Dr. Will Sutherland

Senior Lecturer in Astronomy, School of Physics and Astronomy, QMUL

This page gives information on:

My contact details
My office hours and approx timetable
Modules taught
Research interests, publications and awards

Last update: 07 Jan 2013

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Address :	School of Physics and Astronomy Queen Mary, University of London Mile End Road London E1 4NS
Telephone:	+44 20 7882 5481
Mobile:	see the noticeboard outside my office.
E-Mail:	w.j.sutherland@qmul.ac.uk

Office hours : 2012/13 Semester B

Tuesday 11:30 - 12:30 ; Thursday 2:30 - 3:30

Office: Maths Building, room 354. (upper 3rd floor)

Modules taught

Calculus III (MTH5102)
The Galaxy (ASTM002/PHY7012U/MTH726U)

Summary of research interests

Co-principal Investigator of VIKING survey, VISTA Kilo-degree Infrared Galaxy survey (observations started Nov 2009).

Co-investigator for Herschel ATLAS survey.

Co-investigator for VISTA VIDEO survey.

2000-2009: Project Scientist for VISTA , the 4-metre Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy , recently operational at Paranal Observatory, Chile.

Observational cosmology and large-scale clustering of galaxies, including the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey (2dFGRS) , and the IRAS PSCz survey.

Gravitational microlensing and dark matter; member of the MACHO Project Science Team, 1992-2000.

Publications

Here is a full list of publications.

Selected publications:

Sutherland, W, 2012, MNRAS, 420, 3026. "A cosmic speed trap: gravity-independent test of cosmic acceleration using baryon acoustic oscillations". Full paper
Emerson, J. and Sutherland, W. 2010, ESO Messenger 139, 2. "VISTA: Looking Back at Commissioning". Full paper
Cole, S. et al 2005, MNRAS 362, 505. "The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: Power-spectrum analysis of the final dataset and cosmological implications" . Full paper
Percival, W., Sutherland, W., Peacock, J. et al, 2002, MNRAS, 337, 1068. "Parameter constraints for flat cosmologies from cosmic microwave background and 2dFGRS power spectra". Full paper
Colless, M.M., Dalton, G., Maddox, S., Sutherland, W. et al, 2001, MNRAS, 328, 1039. "The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: Spectra and Redshifts". Full paper
Alcock, C. et al 2000. ApJ 542, 281. "The MACHO Project: Microlensing Results from 5.7 years of LMC Observations". Full paper
Sutherland, W., Tadros, H., Efstathiou G. et al 1999, MNRAS 308, 289. "The Power Spectrum of the PSC Redshift Survey". Full paper
Alcock, C. et al 1993, Nature, 365, 621. "Possible Gravitational Microlensing of a star in the Large Magellanic Cloud".
Efstathiou, G., Sutherland, W. & Maddox, S., 1990. Nature, 348, 705. "The Cosmological Constant and Cold Dark Matter". Full paper

Awards:

2008: Royal Astronomical Society "Group Award", as member of 2dFGRS Science Team.
2007: Member of ISI Highly Cited , database of most-cited 1% of scientists.
1993: University of California "Outstanding Scientific Publication" award, for Alcock et al 1993, above.

Committees etc

2012- : STFC Astronomy Advisory Panel.
2000-2009: VISTA Board.
2000-2002: Secretary, VISTA Science Committee.
1998-2000: PPARC Wide Field Astronomy Panel.