Research Interests | Professional History | Recent Publications | Public Outreach | STAGES

Meghan GrayDr. Meghan Gray

Welcome to my homepage!  I am an STFC Advanced Research fellow and Lecturer in the astronomy group in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Nottingham.

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Contact Details

Room B106c
Cripps Centre for Astronomy and Particle Theory
School of Physics and Astronomy
University of Nottingham
University Park
Nottingham  NG7 2RD
United Kingdom

tel:  +44 (0)115 8467315
fax:  +44 (0)115 8466070

email:  Meghan.Gray [at] nottingham.ac.uk


Research Interests Professional History
I am an observational extragalactic astronomer with interests in galaxy evolution and large-scale structure.  I employ tools such as gravitational lensing to trace distributions of dark matter on large scales, and I use multiwavelength observations to examine the luminous properties of galaxies.  

STAGES logo With the goal of linking galaxy properties with detailed knowledge of their environments, I am leading the STAGES survey:  a 0.5x0.5 degree HST/ACS survey of the A901/902 supercluster to study galaxy evolution in dense environments. 

The Nottingham astronomy group hosted a conference on galaxy evolution and environment in March 2009 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia:

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2008 -- 2013+

STFC Advanced Fellow and Lecturer,
University of Nottingham
2006 -- 2009

Fixed Term Lecturer, University of Nottingham
2004 -- 2006

Anne McLaren Fellow, University of Nottingham
2001 -- 2004
PPARC fellow, Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh
1997 -- 2001
PhD, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge University
1993 -- 1997
BSc, Mount Allison University, Sackville NB, Canada







CV:  [ pdf ]
Publications: [ custom ADS query ]



Teaching: 
F34AP9 Image Processing





Selected recent publications
Public Outreach

STAGES:  The Space Telescope A901/902 Galaxy
Evolution Survey

M.E. Gray, C. Wolf, M. Barden + STAGES (2009):  MNRAS, 393, 1275

The STAGES view of red spirals and dusty red galaxies:
Mass-dependent quenching of star-formation in cluster infall

C. Wolf, A. Alfonso Aragon-Salamanca, M. Balogh + STAGES (2009):  MNRAS, 393, 1302

Obscured Star Formation in Intermediate-Density Environments: A Spitzer Study of the Abell 901/902 Supercluster
A. Gallazzi + STAGES (2009):  ApJ, 690, 1883

The dark matter environment of the Abell 901/902 supercluster: a weak lensing analysis of the HST STAGES survey
C. Heymans, M.E. Gray, L. van Waerbeke + STAGES (2008):   MNRAS, 385, 1431

Environmental dependence of active galactic nuclei activity in the supercluster A901/2
R. Gilmour, M.E. Gray, O. Almaini, P. Best, C. Wolf, K. Meisenheimer, C. Papovich, E. Bell, 2007, MNRAS, 380, 1467

Morphology-dependent trends of galaxy age with environment in A 901/2 seen with COMBO-17
C. Wolf, M.E. Gray, A. Aragón-Salamanca, K.P. Lane, K. Meisenheimer, 2007, MNRAS, 376, 1

STAGES galaxies

STAGES galaxies
I am happy to give talks to schools, astronomy societies, and other groups on aspects of dark matter, gravitational lensing, large astronomical telescopes, and careers in astronomy.

Please contact me if you would like to arrange a talk, or see what other outreach activities are on offer from the School of Physics and Astronomy.

You can read general descriptions about my research areas here:

Sixty Symbols

A video project by filmmaker Brady Haran and scientist at the University of Nottingham about the symbols of Physics and Astronomy.  www.sixtysymbols.com




Skywalker


The full STAGES Hubble Space Telescope mosaic is made up of 80 images taken with the Advanced Camera for Surveys, and covers an area approximately the size of the full moon on the sky.  When stitched together digitally, the final image consists for over 5 billion pixels and contains images of over 60 000 galaxies.  

In order to enjoy the full beauty of these images interactively, STAGES team member Knud Jahnke has developed the Skywalker tool.  Click here to take a walk through the STAGES neighbourhood!



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maintained by Meghan Gray
updated November 2008