Stephen Warren

Stephen Warren
Born Stephen John Warren
Nationality British
Alma mater University of Cambridge
Awards Royal Society University Research Fellowship
Scientific career
Fields Astronomy
Astrophysics
Institutions Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge
Imperial College London
University of Oxford
Thesis The space density of optically-selected high-redshift quasars. (1988)
Website

Stephen John Warren is a Professor of astronomy at Imperial College London.[1]

Education

Warren studied civil engineering, with a strong emphasis on geotechnics, at the University of Cambridge, gaining a First in 1978. He returned to complete a doctorate at the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, which he finished in 1988.[2][1]

Career and research

Warren joined Imperial College London as a professor in 1994. He has since held a European Southern Observatory (ESO) fellowship and a Royal Society University Research Fellowship.

Warren holds a particular expertise in the field of quasars. Since 2001, he has been greatly involved in the UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey.[1] He was the leader of the team responsible for the discovery of the most distant quasar found, ULAS J1120+0641.[3][4][5]

Warren has published over 70 papers in the field of astrophysics since 1987,[6] featuring in journals such as Nature.[7]

Awards and honours

Warren was awarded a Royal Society University Research Fellowship at the University of Oxford.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Home | Prof. Stephen Warren | Imperial College London Astrophysics". astro.ic.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
  2. ↑ Warren, Stephen John. (1988). The space density of optically-selected high-redshift quasars. ethos.bl.uk (PhD thesis). University of Cambridge. OCLC 60025049.
  3. ↑ information@eso.org. "Most Distant Quasar Found". www.eso.org. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
  4. ↑ "Discovery of the most distant quasar lets astronomers observe the nascent universe". www.myscience.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
  5. ↑ Gleick, James (1988-01-19). "THE BIRTH OF QUASARS: VIOLENT COSMIC ACCIDENTS OFFER A CLUE". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
  6. ↑ "Private Library for sjw4@imperial.ac.uk". adsabs.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
  7. ↑ Mortlock, Daniel J.; Warren, Stephen J.; Venemans, Bram P.; Patel, Mitesh; Hewett, Paul C.; McMahon, Richard G.; Simpson, Chris; Theuns, Tom; Gonzáles-Solares, Eduardo A. (2011-06-30). "A luminous quasar at a redshift of z = 7.085". Nature. 474 (7353): 616–619. arXiv:1106.6088. Bibcode:2011Natur.474..616M. doi:10.1038/nature10159. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 21720366.
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