E-mail: mbanerji@ast.cam.ac.uk
Office: KAVLI K19
Office Tel: (01223) 337549
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Research Themes: Cosmology and Fundamental Physics, Galaxies and Active Galactic Nuclei, Instrumentation, Surveys and Projects
Research Keywords: Dark Energy Survey, Black Holes, Cosmology, Galaxies, VISTA, Galaxy Formation/Evolution, VISTA Hemisphere Project, High Redshift, Infrared, Observations, Optical, Quasars, Spectroscopy, Sub-mm, Surveys
My research focuses on using wide-field photometric and spectroscopic surveys at optical and infrared wavelengths to understand galaxy and supermassive black-hole evolution. The vast discovery space opened up by these surveys can be used to find interesting populations of galaxies and accreting black holes in the distant Universe. I also make use of multi-wavelength follow-up facilities from X-ray to sub-mm wavelengths (e.g. XMM-Newton, Herschel, SCUBA-2, ALMA) to understand the physical processes such as accretion, star formation and gas flows that govern the formation and evolution of galaxies.
Research Interests:
Current Survey Project Involvement:
July 2020 - : Associate Professor, University of Southampton
Jan 2018 - : Royal Society University Research Fellow
Jan 2016 - Dec 2017: STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellow
Oct 2014 - Dec 2015: Senior Postdoctoral Research Associate, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge
Oct 2012 - Sept 2014: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University College London
Oct 2009 - Sept 2012: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge
2006 - 2009: PhD in Astrophysics, University College London
2002 - 2005: 1st Class M.A. (Cantab), Natural Sciences (Physics), University of Cambridge
Royal Society University Research Fellowship (2017)
STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellowship (2015)
UCL Jon Darius Prize for Outstanding Postgraduate Research (2009)
Runner-up, Institute of Physics Very Early Career Women in Physics Competiton (2009)