Curriculum Vitae
Last updated: April 2023
A concise version of my CV is provided below. However, here is a link to a more complete version including publication list (last updated 04/2023):
Employment History
2023-present Royal Society University Research Fellow Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
2022-present Visiting researcher Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg, DE
2022-2023 Postdoctoral research assistant Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
2017-2021 Independent postdoctoral research fellow Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg, DE
2014-2017 Postdoctoral research assistant Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
Education
2010-2014 Ph. D. Astrophysics University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
2005-2009 MPHYS & B.Sc Physics with Astrophysics University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Honours and Awards
2022 Royal Society University Research Fellowship
2022 Puzzles of the Galactic Centre, meeting organiser
2021 Research highlights of the Max Planck Society 2020 - Henshaw et al. 2020, Nature Astronomy, 4, 1064
2020 MPIA research-specific performance bonus for outstanding achievements in research on the dynamics of the interstellar medium
2020 Protostars & Planets VII chapter PI, Protostars & Planets conference series, Kyoto, Japan, 2022
2017 PSF Independent research fellowship, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg, DE
2017 European Southern Observatory Fellowship (declined in favour of current position), European Southern Observatory, Garching, DE
2014 STFC Student Enhancement Programme Fellowship (relinquished), University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
International Research Collaborations
Primary affiliation: LJMU, Star Formation Group; MPIA, Planet & Star Formation department
Group collaborations: PSF department, MPIA (Beuther, Henning); Center for Astrochemical Studies, MPE (Caselli), Star formation & Stellar Populations Group, LJMU (Longmore), Galaxies & Cosmology Department, MPIA (Schinnerer)
Consortia & Working Groups:
2021 Co-PI ACES - The ALMA CMZ Exploration Survey
2020 Member THOR-GC - The HI/OH/Recombination line survey (PIs: M. Rugel, H. Beuther)
2018 Member PHANGS - Dynamics and ColdISM & Star Formation working groups
2018 Member PHANGS - Physics at High Angular resolution in Nearby GalaxieS (PI: E. Schinnerer)
2015 Member CMZoom - SMA legacy survey of the Central Molecular Zone (PI: C. Battersby)
Professional Activities
Committees: MPIA Summer Internship search committee (2021, 2022)
Referee: Astronomy & Astrophysics, The Astrophysical Journal, Journal of the Korean Astronomical Society, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Nature Astronomy
Reviewer: Funding bodies: French National Research Agency (ANR; invited 2019)
Organisation of conferences, workshops, & seminar series:
2023 SOC Galactic Centre workshop, IAA-CSIC, Granada, ESP
2022 Organiser The Puzzles of the Galactic Centre, IWH, Heidelberg, DE
2021 SOC Advanced School on Star Formation, IAA-CSIC, Granada, ESP
2021 Organiser CMZOOM: online talk series on the Galactic centre (~50-80 participants/session)
2020 SOC & LOC Heidelberg-Harvard Star Formation meeting, MPIA, DE
2018 Session Chair Hengstberger Symposium, Heidelberg, DE
2018 SOC & LOC Heidelberg-Harvard Star Formation meeting, MPIA, DE
2017-2018 Organiser Star formation lunch, MPIA, DE
2017 Organiser Northern Star Formation Meeting, LJMU, UK
2014-2017 Organiser Journal club, LJMU, UK
2012-2014 Organiser Journal club, University of Leeds, UK