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: rmclure [at] ed.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 JWST EXCELS survey: an extremely metal-poor galaxy at z = 8.271 hosting an unusual population of massive stars DOI, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 540, 3, p. 2176-2194
- The JWST EXCELS survey: direct estimates of C, N, and O abundances in two relatively metal-rich galaxies at z ≃ 5 DOI, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 540, 4, p. 2991-3007
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- The JWST EXCELS survey: Probing strong-line diagnostics and the chemical evolution of galaxies over cosmic time using Te-metallicities DOI, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 540, 2, p. 1800-1826
- JWST PRIMER: a lack of outshining in four normal z = 4 − 6 galaxies from the ALMA-CRISTAL Survey DOI, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 539, 3, p. 2685-2706