In the summer of 2016 we hosted the following research placement students:
SEPnet Scheme:
- Michael Kenna-Allison (Southampton University) worked with Dr. Jeremy Sakstein on Testing Gravity Using Stellar Pulsations. More Details.
- Frederika Phipps (Southampton University) worked with Dr. Karen Masters on Observing the fuel for star formation in nearby galaxies with the Green Bank Radio Telescope.
Ogden Trust Placements
- Kate Gould (St Andrews University) worked with Dr. Rob Crittenden.
- Florence Roberts (Royal Holloway, University of London) worked with Dr. Samantha Penny on The Morphology of Void Galaxies.
- Alex Todd (University of Bath) worked with Dr. Coleman Krawczyk and Dr. Karen Masters on Zooniverse Citizen Science Project Development
Sloan Digital Sky Survey REU Programme
- Alaina Bonilla (CUNY at Staten Island, New York, USA) worked with Dr. Karen Masters on The Neutral Hydrogen Content of MaNGA Galaxies.
University Funded
- Kristopher Tippen (Portsmouth) worked with Dr. Daniel Thomas on Clustering of Galaxies in the Dark Energy Survey.