Biography

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

Recent news

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Publications

Recent publications

The connection between stellar mass, age and quenching timescale in massive quiescent galaxies at z ≃ 1 DOI
M. L. Hamadouche, A. C. Carnall, R. J. McLure, J. S. Dunlop, R. Begley, F. Cullen, D. J. McLeod, C. T. Donnan and T. M. Stanton, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 521, 4, p. 5400-5409 (2023)
Optical, Radio Continuum and HI Deep Spectroscopic Survey (ORCHIDSS) DOI
Kenneth Duncan, Andrew Baker, Philip Best, Sarah Blyth, Nina Hatch, Benne Holwerda, Matt Jarvis, Natasha Maddox, Daniel J. B. Smith, Marina Arnaudova, Laurent Chemin, Romeel Davé, James Dunlop, Catherine Hale, Ross McLure et al., The Messenger, 190, 2023, p. 25-27 (2023)
A surprising abundance of massive quiescent galaxies at 3 < z < 5 in the first data from JWST CEERS DOI
A. C. Carnall, D. J. McLeod, R. J. McLure, J. S. Dunlop, R. Begley, F. Cullen, C. T. Donnan, M. L. Hamadouche, S. M. Jewell, E. W. Jones, C. L. Pollock and V. Wild, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 520, 3, p. 3974-3985 (2023)
The abundance of z≳10 galaxy candidates in the HUDF using deep JWST NIRCam medium-band imaging DOI
C. T. Donnan, D. J. McLeod, R. J. McLure, J. S. Dunlop, A. C. Carnall, F. Cullen and D. Magee, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 520, 3, p. 4554-4561 (2023)
The ultraviolet continuum slopes (β) of galaxies at z ≃ 8 − 16 from JWST and ground-based near-infrared imaging DOI
F. Cullen, R. J. McLure, D. J. McLeod, J. S. Dunlop, C. T. Donnan, A. C. Carnall, R. A. A. Bowler, R. Begley, M. L. Hamadouche and T. M. Stanton, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 520, 1, p. 14-23 (2023)

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This article was last updated on Mar 27, 2023.