Stephen Warren (astronomer)

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. "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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