Nationality British Education University of Glasgow Alma mater Glasgow University Fields Astrophysics | Name Andrew Liddle | |
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Born June 9, 1965 (age 58)
Glasgow, Scotland ( 1965-06-09 ) Institutions Royal Observatory Edinburgh
Edinburgh University
Sussex University
Imperial College, London Doctoral students Vanessa Smer (13)
Gemma J. Anderson (11)
Mafalda Dias (09)
Jonathan Frazer (09)
Sheng Li (09)
Soo A. Kim (08)
Martin Sahlen (08)
Marina Cortes (05)
Cedric Pahud (05?)
Anupam Mazumdar (00)
Samuel M. Leach (99)
Michael Malquarti (99?)
Anne M. Green (98)
Pedro T.P. Viana (96)
Ian J. Grivell (95?) Books An introduction to moder, Cosmological Inflation and Larg, The Primordial Density P, The Oxford companion to cosmol, 宇宙膨胀和大尺度结构/Cosm | ||
Doctoral advisor R. Gordon Moorhouse Academic advisor R. Gordon Moorhouse | ||
Andrew R. Liddle (born 9 June 1965) is Professor of astrophysics at the Royal Observatory Edinburgh, as of 2013. Publications include books and over 260 papers.
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Liddle is a theoretical cosmologist and is interested in understanding the properties of our Universe and how these relate to fundamental physical laws.
Birth and Education
Research
Andrew Liddle's research is on various aspects of cosmology and astrophysics, and in particular he is interested in the origin and evolution of structure in the Universe, with special focus on models and observational constraints on the inflationary cosmology, physics of the cosmic microwave background, and the use of galaxy clusters as cosmological probes.
His areas of research include:
He is involved in several international projects, including the Planck satellite, the Dark Energy Survey, and the XMM Cluster Survey.
Prior to his position at the Royal Observatory Edinburgh he was a professor of cosmology at University of Sussex in Brighton