Professor Richard Nelson

Teaching

In the academic year 2019/20 I taught the Masters level module SPA7023 Stellar Structure and Evolution and the first-year undergraduate module SPA4101 Our Universe.

Research

Research Interests:

See Richard Nelson’s research profile pages including details of research interests, publications, and live grants.

Supervision

I am currently supervising the PhD students Sanson Poon (thesis topic: Formation and dynamical evolution of compact systems of Super-Earths) and George Turpin (thesis topic: Hydrodynamical modelling of circumbinary discs and planets)

The following PhD projects are available but please note this is not an exhaustive description and a range of PhD projects in the theoretical modelling of planet formation of planet forming discs can be offered.

Project Title

Planetary formation and migration

Grants

My grants

• £30,000 per annum 2013-2016 from the University of London Perren Fund(PhD studentship, QMUL-Perren Visiting Professorship)
• £170,000 from the University of London Perren fund to join the CARMENES consortium and build the QMUL Astronomical Observatory
• £1,237,644 Consolidated Grant from STFC for Astronomy Reserach 2015-2018 (PI: Nelson): 01.04.2015 to 30.03.2018
• £1,632,102 Consolidated Grant from STFC for Astronomy Research 2012-2015 (PI: Burgess); 01.04.2012 to 31.03.2015
• £385,000 Standard Grant from STFC for Planet Formation in Realistic Protostellar Disc Models: 01.10.2008 to 01.01.2012
• £60,000 Standard Grant from STFC to support the Isaac Newton Research Programme Dynamics of Discs and Planets: 15/08/2009 to 15/12/2009
• £350,000 Standard Grant from STFC for Planet Formation and Ring-Satellite Interactions (PI:Nelson, co-I C. Murray): 01/04/2006 to 31/03/2009