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

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

Ross has featured in the following recent School news stories:

Publications

Recent publications

The NIRVANDELS Survey: DOI
F. Cullen, A. E. Shapley, R. J. McLure, J. S. Dunlop, R. L. Sanders, M. W. Topping, N. A. Reddy, R. Amorin, R. Begley, M. Bolzonella, A. Calabro, A. C. Carnall, M. Castellano et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 505, 1, p. 903-920 (2021)
The ASTRODEEP-GS43 catalogue: new photometry and redshifts for the CANDELS GOODS-South field DOI
E. Merlin, M. Castellano, P. Santini, G. Cipolletta, K. Boutsia, C. Schreiber, F. Buitrago, A. Fontana, D. Elbaz, J. Dunlop, R. McLure, D. McLeod et al., Astronomy and Astrophysics, 649, p. 14 (2021)
The VANDELS ESO public spectroscopic survey final Data Release of 2087 spectra and spectroscopic measurements DOI
B. Garilli, R. McLure, L. Pentericci, P. Franzetti, A. Gargiulo, A. Carnall, O. Cucciati, A. Iovino, R. Amorin, M. Bolzonella, F. Cullen, J. Dunlop, D. McLeod et al., Astronomy and Astrophysics, 647, p. 1-15 (2021)
The First Robust Constraints on the Relationship Between Dust-to-Gas Ratio and Metallicity in Luminous Star-forming Galaxies at High Redshift DOI
Alice E. Shapley, Fergus Cullen, James S. Dunlop, Ross J. McLure, Mariska Kriek, Naveen A. Reddy and Ryan L. Sanders, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 903, 1, p. 1-6 (2020)
Timing the earliest quenching events with a robust sample of massive quiescent galaxies at 2 <z <5 DOI
A. C. Carnall, S. Walker, R. J. McLure, J. S. Dunlop, D. J. McLeod, F. Cullen, V. Wild, R. Amorin, M. Bolzonella, M. Castellano, A. Cimatti, O. Cucciati, A. Fontana, A. Gargiulo et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 496, 1, p. 695-707 (2020)

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This article was last updated on Jun 16, 2021.