ABOUT ME

I am a former theoretical astrophysicist who studied the Epoch of Reionisation (EoR), which occurs during the first billion years of our Universe. The EoR refers to the ionisation of the neutral hydrogen in the empty space between galaxies. This ionisation is caused by the intense ionising radiation emitted by the formation of stars within each galaxy.

I used both real-world observationa and semi-numerical simulations to unlock insights into the EoR and the physical processes responsible. Primarily my research focussed on employing Bayesian statistics to tease out the interesting astrophysical information from the wealth of data. I also dabbled in machine learning, in particular simulation-based inference, when more traditional means of performing Bayesian inference became too computationally intensive. To find out more details about how the various research projects I have led, take a look at my research projects page. If you are after data projects related specifically to the blind QSO challenge or generating extremely large reionisation volumes, head on over to my research data page.

Having spent over 10 years as a post-doctoral research fellow seeking the illusive signal from the EoR, I am now seeking employment where my extensive research and data wrangling skills will be of benefit.