Research Interests
Galaxy Evolution Morphological evolution and the emergence of the Hubble sequence ■ Low-surface-brightenss and ultra-diffuse galaxies ■ The role of galaxy mergers and AGN
Simulations Cosmological simulations of galaxy evolution ■ Post-processing and mock observations ■ Theoretical predictions for future instruments
Big Data Large surveys ■ Machine learning techniques ■ Data-mining
Positions Held
Postdoctoral Fellow University of Nottingham ■ 2023 - present
KASI-Arizona Postdoctoral Fellow for Advanced Study in Astronomy and Astrophysics Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute / University of Arizona ■ 2019 - 2023
Balzan Fellow New College, University of Oxford ■ May 2019 - August 2019
Education
PhD in Astrophyiscs University of Hertfordshire ■ 2015 - 2019 ■ Thesis: On the key processes that drive galaxy evolution ■ Supervisor: Sugata Kaviraj
Summer student University of Hertfordshire ■ April 2015 - July 2015 ■ Thesis: A spectro-photometric approach for decoding the resolved star formation histories of galaxies ■ Supervisor: Marc Sarzi
MPhys in Astrophysics University of Hertfordshire ■ First Class Hons. ■ Patrick Moore Prize for best performance in cohort ■ 2011 - 2015 ■ Thesis: Applications of Evolutionary Computation in Astronomy and Astrophysics ■ Supervisor: Tim Gledhill
Selected Publications
The formation and evolution of low-surface-brightness galaxies, Martin G., Kaviraj S., Laigle C., Devriendt J. E. G., Dubois Y., Pichon C., 2019, MNRAS, 485, 796
Normal black holes in bulge-less galaxies: the largely quiescent, merger-free growth of black holes over cosmic time, Martin G., Kaviraj S., Volonteri M., Simmons B. D., Devriendt J. E. G., Lintott C. J., Smethurst R. J., Dubois Y., Pichon C., 2018, MNRAS, 476, 2810
The limited role of galaxy mergers in driving stellar mass growth over cosmic time, Martin G., Kaviraj S., Devriendt J. E. G, Dubois Y., Laigle C., Pichon C., 2017, MNRAS, 472, L50
Selected Talks
Astronomy Group Seminar St Andrews, UK, February 2019 ■ Invited seminar
New frontiers in Galaxy Evolution Modelling London, UK, October 2017 ■ Invited talk
Galaxy Evolution Seminar Oxford, UK, June 2017 ■ Invited seminar
Galaxy-black-hole Co-evolution: Observational and Theoretical Perspectives National Astronomy Meeting, ■ Lancaster, UK, July 2019 ■ SOC
Teaching
Teaching assistant Programming (Python & Matlab) ■ November 2016 - March 2018
Observatory Demonstrator Physics of Stars ■ November 2016 - March 2017
Observatory Demonstrator Cosmology and Large Scale Structure ■ November 2015 - March 2017
Chair Weekly arXiv astroPh paper discussion ■ January 2016 - June 2018