Curriculum Vitae
My full curriculum vitae
Dr Christopher Harrison PhD BSc(Hons) FRAS DipABRSM
Research Interests
Galaxy evolution; Active galactic nuclei; Gas outflows; Galaxy dynamics; Star-forming galaxies; Integral field spectroscopy; Interferometric radio/sub-mm observations; Spectroscopic Surveys; Data sonification (Audio Universe)
See here for my research highlights and related press articles
Publication Summary
First paper in 2012.
Metrics from NASA/ADS: h-index: 38
Metrics from Google Scholar: h-index: 41
Full list: my website and ADS and Google Scholar
Professional Career & Education
2023- Reader in Astrophysics - Newcastle University, UK
2022- UKRI Future Leaders Fellow - Newcastle University, UK
2020-2023 NUAcT Fellow - Newcastle University, UK
2017-2019 Research Fellow - European Southern Observatory, Germany
2014-2016 Postdoctoral Researcher - Centre for Extragalactic Astronomy, Durham University, UK
05-11/2014 STFC STEP Fellow - Centre for Extragalactic Astronomy, Durham University, UK
2010-2014 PhD - Durham University, UK
2006-2009 BSc Astrophysics (First Class Honours) - University of Edinburgh, UK
Grants, Research Awards & Facility Allocation
2012+ PI of 22 successful telescope proposals - On world-class ground-based and space-based astronomical facilities: ALMA, APEX, Chandra, ESO-VLT, Gemini, VLA, eMERLIN, IRAM, WHT
2012+ CoI on 72 successful telescope proposals
2022-2026 UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship (Round 5) - [1.3 Million GBP]
2024 Global Talent Fund, Newcastle University, Working with University of West Indies on Inclusive Outreach - [1,500 GBP]
2023 FLF Development Network (PI with Leah Morabito, AGN Populations Across Continents & Cosmic Time) - [24,803 GBP]
2023 STFC Spark Award (CoI, PI: Vicky Fawcett), Celebrating the History of Telescopes & Astronomy in North East England [13,700 GBP]
2023 Business Engagement Fund, Newcastle University, Celebrating the History of Telescopes & Astronomy in North East England [6000 GBP]
2022 Business Engagement Fund , Newcastle University, Audio Universe Educational Resource Development, [6000 GBP]
2022 Lorentz Centre Workshop, "The Audible Universe 2" [equivalent to ~25 000 EUR]
2021 CoI on Kickstarter Grant for Preparing for Astrophysics with LSST, "RubinRhapsodies: Research Inclusion through data accessibility" [32,250 US Dollars]
2021 Lorentz Centre Workshop, Awarded as Co-Chair: "The Audible Universe" [equivalent to ~25 000 EUR]
2020 STFC Spark Award, "An Audible and Tactile Tour of the Universe" [13 200 GBP]
2020 RAS Public Engagement Award, "An Audible and Tactile Tour of the Universe" [4 250 GBP]
2020-2025 Newcastle Academic Track Fellowship (NuACT), Newcastle University, UK
2017-2019 ESO fellowship, ESO, Germany [~200 000 EUR]
2019 IAU100 Special Project, "Ambassadors for Astronomy", International [2 475 EUR]
2019 Science Support Discretionary Fund, "ESO Summer Research Programme", ESO, Germany [19 400 EUR]
2018 Science Support Discretionary Fund, "ESO Science Ambassadors", ESO, Germany [8 750 EUR]
2014 STFC STEP fellowship, Durham University, UK [~20 000 EUR]
Prizes & Recognition
2022 Engagement & Place Awards, Early Career Academic Winner (Newcastle University)
2019 ESO Recognition Award (for the inception of the ESO Summer Research Programme)
2018 Highlight ESO Fellow in ESO's Annual Report 2018
2015 Springer Thesis Prize - Annual prize for ≈4 astronomy theses world-wide
2014 Physics Prize - Best physics PhD (Durham University)
2013 Keith Nicholas Prize - Outstanding overall performance in PhD (Durham University)
2009 Ramsay Memorial Prize & John Lang Scholarship - Highest/second highest mark in Senior Honours Astrophysics/Physics (University of Edinburgh)
2008 Emerson Memorial Prize & Nichol Foundation Scholarship - Highest mark in Junior Honours Physics and Astrophysics (University of Edinburgh)
2006 Margaret Campbell Scott Bursary - Top ten entrance qualifications into physics (University of Edinburgh)
Public Engagement, Outreach and EDI
I have created and delivered public engagement programmes and activities across the world, with an increasing focus on Equality Diversity and Inclusion. See Here for details.
Advising & Mentoring (Postgraduates and Postdocs)
2021- PhD Progression Panel - 5 students to day (Newcastle)
2023- Primary advisor, PhD student - Rose Shepherd (Newcastle/Northumbria, with Paul Vickers)
2022- Advisor, PostDocs - Vicky Fawcett, Ann Njeri , Ivan Almeida (Newcastle)
2022- Second advisor, PhD student - Houda Haidar (Newcastle, with David Rosario), Thesis papers: Paper 1,
2020-2024 Joint advisor, PhD student - Samuel Ward (ESO/Newcastle, with Vincenzo Mainieri & Tiago Costa), Thesis papers: Paper 1
2019-2023 Primary advisor, PhD student - Aishwarya Girdhar (ESO/Newcastle, with Vincenzo Mainieri), Thesis papers: Paper 1, Paper 2
2021-2022 Primary advisor, MPhil student - Sean Dougherty, Project published
2020-2024 Second advisor, PhD students- Patrick O'Neill (Newcastle University, with Anne Archibald & Adam Ingram)
2020-2021 Primary advisor, MRes student - Andrew Garner
2017-2020 Primary advisor, PhD student - Miranda Jarvis (ESO, with Vincenzo Mainieri), Thesis papers: Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3
2019-2020 Joint advisor, PhD student - Isabella Lamperti (1 year placement @ ESO, with Vincenzo Mainieri), Project Published.
2018-2019 Primary advisor, Student internship, Stephen Molyneux (ESO), Project Published.
2017-2019 Scientific mentor, PhD students - Chiara Circosta, Owen Turner, Kshama Kurian (ESO)
2017-2018 Primary advisor, PhD student - Jan Scholtz (1 year placement @ ESO), Thesis papers: Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3
2018-2020 Joint advisor, PhD student - Jan Scholtz (Durham Uni., with Dave Alexander & David Rosario)
2015-2017 Joint advisor, PhD student - Helen Johnson (Durham Uni., with Mark Swinbank) , Thesis papers: Paper 1, Paper 2
2012-2016 Joint advisor, PhD student - Flora Stanley (Durham Uni., with Dave Alexander), Thesis papers: Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3
Teaching (University and School)
2022- Lecturer Second Year Observational Astronomy (Newcastle University)
2023-2024 MPhys project - Dan Jackson-Thomas, Multi-phase outflows at Cosmic Noon with VLA, JWST and VLT (Newcastle University)
2022-2023 BSc Projects - Jacob Kaid and Moshin Manzoor, Exploring Red Quasars (Newcastle University)
2021-2022 MPhys project - Rose Hinz, Spectral Audification of Galaxy Spectra, published in RAS Techniques and Instrumentation (Newcastle University)
2020-2021 MPhys project - Tom Mitchell, HARMONI simulations (Newcastle University)
2020-2021 BSc project, Jack Tucker Brown, Astronify Testing, published in MNRAS (Newcastle University)
2023 Undergraduate summer project - Vibha Gaddi & Liv McCready , Space Investigators preparation (Newcastle University)
2022 Undergraduate summer project - Eve Murray, History of Telescopes and Astronomy in North East England, led to successful STFC Spark Award (Newcastle University)
2019 Undergraduate summer project - Tania Machado, HARMONI Simulations (ESO, with Anita Zanella)
2016 Undergraduate project, Josh Borrow , Galaxy Makers Website (Durham Uni.)
2014-2015 Postgraduate data reduction lectures and workshops - (Durham Uni.)
2013-2014 Undergraduate course marking co-ordinator (Level 1) - (Durham Uni.)
2011-2016 Joint advisor, undergraduate projects - H. Earnshaw; H. Preston; S. Murray (Durham Uni., with Dave Alexander)
2012-2014 Physics and maths tutor - For students aged 14-18 (Durham)
2011-2012 Level 1 undergraduate physics tutor - (Durham Uni.)
2009 English teaching, summer school - (Guilin, China)
2009 Student Associates Scheme (Training & Development Agency, UK) - 15 days training/experience as a science teacher (Stokesley Secondary School)
Professional Responsibilities
2015+ Scientific journal referee - AJ, ApJ, MNRAS, RASTI, Nature, A&A, British Journal of Visual Impairment
2020+ Expert Observing and Grant Proposal Reviewer (UKRI; eMERLIN; ALMA/ACA)
2021+ Co-Lead of Newcastle-Durham Accretion Alliance (with Dave Alexander).
2023+ Ethics Review Committee for Science, Agriculture and Engineering Faculty (Newcastle University)
2022+ Equality Diversity and Inclusion Committee panel for staff hires (Newcastle University)
2022+ Leader of Astrophysics and Observational Cosmology Research Group (Newcastle University)
2024 Scientific Chair (with Leah Morabito) - AGN Populations Across Continents & Cosmic Time
2022 Scientific Chair (with Anita Zanella) - Audible Universe 2 workshop, Lorentz Centre, Netherlands
2022 Scientific Organising Committee - National Astronomical Meeting AGN Session - Warwick, UK
2022 Scientific Organising Committee - What Drives the Growth of Black Holes?: A Decade of Reflection , Iceland
2020-2021 Equality Diversity and Inclusion Committee (School of Maths, Stats and Physics, Newcastle University)
2021 Scientific Chair - Audible Universe workshop, Lorentz Centre, online
2021,2022 Scientific Organising Committee - DEX XVII and XVIII, UK (Remote and Durham)
2020 Scientific Organising Committee - Stellar & Gas Kinematics in Galaxies across cosmic time, connecting observations with theory, EAS Annual Meeting, Leiden, Netherlands
2019 Creator and Organiser (with 2 co-chairs) of first ever ESO Summer Research Programme, student reactions in ESOblog (23rd August 2019)
2019 Chair & Scientific Organising Committee - "Resolving the impact of AGN on galaxies using observations and simulations", EWASS 2019, Lyon, France
2018 ESO OPC Scientific Assistant - Working for the time allocation committee
2018 Local Organising Committee - “Are AGN special?” workshop, Durham
2018-2019 Science team for VLT MOONS instrument
2017-2018 ESO Fellow Representative - Contact point, fellow/student welfare, etc.
2017 Co-chair of Scientific Organising Committee - “Reality and Myths of AGN Feedback” workshop, Leiden
2016- Science team for ELT MOSAIC instrument - Providing science cases for instrument design
2016 Local Organising Committee - “Hidden Monsters 2016” workshop, Dartmouth
2014-2016 Local Organising Committee - Annual Durham-Edinburgh eXtragalactic Workshops
2012 Local Organising Committee - “Black Hole Feedback 2012” workshop, Dartmouth
Professional Membership
2023+ BIG STEM Communicators Network
2020+ International Astronomical Union
2020+ Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society
2018+ European Astronomical Society
Training and Development
Leadership training & development (attended, in last 5 years):
360 Feedback (over 2 months)
Active Bystander (3 sessions over 6 months);
Inclusive leadership (5 sessions over 8 months);
Diversifying leadership (2 sessions over 2 months);
EDI essentials, inclusive requirement, and unconscious bias (online, re-cap every ~1 year).
Training & mentoring created/delivered:
Joy of Research (2018+): wellbeing and resilience - 1.5 hour workshop delivered in person and online for multiple institutes (~3 times year)
Inclusive leadership panelist (2021) - North East Universities
Initiated on-going postgraduate mentoring scheme (2021) - School of Math, Statistics and Physics at Newcastle University
Created new leadership training programme for students and fellows (2017) - European Southern Observatory
Seminars and Conference Talks
2024 Invited Talk, Conference: "Caribbean Future of Science Symposium" (to discuss sonification and accessibility), Tobago
2023 Contributed Talk, Workshop: "BIG STEM Interactive Group Event 2023", Bristol, UK
2023 Invited Talk, Conference: "The importance of jet-induced feedback on galaxy scales", Leiden, Netherlands
2023 Invited Seminar, Bath University, UK
2023 Invited Talk, Conference: "Waves & Instabilities in the Solar Atmosphere", UK
2023 Invited Talk, Conference: "AGN on the beach: the many facets of fuelling and feedback in jetted AGN", Italy
2023 Invited Talk, Conference: "Black hole winds at all scales" (IAU Symposium 378)
2022 Invited Seminar, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
2022 Invited Talk, Workshop: "The Ecosystem of Massive Halos Across Cosmic Time", UK
2022 Invited Talk, "Sci-Art", NAM, UK
2022 Invited Seminar, Sheffield University, UK
2022 Contributed Talk, "ED&I in Astronomy: what are we doing now, and what still needs to be done?", NAM, UK
2022 Contributed Talk, "Insights into galaxy evolution from radio observations and simulations from current radio facilities in the lead up to the SKA", NAM, UK
2022 Contributed Talk, "Diversity and Inclusion in European Astronomy", EAS, Spain
2022 Invited Talk, Workshop: "Galaxy Evolution Workshop", University College London, UK
2022 Invited Talk, Conference: "Round Table on Information Access for People with Print Disabilities", Australia/Online
2022 Invited Seminar, Technical University of Denmark (DTU Space, online)
2021 Invited Seminar, Armagh Observatory (online)
2021 Invited Seminar, IUCAA, India (online)
2021 Contributed Talk, "New approaches to astronomy and geophysics education and outreach", Royal Astronomical Society National Astronomy Meeting 2021, (online)
2021 Contributed Talk, "Beyond 1D", Royal Astronomical Society National Astronomy Meeting 2021, (online)
2021 Invited Seminar, Durham IFU Club, UK
2021 Contributed Talk (2x), Communicating Astronomy to the Public 2021, (online)
2021 Contributed Talk, Workshop: DEX-VII, UK
2021 Invited Talk, AAS Conference: "Increasing Access to Astronomical Data Through Sound: Current Landscape and Future Directions", USA/Online
2020 Invited Seminar, ASTRON/JIVE, Netherlands (Remote)
2020 Invited Seminar, SNS, Pisa, Italy (Remote)
2020 Invited Talk - Conference, IAU359, "Galaxy Evolution and Feedback across Different Environments", Brazil
2019 Invited Seminar, SISSA, Trieste, Italy
2019 Contributed Talk - IAU356, "Nuclear activity in galaxies across cosmic time", Ethiopia
2019 Invited Talk - Conference: "Demographics of Supermassive Black Holes across the Universe", Hawaii, USA
2019 Invited Talk - Conference: "Supermassive Black Holes: Environment and Evolution", Greece
2019 Presented Poster- European Week of Astronomy and Space Science, France
2019 Contributed Talk - European Week of Astronomy and Space Science, France
2019 Invited Talk - Workshop: "MOSAIC 2019", Germany
2019 Invited Talk - Conference: "Linking galaxies from epoch of initial star formation to today", Australia
2018 Invited Seminar - Manchester University, UK
2018 Invited Seminar - Durham University, UK
2018 Invited Talk - ESO Workshop: “KMOS@5”, Germany
2018 Contributed Talk - Conference: “Are AGN Special?”, UK
2018 Invited Talk - Conference: “Birth, life and fate of massive galaxies”, Italy
2018 Invited Talk - European Week of Astronomy and Space Science, UK
2017 Contributed Talk - RAS Meeting: “The link between AGN and galaxy formation”, UK
2017 Invited Talk - Workshop: “In & Out, what rules the galaxy baryon cycle?”, Germany
2017 Contributed Talk - Conference: “Flow of Baryons through Galaxies”, Germany
2017 Invited Talk - European Week of Astronomy and Space Science, Czech Republic
2016 Contributed Talk - Conference: “The fate of gas flows in galaxies”, Italy
2015 Contributed Talk - Conference: “Accretion and Black Hole Feedback”, China
2015 Contributed Talk - Workshop: “DEX XI”, UK
2014 Invited Seminar - University of Sheffield, UK
2014 Contributed Talk - Conference: “Powerful AGN”, Australia
2014 Invited Talk - Conference: “The Fate of Gas in Galaxies”, UK
2013 Invited Seminar - PUC, Chile 2013
2013 Invited Seminar - Warwick University, UK
2013 Invited Seminar - Nottingham Uni., UK
2013 Invited Talk - IAU Symposium: “Multi-wavelength AGN Surveys”, Armenia
2013 Contributed Talk - Workshop: DEX IX, UK
2013 Invited Talk - Workshop: “The Triggering Mechanisms of AGN”, Netherlands
2012 Contributed Talk - Conference: “Blackhole Feedback 2012”, USA
2012 Presented Poster - Conference: “National Astronomy Meeting”, UK 2011 Presented Poster - Conference: “Galaxy Formation”, UK