Ross McLure
Professor R J McLure
- Position
- Professor of Extragalactic Astrophysics
- Category
- Academic staff
- Location
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Royal Observatory, Edinburgh (ROE)
Room U17
- Email: rjm [at] roe.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)131 668 8419
- Edinburgh Research Explorer profile
Ross is a member of the following School research institute:
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.
Observational Astronomy course coordinator (3rd year undergraduate)
Observation Astronomy Lecturer
Astrophysics Lecturer
Ross has featured in the following recent School news stories:
Recent publications
- The ultraviolet continuum slopes (β) of galaxies at z ≃ 8 − 16 from JWST and ground-based near-infrared imaging DOI, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- The evolution of the galaxy UV luminosity function at redshifts z ~ 8-15 from deep JWST and ground-based near-infrared imaging DOI, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 518, 4, p. 6011-6040
- The VANDELS survey: a measurement of the average Lyman-continuum escape fraction of star-forming galaxies at z=3.5 DOI, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 513, 3, p. 3510-3525
- A combined VANDELS and LEGA-C study: the evolution of quiescent galaxy size, stellar mass, and age from z = 0.6 to z = 1.3 DOI, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 512, 1, p. 1262-1274
- , Astrophysical Journal, 929, 2, p. 1-12