Richard Massey Explained
Richard Massey (born 14 October 1977) is a physicist currently working as Royal Society Research Fellow in the Institute for Computational Cosmology at Durham University.[1] Previously he was a senior research fellow in astrophysics at the California Institute of Technology[2] and STFC Advanced Fellow at the Institute for Astronomy of the University of Edinburgh.[3] Massey graduated in Maths and Physics from the University of Durham in 2000 and was a member of Castle.[4] He completed his Ph.D. at Cambridge (Clare College) in 2003, with a thesis entitled Weighing the Universe with weak gravitational lensing.[5]
Massey is most well known for his studies of dark matter, including the first 3D map of its large-scale distribution[6] [7] and its behaviour during collisions.[8] [9] He was awarded the 2011 Philip Leverhulme Prize in Astronomy and Astrophysics.He has featured in several TV documentaries, including BBC's Horizon documentary "How Big is the Universe?" in 2013[10] and online.[11] [12]
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Notes and References
- Web site: Dr R Massey - Durham University . 2012-09-02.
- Web site: Caltech Astronomy .
- Web site: IfA People . 2009-02-21.
- Web site: Massey. Richard. CV: Dr. Richard Massey. community.dur.ac.uk. 7 May 2018.
- Web site: Massey. Richard. CV: Dr. Richard Massey. community.dur.ac.uk. 7 May 2018.
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6235751.stm Hubble makes 3D dark matter map Hubble makes 3D dark matter
- https://web.archive.org/web/20070421230309/http://education.independent.co.uk/magazines/article2413674.ece Three-dimensional map of dark matter created.
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7587090.stm BBC News Cosmic crash unmasks dark matter
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13878171 BBC News on research on Pandora Galaxy Cluster
- https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3758317/ IMDb
- https://web.archive.org/web/20111223075417/http://www.apple.com/science/profiles/massey Apple Science Profiles
- News: BBC News. Advancing through a decade. 31 December 2009. 11 February 2021.