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

Ross has featured in the following recent School news stories:

Publications

Recent publications

The JWST EXCELS survey: Probing strong-line diagnostics and the chemical evolution of galaxies over cosmic time using Te-metallicities DOI
D. Scholte, F. Cullen, A. C. Carnall, K. Z. Arellano-Córdova, T. M. Stanton, L. Barrufet, R. Begley, C. Bondestam, C. T. Donnan, J. S. Dunlop, H. -H. Leung, D. J. McLeod, R. J. McLure, J. M. Moustakas, C. L. Pollock, A. E. Shapley, S. Stevenson et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 540, 2, p. 1800-1826 (2025)
The JWST EXCELS survey: an extremely metal-poor galaxy at hosting an unusual population of massive stars
F. Cullen, A. C. Carnall, D. Scholte, D. J. McLeod, R. J. McLure, K. Z. Arellano-Córdova, T. M Stanton, C. T. Donnan, J. S. Dunlop, A. E. Shapley, L. Barrufet, R. Begley, C. Bondestam, M. Cirasuolo, H. -H. Leung, C. L. Pollock and S. Stevenson, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (2025)
The JWST EXCELS survey: direct estimates of C, N, and O abundances in two relatively metal-rich galaxies at z ≃ 5
K. Z. Arellano-Córdova, F. Cullen, A. C. Carnall, D. Scholte, T. M. Stanton, C. Kobayashi, Z. Martinez, D. A. Berg, L. Barrufet, R. Begley, C. T. Donnan, J. S. Dunlop, M. L. Hamadouche, D. J. McLeod, R. J. McLure, K. Rowlands et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (2025)
JWST PRIMER: a lack of outshining in four normal z = 4 − 6 galaxies from the ALMA-CRISTAL Survey DOI
N. E.P. Lines, R. A.A. Bowler, N. J. Adams, R. Fisher, R. G. Varadaraj, Y. Nakazato, M. Aravena, R. J. Assef, J. E. Birkin, F. Cullen, J. S. Dunlop, D. J. Mcleod, R. J. Mclure et al., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 539, 3, p. 2685-2706 (2025)
No evidence (yet) for increased star-formation efficiency at early times DOI
C. T. Donnan, J. S. Dunlop, R. J. McLure, D. J. McLeod and F. Cullen, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 539, 3, p. 2409-2423 (2025)

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This article was last updated on Mar 27, 2023.