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

Recent news

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Publications

Recent publications

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)
The VANDELS survey: DOI
F. Cullen, R. J. McLure, J. S. Dunlop, A. C. Carnall, D. J. McLeod, A. E. Shapley, R. Amorín, M. Bolzonella, M. Castellano, A. Cimatti, M. Cirasuolo, O. Cucciati, A. Fontana, F. Fontanot et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 495, 1, p. 1501-1510 (2020)
The star formation histories of z~1 post-starburst galaxies DOI
Vivienne Wild, Laith Taj Aldeen, Adam Carnall, David Maltby, Omar Almaini, Ariel Werle, Aaron Wilkinson, Kate Rowlands, Micol Bolzonella, Marco Castellano, Ross McLure et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 494, 1, p. 529-548 (2020)
The properties of He IIλ1640 emitters at z ∼ 2.5–5 from the VANDELS survey DOI
A. Saxena, L. Pentericci, M. Mirabelli, D. Schaerer, R. Schneider, F. Cullen, R. Amorin, M. Bolzonella, A. Bongiorno, A. C. Carnall, M. Castellano, D. J. McLeod, R. J. McLure et al., Astronomy and Astrophysics, 636 (2020)
A lack of evolution in the very bright end of the galaxy luminosity function from z ≃ 8 to 10 DOI
R. A. A. Bowler, M. J. Jarvis, J. S. Dunlop, R. J. McLure, D. J. McLeod, N. J. Adams, B. Milvang-Jensen and H. J. McCracken, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 493, 2, p. 2059-2084 (2020)

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