Pierre Maxted - Keele University
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Physics & Astrophysics

Dr Pierre F.L. Maxted

Title: Reader
Phone: +44 (0) 1782 7 33457
Email:
Location: Lennard-Jones 2.06
Role: Year 3 Tutor
Contacting me: Email to arrange appointment
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My first degree was in Mathematical Physics at the University of Sussex. I then did an Astrophysics PhD at St Andrews were I studied binary stars. Following post-doctoral work in Denmark, Sussex and Southampton I came to Keele in 2001 as a lecturer.

My main research area since 2003 has been the search for planets beyond the solar system. Keele is a member of the WASP consortium (www.superwasp.org) and is responsible for the operation of the WASP-South instrument. I work on hardware improvements to the instrument, dicovery of new planets and characterising the planets we have found. I also study binary stars to understand how they form and how they interact.

See personal web page for more information.

  • PHY-20006 - Quantum mechanics (Module leader)
  • PHY-30027 - Data analysis and model testing (Module leader)
  • PHY-30006 - Astrophysics Group Project and Science Communication (Module leader)