Mark Booth

Scientist – UK Astronomy Technology Centre in Edinburgh
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Visiting address UK Astronomy Technology Centre Royal Observatory EH9 3HJ Edinburgh United Kingdom

Academic interests

  • Observations, modelling and theory of debris discs
  • Dynamics of planetary systems
  • Direct imaging of planets
  • Young moving groups
  • Long wavelength emission from stars
  • Small bodies in the Solar System
  • Astrobiology

Education

  • 2006 - 2010: PhD in Astrophysics, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge University, UK
  • 2002 - 2006: MPhys in Astrophysics, University of Sussex, UK

Positions held

  • 2023 - present: AtLAST Scientist, UK Astronomy Technology Centre, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, UK
  • 2016 - 2022: Research Associate, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany
  • 2013 - 2016: FONDECYT Fellow, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
  • 2010 - 2013: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Victoria, Canada
Tags: WP6-Science, UKRI
Published July 6, 2023 12:54 PM - Last modified Dec. 10, 2023 9:52 AM