Mark Swinbank
Mark Swinbank | |
|---|---|
| Born | Anthony Mark Swinbank April 27, 1980 |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Durham University (MSci, PhD) |
| Known for | Observational studies of galaxy formation and evolution |
| Awards | Philip Leverhulme Prize (2013) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Observational cosmology |
| Institutions | Durham University |
| Thesis | Mapping the dynamics, star-formation rates, and chemical properties of galaxies with integral field spectroscopy (2005) |
| Doctoral advisor | Richard Bower and Ian Smail |
| Website | astro |
Anthony Mark Swinbank[1] (born 27 April 1980) is a British astronomer. He is Professor of Physics at Durham University, where he specializes in the study of galaxy formation and evolution.[2]
Swinbank is from Sedgefield, County Durham.[3] He earned his PhD from Durham University in 2005, and stayed on as a research fellow within the Institute for Computational Cosmology.[1] From 2008 to 2011 he undertook a Norman Lockyer Research Fellowship.[4] He was the lead author of a 2009 study that found the universe's infant galaxies 'enjoyed rapid growth spurts' and formed stars at a rate of up to 50 stars per year, which was higher than previously assumed.[5]
In 2013, Swinback received the Fowler Award from the Royal Astronomical Society.[6] That year he was also awarded the Philip Leverhulme Prize for work on galaxy formation and evolution, gravitational lensing, and star formation.[7] In 2019, Swinbank led a team at the European Southern Observatory in Chile that discovered a faraway galaxy 'forming stars at a rate of 250 Suns per year' via the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) telescope.[8]
References
- ^ a b "CV: Dr. Anthony Mark Swinbank" (PDF). Durham University. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
- ^ "Professor Mark Swinbank". Durham University. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
- ^ "First Swallow of Summer? Julie leads the way to Jobs Bonanza" (PDF). Sedgefield News. Sedgefield Development Partnership. May 2003. p. 8. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
- ^ "Norman Lockyer Research Fellowships" (PDF). Royal Astronomical Society. 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
- ^ "Rapid star formation spotted in 'stellar nurseries' of infant galaxies". Phys.org. 11 November 2009. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
- ^ Nelson, Barry (18 January 2013). "North-East astronomers win national prizes". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
- ^ "Philip Leverhulme Prizes 2013" (PDF). Leverhulme Trust. 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
- ^ Cooper, Keith (22 March 2019). "Most distant star-forming nebulae observed". Astronomy Now. Retrieved 30 April 2025.