Personal profile
Overview
Christopher J. Conselice is a Professor of Extragalactic Astronomy at the University of Manchester whose research is focused on galaxy formation and evolution through cosmic time. He works with space and ground-based data and computer simulations to determine how galaxies have formed from the earliest epochs in the universe until today. He has led several large HST surveys including the GOODS NICMOS Survey (GNS) and is a founding member of other large surveys including CANDELS and GOODS.
He is the PI of the Advanced ERC grant, EPOCHS, designed to study the first galaxy formation at the epoch of reionization based on James Webb Space Telescope Data. He is also the lead editor of the "Galaxies and Cosmology" corridor for the Astrophysical Journal and AAS Journals.
He maintains a web site on his popular writings called "The Astronomer's Notebook"
Prof. Conselice joined the University of Manchester in 2020.
Biography
NASA Graduate Student Fellowship, 2000-2001
Postdoctoral Fellow, Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), 2001
National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, Caltech, 2001-2005
Lecturer, U. of Nottingham, 2005-2008
Reader and Associate Professor of Astrophysics, U. of Nottingham, 2008-2010
Professor of Astrophysics, U. of Nottingham, 2010-2020
Professor of Extragalactic Astronomy, U. of Manchester, 2020 -
Education/Academic qualification
Bachelor of Arts, Physics, University of Chicago
Doctor of Philosophy, Astronomy, University of Wisconsin Madison
External positions
Lead Legacy Scientist, Euclid Consortium
Visiting Professor, University of Nottingham
Areas of expertise
- QB Astronomy
- QC Physics
- QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Prizes
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American Astronomical Society
Conselice, Christopher (Recipient), 1 Jan 2020
Prize: Election to learned society
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Leverhulme Prize
Conselice, Christopher (Recipient), 1 Oct 2009
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Press/Media
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THE TELEGRAPH: James Webb telescope will see the universe's first stars 'in the next year'
24/07/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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PHYS.ORG: Astronomers discover how galaxies form through mergers
15/06/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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