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Professor in the Department of Physics43719 / 44819

Biography

I am a member of the Centre for Advanced Instrumentation which develops advanced instrumentation for large ground- and space-based telescopes, with spinoffs into imaging for the life sciences, fusion diagnostics and remote sensing. I am also a member of the Centre for Extragalactic Astronomy. My technical interests are in astronomical instrumentationfusion diagnostics and hyperspectral remote sensing. On the observational astronomy side I work on extragalactic globular cluster systems as probes of galaxy formation theories and on the evolution of galaxies in clusters and the field. I am the Principal Investigator for KMOS, a £15M multi-object, near-infrared, integral field spectrometer constructed for the 8.2m ESO Very Large Telescope in Chile, and for SALT-HRS, a high-resolution echelle spectrograph for the 11m diameter South African Large Telescope. 

Responsibilities within department

Teaching activity

Research interests

  • astronomical instrumentation
  • fusion diagnostics
  • observational cosmology
  • remote sensing

Publications

Authored book

  • Autofib Manual
    Sharples, R., Gray, P., & Hatzidimitriou, D. (1991). Autofib Manual. Anglo-Australian Observatory
  • AAO fibre system
    Gray, P., & Sharples, R. (1985). AAO fibre system. Anglo-Australian Observatory

Chapter in book

  • The K-band luminosity function of galaxies
    Gardner, J., Sharples, R., Frenk, C., & Carrasco, B. (1998). The K-band luminosity function of galaxies. In B. J. McLean, D. A. Golombek, J. J. Hayes, & H. E. Payne (Eds.), New Horizons from Multi-Wavelength Sky Surveys : Proceedings of the 179th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, Held in Baltimore, U.S.A., August 26–30, 1996 (278-280)

Conference Paper

Journal Article

Supervision students