Professor Melvin Hoare

Profile

My research focuses on the formation of massive stars - the ones that live fast, die young and control much of galaxy evolution. I carry out high resolution observations in the radio and millimetre regimes to investigate how material accretes via discs and how feedback via jets and winds halts the infall. I am on the Science Working Group for the next generation radio observatory the SKA which has the potential to probe planet formation and the origins of life. I chair the Consortium of Universities for Goonhilly Astronomy (CUGA) that is working with Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd to convert their 30 m class dishes in to radtio telescopes. I lead the Development in Africa with Radio Astronomy (DARA) and related projects that provide training and entrepreneurial skills to a first generation of radio astronomers in Africa.

Responsibilities

• Programme Manager for Physics with Astrophysics

Research interests

• The Square Kilometre Array next generation radio telescope
• e-MERLIN radio array and Legacy Surveys - one of which I lead
• The Red MSX Survey. Leeds led project to find all massive young stars in the Galaxy
• The CORNISH Survey. High resolution radio survey of the Galactic plane that I lead.

Research projects

Some research projects I'm currently working on, or have worked on, will be listed below. Our list of all research projects allows you to view and search the full list of projects in the faculty.

• A Programme of Astrophysical Research at Leeds
• DARA - Development in Africa with Radio Astronomy Phase 3

Qualifications

• PhD Astrophysics (Lond)
• BSc Physics and Astronomy (Lond)

Professional memberships

• Royal Astronomical Society

Student education

I am Programme Manager for the Physics with Astrophysics degree programme. I lecture introductory astrophysics in the first year and am in charge of the practical astronomy provision.

Postgraduate research opportunities

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