Astrophysics Research Institute staff


Key contacts at the ARI

Prof Ian McCarthy: Head of Institute

Dr Chris Copperwheat: Director of The Liverpool Telescope

Prof Robert Crain: Head of Research and Knowledge Exchange

Prof Matt Darnley: Head of Teaching

Dr Andreea Font: Lead for LIVINNO CDT

Prof Shiho Kobayashi: Chair of EDI committee

Prof Steven Longmore: Head of Impact

Dr Marie Martig: Head of the PhD programme

Prof Andrew Newsam: Director and Head of Public Engagement of Schools' Observatory 

Dr Ricardo Schiavon: Undergraduate admissions coordinator

Prof Iain Steele: Director of New Robotic Telescope and Head of Technology Group


Staff profiles

The Astrophysics Research Institute is led by internationally recognised experts in astronomy. We own, operate and maintain the world’s largest fully robotic telescope – The Liverpool Telescope

To learn more about our staff and their research as well as our postgraduate research students, visit our external staff profile directory. 

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