Name: National Astronomy Meeting (NAM) 2025
Start: 2025-07-07T08:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-07-11T18:55:00+01:00
Location: Teaching and Learning Centre (TLC)

National Astronomy Meeting (NAM) 2025

from Monday, 7 July 2025 (08:00) to Friday, 11 July 2025 (18:55)

Monday, 7 July 2025

08:00 Registration and set up
Registration and set up
08:00 - 09:00
09:00 The ultimate fate of multi-phase gas in galaxies: from giant molecular clouds to the virial radius
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:05 The impact of feedback on the distribution of baryons within and beyond haloes - Daniele Sorini (Durham University)

09:28 Emission line diagnostics in H II regions: a non-equilibrium perspective - Yuankang Liu (Durham University)

09:39 Feedback in dusty elliptical galaxies - Michał Michałowski (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan)

09:50 The role of star formation-driven outflows in the baryon cycle - Bronwyn Reichardt Chu (Durham University)

10:01 Relaxation timescales of stellar-gas misalignments in the EAGLE simulation - Maximilian Baker (Cardiff University)

10:12 Observations of cooling flows in nearby elliptical galaxies and the fate of cooled gas - Lucy Ivey (Kavli Institute for Cosmology, University of Cambridge)
The Dusty Universe - Near and Far
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 PEBBLeS in Protoplanetary Discs - Jane Greaves (Cardiff University)

09:08 Understanding the evolution of dust near and far using the Colibre suite of simulations - Aswin Payyoor Vijayan (University of Sussex)

09:16 Magnetic fields in the interstellar medium: current achievements and future perspectives - Kate Pattle (University College London)

09:24 Simulating dust production, growth and destruction in the ISM on a cosmological scale - Alice Ferreira (University of Hertfordshire)

09:32 Disentangling the [CII] deficit: an ALMA survey of [CII] and [NII]205 in z~4.5 SMGs - Julie Wardlow (Lancaster University)

09:40 Dust-obscured star-formation history back to z ≃ 7 revealed by ALMA and JWST PRIMER

09:48 Dust in the Universe, and what AtLAST can tell us about it. - Pamela Klaassen (UK Astronomy Technology Centre)

10:02 The Probe far-infrared Mission for Astrophysics PRIMA - Seb Oliver (University of Sussex)
Next generation solar physics – preparing for MUSE and Solar-C
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 The MUSE Mission - Lyndsay Fletcher (University of Glasgow)

09:17 Probing pre-flare dynamics with the short-wavelength camera onboard the EUV High-throughput Spectroscopic Telescope on SOLAR-C - James McKevitt (UCL)

09:34 New diagnostics for the chromosphere using emission lines from neutral carbon observed by EUVST - Roger Dufresne

09:48 Observations of Chromospheric Condensation in the Si III 1206 Å line - Luke Majury Ryan Milligan (Queen's University Belfast)

10:02 Flare lines in MUSE/EUVST - Giulio Del Zanna (University of Cambridge)

10:16 How different thermal transport mechanisms influence thermodynamic cycle of solar flares - Sergey Belov (University of Warwick)
Basis Function Expansions in Galactic Dynamics and Evolution
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:05 Basis Function Expansions: Quantifying The Things That DREAMS Are Made Of

09:19 Probing the role of chaos in galaxy evolution with PECCARY and basis function expansions - Soley Hyman (University of Arizona)

09:33 Basis function theory in galactic dynamics and beyond - Edward Lilley

09:47 Time-dependent linear response theory via the matrix method

10:01 Dynamics of the perturbed outer Milky Way halo with basis function expansions - Rashid Yaaqib (University of Edinburgh)

10:15 The effect of the MW–LMC interaction on stellar stream populations - Richard Brooks (University College London)

10:20 The distortion of the Tucana IV by the recent close passage of the Large Magellanic Cloud - Aliaksandra Senkevich (University Of Surrey)
Unseen Astronomy: Multi-sensory approaches for research, communication and education
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 STRAUSS: Sonification Tools and Resources for Analysis using Sound Synthesis

09:10 The Tactile Universe: Communicating gravitational wave astronomy through touch and sound

09:20 Using sound to expand the accessibility of solar eclipses with LightSound - Soley Hyman (University of Arizona)

09:30 Beyond the Visual: the Importance of sensory Practical Wisdom for Astrophysicists and Instrument Scientists

09:40 On the Basis of Sound: Sonifying Galaxy Images

09:50 Safe Space: Developing multisensory resources for disabled children

10:00 Astronify: An Open-Source Python Package to Sonify Lightcurves and Spectra

10:10 A Universe of Sound: Processing NASA Data into Sonifications to Explore Participant Response
The Golden Era of Gravitational Lensing: from Micro to Macro
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 The COSMOS-Web Lens Survey (COWLS): Discovery of >100 high redshift strong lenses in contiguous JWST imaging

09:15 Line-of-sight shear: progress and challenges - Natalie Hogg (LUPM Montpellier)

09:30 Probing Dark Matter Substructures with Free-Form Modelling: A Case Study of the `Jackpot' Strong Lens - Xiaoyue Cao (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)

09:45 Super-Concentration or Unaccounted Light? Unveiling the True Nature of the Subhalo in SDSSJ0946+1006

10:00 Detecting subhalos with very steep inner-density profiles using strong gravitational lensing - Kassidy Kollmann (Princeton University)

10:15 Group-Scale Lenses with JWST: Probing Magnified High-Redshift Galaxies And Extending Cosmological Distance Measurements - Niek Wielders
The Interplay between Technology and Astronomy
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:05 Use of solid fused silica metalon as a wavelength calibrator for high-resolution optical EXOhSPEC spectrograph - Supriyo Ghosh (University of Hertfordshire)

09:20 Lessons learned from WEAVE - Gavin Dalton (University of Oxford/RALSpace)

09:35 The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Revolutionizing Modern Astronomy - Fawada Qaiser (Durham University)

09:50 Applications of CMB receiver technology - Mark McCulloch (The University of Manchester)

10:05 Insight on forecasting techniques from their application to the solar wind - Pauline Simon (Department of Physics and Astronomy, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK)
10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00

11:00 Opening Ceremony
Opening Ceremony
11:00 - 11:15
11:15 Plenaries 1 - Monday
11:15 - 12:45
Contributions

11:20 The tumultuous life of early galaxies: bursty star formation and the build-up of disks - Sandro Tacchella (Kavli Institute for Cosmology, University of Cambridge)
12:45 IOP Drinks Reception
IOP Drinks Reception
12:45 - 14:15

Lunch
Lunch
12:45 - 14:15

13:15 UK Solar Physics Business Session

13:15 - 14:00

Moon Palace: training physics student ambassadors in arts-based engagement methods

13:15 - 14:00

Workshop: How to build an Instrument for Astronomers

13:15 - 14:00

14:00 Moon Palace open to conference attendees
Moon Palace open to conference attendees
14:00 - 14:15

14:15 Moon Palace open to conference attendees
Moon Palace open to conference attendees
14:15 - 15:45
The ultimate fate of multi-phase gas in galaxies: from giant molecular clouds to the virial radius
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:18 Modified IGM Enrichment as a Constraint on the Mass-Loading of Outflows from Low-mass Galaxies - Christopher Rowe (Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University)

14:29 The MUSE Ultra-Deep Field: Tracing the baryon cycle through low-mass galaxies since cosmic noon - Alexander Beckett (Space Telescope Science Institute)

14:40 The Role of Magnetic Fields in the Ram Pressure Stripping of Satellite Galaxies in the Circumgalactic Medium - Thomas Rintoul (Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd)

14:51 Simulating the multiphase CGM: turbulence, cloud kinematics and observational signatures - Rajsekhar Mohapatra (Princeton University)

15:02 The cool CGM mapping of individual galaxies - Huanian Zhang (Huazhong University of Science and Technology)

15:13 MgII Absorbers in the CGM of Post-Starburst Galaxies - Zoe Harvey (University of St Andrews)
Mitigation and the Underbelly: dark and quiet skies and the darker side of satellites
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:20 Mitigating Reflectance: Simulating the Orbital Dependence of Satellite Brightness

14:26 A mitigation tool to forecast satellite passes and brightness for optical telescopes worldwide

14:32 Mitigating Satellite Light Pollution with Vantablack Coatings: A Collaborative Approach to Protecting Astronomy - James Whitfield (Surrey Nanosystems Ltd)

14:38 Satellite constellations and radio astronomy - clarifications on regulatory status of radio astronomy and current mitigations

14:44 ESA’s dark and quiet skies requirements and technology developments

14:50 IAU CPS: Improving our understanding of satellite constellations and engagement with industry

15:03 Part 2 Panel (audience Q&A): Will Space Deliver all it’s Earth-Born Promises?
print('Hello Future'): Developing Next Generation Astronomical Codes
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:15 Dyablo: A New General-Purpose GPU-Accelerated Hydrodynamical Code for Astrophysics

14:25 ExoSim 2: a flexible framework for next-generation simulation of astronomical observations - Lorenzo Mugnai (Cardiff University)

14:35 Astronomical Radiative Transfer and Video Games: a Match Made in the Sun - Christopher Osborne (University of Glasgow)

14:45 Synthesizer: Forward modelling with everything but the kitchen sink

14:55 Odisseo - Optimized Differentiable Integrator for Stellar Systems Evolution of Orbit

15:05 jf1uids - differentiable (magneto)hydrodynamics for astrophysics in JAX

15:15 Optimizing Response Time in Robotic Telescope Scheduling Using Deep Reinforcement Learning

15:25 ExaGRyPE: Numerical Relativity Solvers Based upon the Hyperbolic PDEs Solver Engine ExaHyPE - Han Zhang (durham university)
Advancing Our Understanding of the Solar Corona-Wind Connection in the Age of Solar Orbiter and Parker Solar Probe
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:15 MHD wave heating in the complex solar atmosphere - Ineke De Moortel (University of St Andrews)

14:34 Total Power and Low-energy Cut-off Time Evolution of Solar Flare Accelerated Electrons Using X-Ray Observations and Warm-Target Model

14:42 An outflow equilibrium model for the solar corona - Anthony Yeates (Durham University)

14:50 Magnetohydrodynamic Wave Modelling in the Solar Atmosphere and their Observational Consequences - Anmol Kumar (University of St Andrews)

14:58 Connection between fundamental processes and large-scale heliospheric structure from Parker Solar Probe’s prime mission

15:17 Switchback generation from the evolution of Torsional Alfvén waves

15:25 Investigating the dynamic sources of fast solar wind from low-latitude coronal holes - NATALIA ZAMBRANA PRADO (UCL/MSSL)

15:33 Probing Solar Turbulence Through Angular Broadening of Radio Sources with MeerKAT - YIngjie Luo (University of Glasgow)
The Role of Star Clusters in Star Formation from Local to Galaxy Scales
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:20 What fraction of star formation occurs in clusters...and why do we care?

14:45 The Imprint of Clustered Star Formation on the Kinematics of Young Stars in the Solar Neighbourhood

14:57 What Time Can Tell Us About Space: A Study of Variability in Young Stellar Objects

15:09 A Multi cadence Study Of The Variable Stars In Tr 37: Accretion Stability, Inner Disk Properties And Activity

15:21 Statistical Theory of Three-Body Interactions in Clusters - Barry Ginat (University of Oxford)

15:33 The Long-Term Evolution and Dissolution of Young Stellar Clusters
The Golden Era of Gravitational Lensing: from Micro to Macro
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:20 The roadmap to 100,000 strong lenses with Euclid - Natalie Lines (University of Portsmouth)

14:35 Constraining Dark Substructures Beyond the Diffraction Limit with Cluster Lens

14:50 Empirical dark matter halo profiles

15:05 The era of simulation-based inference for gravitational lensing

15:20 High resolution dark matter cartography with JWST: Overdensity properties studied through their weak lensing signal
Active Galactic Nuclei – from ISCO to CGM and from cosmic dawn to the present day
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:20 The Broadband View of the Bare Seyfert PG1426+015: Relativistic Reflection, the Soft Excess and the Importance of Oxygen - Dominic Walton (University of Hertfordshire)

14:30 Constraining black hole spin in PG 1535+547 amidst complex multi-layered absorption - Athulya Menon Madathil Pottayil (University of Hertfordshire)

14:40 Beyond Reverberation: The Complex Nature of AGN Variability Revealed in Fairall 9 - Scott Hagen (Durham University)

14:50 Measurements of the X-ray Luminosity Function of AGN at $z=4-10$ - Cassandra Barlow-Hall (IfA, The University of Edinburgh)

15:00 The wind properties of the X-ray selected SDSS-V quasar sample - Amy Rankine (University of Edinburgh)

15:10 Flipping the switch: what can we learn from the MIR emission of changing-look AGN? - Claire Greenwell (Durham University)

15:20 Dust in the Wind: extended dust in the circumnuclear regions of AGN as tracers of feedback - David Rosario (Newcastle University)
15:45 Coffee Break and Cakes for Good (charity cake-bake sale)
Coffee Break and Cakes for Good (charity cake-bake sale)
15:45 - 16:15

Moon Palace open to conference attendees
Moon Palace open to conference attendees
15:45 - 16:15

16:15 Moon Palace open to conference attendees
Moon Palace open to conference attendees
16:15 - 17:45
Magnetohydrodynamic waves in the solar atmosphere: new insights from advanced observations and modelling
16:15 - 17:45
Contributions

16:15 Insights into coronal Alfvénic waves from DKIST

16:40 Investigating Chromospheric Waves and Flows in a Giant Spiral Structure using SST CRISP. - Yash Saneshwar (Northumbria University)

16:52 Identification of Nonlinear Damping of Transverse Loop Oscillations by KHI-induced Turbulence

17:04 Fine Structuring and Driving Mechanisms of Propagating Slow Waves in Coronal Fan Structures - Rebecca Meadowcroft (The University of Warwick)

17:16 Uniturbulence and Alfven wave solar model

17:28 MHD Simulations of Cool Loop Formation and Kink Oscillation Dynamics in the Solar Atmosphere
Discovery in Astronomy and Space Physics enabled by large-scale Digital Research Infrastructures (ASTROCOMP)
16:15 - 17:45
Contributions

16:17 The UKRI-STFC IRIS Research Infrastructure and Relevance to Astronomy - Jon Hays (Queen Mary College London)

16:32 Developing the UK SKA Regional Centre - Louise Chisholm (UCL)

16:47 IRIS resources used at Cambridge for Gaia and PLATO data processing - Patrick Burgess (University of Cambridge)

17:03 Euclid UK Science on IRIS - James Nightingale (Newcastle University)

17:17 The COSMA supercomputer for computational cosmology - Alastair Basden (Durham University)

17:32 AI Research Resource (AIRR) status and update - Richard McMahon (University of Cambridge)
Enabling early science with Rubin LSST in 2025
16:15 - 17:45
Contributions

16:15 Vera C. Rubin Observatory and the Legacy Survey of Space and Time - Federica Bianco (Vera C. Rubin Observatory)

16:35 Introduction to LSST:UK and UK involvement in Rubin/LSST - Bob Mann (LSST:UK)

16:45 Introduction to early science with Rubin/LSST - Graham Smith (LSST:UK)

17:00 Lasair: the UK Broker for Rubin Alerts - Roy Williams (University of Edinburgh)

17:15 The ComCam Campaign and Data Preview 1 - James Mullaney (The University of Sheffield)
The Role of Star Clusters in Star Formation from Local to Galaxy Scales
16:15 - 17:45
Contributions

16:15 The evolving view of the Galaxy through stellar clusters

16:40 Spatial Properties of the NGC628 star cluster population - Anne Buckner (Cardiff University)

16:52 Star Clusters module in the Auriga Galaxy Simulations

17:04 Investigating high-z star clusters with LYRA - Jessica Doppel (Durham University)

17:16 The Globular Clusters that Built the proto-Milky Way

17:28 Fewer Companions in the Crowd: The Low Close Binary Fraction in Globular Clusters from Gaia RVS
The Golden Era of Gravitational Lensing: from Micro to Macro
16:15 - 17:45
Contributions

16:25 Stars as cosmic scales: measuring stellar mass with microlensed supernovae

16:40 Gravitationally lensed stars and the stellar initial mass function at z~1 galaxies - Sung Kei Li (The University of Hong Kong)

16:55 Quasi-periodic lensed light curves of stars by supermassive black hole binaries - Hanxi Wang (University of Oxford)

17:10 Residual test to search for microlensing signatures in strongly lensed gravitational wave signals - Eungwang Seo (University of Glasgow)

17:25 The Magnified Waltz: Simulating Light Curves of Binary Stars Passing through Micro-Caustics in Strong Lensing Galaxy Clusters - Wenwen Zheng (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Purple Mountain Observatory)
Active Galactic Nuclei – from ISCO to CGM and from cosmic dawn to the present day
16:15 - 17:45
Contributions

16:15 Are dusty QSOs in a blow-out phase? - Vicky Fawcett (Newcastle University)

16:25 Radio-AGN across the galaxy population: implications for fuelling and feedback

16:35 The broad relationship between X-ray and radio luminosities for AGN - Clara Pennock (The University of Edinburgh)

16:45 Simulated radio emissivity maps as a probe of fuelling and flickering in AGN jets - Emma Elley (University of Oxford)

16:55 AGN jets and wings: unravelling the mystery of cross-shaped X-ray emission - Tom Higginson (University of Bristol)

17:05 Unveiling AGN Outflows: A High Resolution Morphological Study with LOFAR-VLBI - Emmy Escott

17:15 Comparing radio-loud Swift/BAT AGN with their radio-quiet counterparts - Maitrayee Gupta (Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences)

17:25 Evidence to the jet powering mechanism in SDSS quasars from the LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey (LoTSS) - Bohan Yue (University of Edinburgh/Leiden Observatory)
Star formation across environments: From individual molecular clouds to entire galaxies
16:15 - 17:45
Contributions

16:15 Star formation and feedback on cloud scales in different galactic environments - Ahmad Ali (University of Cologne)

16:40 Emission line diagnostics in H II regions: a non-equilibrium perspective - Yuankang Liu (Durham University)

16:55 Explaining the FUV--Hα SFR dichotomy in the M101 Group via HII region leakage

17:10 The impact of different star formation models on galaxy evolution across cosmic time

17:25 Magnetic Fields at the Heart of a ULIRG: Arp220
18:00 NAM Football
NAM Football
18:00 - 21:00

Pre-public talk event activities
Pre-public talk event activities
18:00 - 19:30
19:30 Public Talk (open also to participants)
19:30 - 21:00
Contributions

19:30 Supernovae, Advanced Telescopes and the Search for Dark Energy - Isobel Hook (Lancaster University)
Tuesday, 8 July 2025

08:00 Registration and set up
Registration and set up
08:00 - 09:00

09:00 Moon Palace open to conference attendees
Moon Palace open to conference attendees
09:00 - 10:30
Neutrino Multimessenger Astronomy
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 The Pacific Ocean neutrino experiment: new developments and physics case - Beatrice Crudele (UCL)

09:15 The Trinity PeV Neutrino Observatory - Anthony Brown (Durham university)

09:30 Unraveling Neutrino Properties with Neutrino Telescopes

09:45 Tau Neutrino Measurement Using the Track Sample in IceCube - Teppei Katori (King's College London)

10:00 Calibrating Molecular Cloud Density Tracers using Neutrino emission from the Galactic Centre - Ellis Owen (RIKEN)

10:15 High-energy neutrino measurement at Super-Kamiokande and Hyper-Kamiokande - Nahid Bhuiyan (King's College London)
A holistic view of space sustainability
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 Space Traffic Control - Are we just going round and round in circles, or can we achieve escape velocity?

09:15 Including Optical Astronomy in Space Sustainability Assessments - Megan Perks (University of Southampton)

09:30 Demonstration of a Portable Satellite Tracking System using Optical Parallax Measurements

09:45 Innovating for Infinity: Sustainable Technologies in Space

10:00 The need to measure the mm sized dust flux in Low Earth Orbit. - Mark Burchell (Univ. of Kent, UK)

10:15 RSO recovery through blind stacking – Current results and future goals - Benjamin Cooke (University of Warwick)
UK Solar Physics Open Session
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:01 Flare evaporation, condensations, and ribbons

09:13 On the reliability of Local Correlation Tracking for inferring photospheric vortex flows in high-resolution observations - Shivdev Turkay (Northumbria University)

09:25 Energy Fluxes in Reduced Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence - Erin Goldstraw (The University of Edinburgh)

09:37 Determining distribution functions for collisionless current sheet equilibria: Analytical approach - Thomas Neukirch (School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews)

09:49 Characterizing Flare-Associated Electrons with HXR Warm-Target and DEM Diagnostics - YIngjie Luo (University of Glasgow)

10:01 The Evolution of Secondary Mixed-Mode Instabilities beneath a Rayleigh-Taylor Unstable Prominence

10:13 Improved atomic modelling for UV radiative transfer calculations
A multi-scale and multi-tracer view of the cosmic web
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 How the Large-Scale Environment Impacts Galaxy Evolution: Feedback, Quenching, and Cosmic-Web Effects

09:30 Local Group Analogs in a cosmological context: Relating the velocity structure to the cosmic web - Kai Wang (Durham University)

09:43 Probing baryonic feedback and cosmology with patchy screening in the FLAMINGO simulations.

09:56 The galaxy-environment connection revealed by constrained simulations

10:09 Identifying backsplash galaxies using machine learning - Roan Haggar (University of Waterloo)
Active Galactic Nuclei – from ISCO to CGM and from cosmic dawn to the present day
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 Dust in shocks: The missing link in AGN feedback - Houda Haidar (Newcastle University)

09:10 The link between circumnuclear molecular gas reservoirs, millimetre continua and active galactic nucleus fuelling - Jacob Elford (Universidad Diego Portales)

09:20 Evidence for universal gas depletion in a sample of 41 luminous Type 1 quasars at 𝑧 ∼ 2 - Stephen Molyneux (The University of Southampton)

09:30 Stellar populations of quasar host galaxies with Mean Field ICA - Sahyadri Krishna (University of St Andrews)

09:40 The alignment of galaxies and AGN jets in the cosmic web environment - Lyla Jung (University of Oxford)

09:50 Dissecting a Massive Quiescent Galaxy at z=4.7: The Role of AGN Feedback in Quenching Star Formation and Shaping Galaxy Kinematics - Robert Pascalau (KICC, University of Cambridge)

10:00 Host galaxy physical properties of Euclid Q1 AGN - Brivael Laloux (INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte)
Creativity: it’s good for you

09:00 - 10:30
Star formation across environments: From individual molecular clouds to entire galaxies
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 The ALMA Central molecular zone Exploration Survey (ACES): ALMA's multi-scale view of the CMZ - Daniel Walker (UK ARC Node, The University of Manchester)

09:20 What controls the star formation in Cloud E/F with ACES?

09:35 Isolating the Central Molecular Zone using Fourier Filtering Techniques - Stevie King (Astrophysics Research Insititute Liverpool John Moores University)

09:50 Magnetic fields in star-forming regions: recent results from the JCMT BISTRO Survey

10:05 BISTRO: Magnetic Fields Regulate Star Formation in the Western CMZ
10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00

Moon Palace open to conference attendees
Moon Palace open to conference attendees
10:30 - 12:45

11:00 Annoucements
Annoucements
11:00 - 11:15
11:15 Plenaries 2 - Tuesday
11:15 - 12:45
Contributions

11:20 Modelling Galaxies - James Binney (University of Oxford)

12:05 Calculations of molecular spectra for astronomy - Jonathan Tennyson (University College London)
12:45 Lunch
Lunch
12:45 - 14:15

Meet the Editor (RAS)
Meet the Editor (RAS)
12:45 - 14:15

Moon Palace open to conference attendees
Moon Palace open to conference attendees
12:45 - 14:15

13:15 WOMEN IN ASTRONOMY

13:15 - 14:00

LSST and LSST:UK for Early Career Researchers

13:15 - 14:00

14:15 Moon Palace open to conference attendees
Moon Palace open to conference attendees
14:15 - 15:45
Physical effects and multi-messenger signatures of energetic particles in galactic environments
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:15 Probing Jet Composition in Extreme Mass Ratio Black Hole Binaries through Periodic Emission Signatures - Hung-Yi Pu (National Taiwan Normal University)

14:29 Unveiling the PeVatron: Neutrinos as Probes of High Energy Cosmic Ray Origins in the Galactic Centre - Beatrice Crudele (UCL)

14:41 Constraining the MSP population in the Milky Way Centre using gamma-rays and neutrinos - Paul Chong Wa Lai (Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London)

14:53 Probing the physics of cosmic ray transport in the multi-phase interstellar medium - Hayden Ping Hei Ng (ECAP/UCL)

15:05 An empirical microphysical determination of cosmic ray transport in the Gould’s Belt - Szu-Ting Chen (NTHU, ECAP)

15:15 Galactic Scale Bubbles in Galaxies - Beyond the Standard Leptonic Scenario

15:25 Discovering Axion-like particles using Multi-band observations of Galaxy clusters - Harsh Mehta (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai)
UK Solar Physics Open Session
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:16 Cool and hot emission disambiguation in (E)UV instrument passbands - Patrick Antolin (Northumbria University)

14:28 Constraining the Potential Field Source Surface Distance Using Coronal Tomography - Leigh Davis (Aberystwyth University)

14:40 Solar Active Region Nesting: Impact on Magnetic Activity and Coronal Structure - Adam Finley (CEA Paris-Saclay)

14:52 Deep Learning study into sunspot evolution for use in flare forecasting. - Paloma Jol (Northumbria Univeristy)

15:04 Impact of time-dependent WSA boundaries on solar wind properties in the heliosphere - Chaitanya Sishtla (Queen Mary University of London)

15:16 Quantifying what is lost in magnetic field modelling when using synoptic magnetograms - Jonah Klowss (University of St Andrews)

15:28 Non-LTE Radiative Models of Coronal Condensations at Extreme Resolution - Christopher Osborne (University of Glasgow)
SETI – The Search for Technosignatures, Biosignatures and Beyond…
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:20 Keep Listening and Carry On: Breakthrough Listen in the UK

14:35 The prospects of using high-resolution spectroscopy to search for technosignature gases on nearby rocky exoplanets with the ELT - Mitchell Yzer (University of Oxford)

14:45 Stellar transients, space weather and SETI with the SKA - Alex Andersson (University of Oxford)

14:55 Phosphine in Venus’ Clouds - local biosignature experiences

15:05 Examining Airport Civilian and Military Radar Leakage as a Detectable Marker for Extraterrestrial Civilizations

15:15 Micron Scale Technosignatures: How Examination of the Lunar Regolith may Constrain the Number of Past Technological Civilisations in the Galaxy - Lewis Pinault (SETI Institute, UCL/Birkbeck Centre for Planetary Sciences)

15:25 Anomaly Detection in Green Bank Telescope SETI Data Using Deep Autoencoder Latent Spaces - Kai Mulcock (Imperial College London)

15:35 Technosignature Science Programs with the Allen Telescope Array - Bárbara Cabrales (University of Manchester)
Enabling early science with Rubin LSST in 2025
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:25 The LSST-NIR Fusion Pipeline: Advancing Multiwavelength Astronomy with Rubin LSST and VISTA - Elham Saremi (University of Southampton)

14:35 The LSST AGN Science Collaboration and Its Early Science Plans - William Brandt (Penn State University)

14:45 Dark matter science with Rubin LSST: weak lensing and stellar streams - Keir Rogers (Imperial College London)

14:55 Galaxy-Halo Connection Across Cosmic Time: Preparing for LSST with Deep Survey Fields - Natalia Stylianou (University of Oxford)

15:05 Enhance LSST Cosmological Cosntraints Using Data-Augmented Redshift Calibration and Variational-AutoEncoder Marginalisation

15:15 The Effects of Template Generation in Year 1 of LSST

15:25 Forecasting Cosmological Constraints from LSST Strong Lenses: A Multi-Probe Hierarchical Approach
A multi-scale and multi-tracer view of the cosmic web
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:15 The Role of Filaments in Galaxy Evolution

14:45 A 15 Mpc rotating galaxy filament - Madalina Tudorache

14:58 Evidence that pre-processing in filaments drives the anisotropic quenching of satellite galaxies in massive clusters - Harry Stephenson (Lancaster University)

15:11 Exploring how galaxy colour depends on local environment measures and geometric environment

15:24 The CAVITY project: tracing the evolution of galaxies in cosmic voids through IFS
Blue sky to night sky: development of astronomical instrumentation
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:15 The Wide-field Spectroscopic Telescope: developments in fibre positioning technology - Steve Watson (UKATC)

14:30 Calibration, characterisation and contrast measurements with a prototype twisted image slicer for ELT-PCS R&D. - Ryan Griffiths (University of Oxford)

14:45 Two Photon Polymerisation for astronomy

15:00 A lobster eye telescope for the Jovian system - Natasha Carr (University of Leicester)

15:15 An Affordable and Easily Programmable Homodyne Readout System for Readout and Characterisation of Prototype MKIDs (Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors) for UVOIR Astronomy and Astrophysics - Colm Bracken (Maynooth University)

15:30 SPT-SLIM: First light and spectral calibration - Chris Benson (Cardiff University)
Star formation across environments: From individual molecular clouds to entire galaxies
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:15 Protostellar jets and their effects on the surrounding ISM

14:30 Bridging the scales from global galactic dynamics to local star formation - Zoe Faes (University of St Andrews)

14:45 Resolving spiral arms, clumps and bulges in Cosmic Noon Galaxies with JWST and ALMA

15:00 How star formation-driven galaxy-scale outflows regulate star formation - Bronwyn Reichardt Chu (Durham University)

15:15 Environmental quenching of star formation: the case of the Fornax cluster
15:45 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:45 - 16:15

Moon Palace open to conference attendees
Moon Palace open to conference attendees
15:45 - 15:55

17:00 Coach to Newcastle - departure
Coach to Newcastle - departure
17:00 - 17:30

17:45 Coach to Newcastle - arrival
Coach to Newcastle - arrival
17:45 - 18:15

18:15 NAM 2025 dinner - drinks reception
NAM 2025 dinner - drinks reception
18:15 - 19:00

19:00 NAM 2025 dinner & awards
NAM 2025 dinner & awards
19:00 - 22:30

22:30 Coach back to Durham
Coach back to Durham
22:30 - 23:15
Wednesday, 9 July 2025

08:00 Registration and set up
Registration and set up
08:00 - 09:00
09:00 The Extremely Large Telescope: Science and Instrumentation
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:05 HARMONI on the Extremely Large Telescope - James S. Dunlop (University of Edinburgh)

09:20 The METIS instrument for the ELT - ALISTAIR GLASSE (UK Astronomy Technology Centre)

09:35 MICADO: overview and status of the ELT first light imager and spectrograph - Ric Davies (MPE)

09:50 Observing young stars with METIS - Aurora Sicilia-Aguilar (University of Dundee)

10:05 Airglow Characterisation for ELT-era Observations - Jay Stephan (UK Astronomy Technology Centre)
The Future of Exoplanet Detection
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:05 R&D activities at Oxford for the ELT-PCS integral field spectrograph. - Ryan Griffiths (University of Oxford)

09:35 Exoplanet Spectroscopy and Planetary System Architectures with VLTI/BIFROST - Stefan Kraus (University of Exeter)

09:50 The SCALES slenslit: a novel integral field unit concept for Exoplanet characterisations built in Durham University - Cyril Bourgenot (Durham University)

10:05 Decoding Machine Learning for Spectroscopic Atmospheric Characterisation - Jools Clarke (UCL)
Active Galactic Nuclei – from ISCO to CGM and from cosmic dawn to the present day
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 JADES census of Type 1 AGN: characterising spectral features and host galaxies of faint black holes across cosmic time - Ignas Juodžbalis (University of Cambridge)

09:10 A distinct type of intrinsically narrow-line AGN in dense gas cocoons at high redshift - Vadim Rusakov (University of Manchester)

09:20 A striking signature of shocks in compact red quasars? - Ciera Sargent (Durham University)

09:30 Constraining AGN tori at cosmic noon using high-resolution JWST imaging and simultaneous SED fitting - Devang Liya

09:40 The role of AGN feedback in z~7 galaxies with JWST/NIRSpec - Lucy Ivey (Kavli Institute for Cosmology, University of Cambridge)

09:50 Role of AGN in galaxy evolution in z~3-11 in JADES deep spectroscopy

10:00 The FLARES view of early AGN - Aswin Payyoor Vijayan (University of Sussex)

10:10 Real Life, or Just Fantasy: Determining the Source and Properties of Extended MIR Emission Around AGN in Imaging from the GATOS Survey - Steph Campbell (Newcastle University)
Chandra and XMM-Newton at 25 - Utilising Several Decades of X-ray observation
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 XMM-Newton catalogues and data products after 25 years of observations

09:20 Uncovering Hidden Extragalactic Flares and Dips from the Chandra Archive with Machine Learning

09:32 Galactic Correlates of Supermassive Black Hole Growth from 25 Years of Chandra and XMM-Newton Cosmic Surveys - William Brandt (Penn State University)

09:44 Streamlining Galaxy Cluster X-ray Measurements with XGA and DAXA

09:56 The INTEGRAL Science Legacy Archive Unveiled

10:08 NewAthena – the next decade of X-ray observation - James Aird (University of Edinburgh)
Explosive Transients in the Present and Future Sky
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 A Photometric Approach to Type Ia Science - Nikolaos Shiamtanis (University of Southampton)

09:15 Understanding kilonovae using radiative transfer simulations

09:30 Probing for Magnetars with Late-Time, Multi-Wavelength Observations of SLSNe

09:45 Ultraviolet Spectroscopy of a Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transient

10:00 A study on late time UV-emission in core collapse supernovae and its use on uncovering peculiar transients - Anne Inkenhaag (University of Bath, United Kingdom)
Common Nature of Physical Processes in Solar and Stellar Coronae
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 Placing Solar Activity and Rotation in the Context of Other Sun-like Stars - Adam Finley (CEA Paris-Saclay)

09:20 Modelling Time-Dependent Turbulent Electron Acceleration and Transport in Solar Flares via the Fokker–Planck Equation

09:32 Fermi-LAT analysis of solar flare events

09:44 Sun-as-a-star flare observations with high-resolution telescopes - Alex Pietrow (Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik)

09:56 Quantifying the Relationship Between the Magnetic Complexity of an Active Region and its Associated Quantity of Cool Material in the Corona.

10:08 Doppler Dimming and Brightening Effects in Solar (and Stellar) Prominences - Aaron W. Peat (University of Wrocław)
Forging the elements: Understanding chemical evolution and stellar populations across cosmic time
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:05 Probing chemical enrichment in star-forming galaxies using oxygen and argon abundances - Souradeep Bhattacharya (University of Hertfordshire)

09:25 Measuring chemical enrichment over cosmic time with the JWST EXCELS survey and DESI - Dirk Scholte (University of Edinburgh)

09:37 Constraining the Chemical Enrichment Pathways of Galaxies in the early Universe with JWST

09:49 Chemodynamical simulations of dust formation in the distant Universe - Alice Ferreira (University of Hertfordshire)

10:01 Bursty star formation and the chemical enrichment of high-redshift galaxies

10:13 Dusty star-bursting galaxy at the Epoch of Reionisation with NIRSpec/IFS and ALMA

10:19 Chemical Enrichment in Nebulae of High-redshift Galaxies.
10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00

11:00 Annoucements
Annoucements
11:00 - 11:15
11:15 Plenaries 3 - Wednesday
11:15 - 12:45
Contributions

11:20 JWST as a New Voyager for the Giant Planets - Leigh Fletcher (University of Leicester)

12:05 The environmental dependence of star and planet formation over cosmic time - Steven Longmore (Liverpool John Moores University)
12:45 Lunch
Lunch
12:45 - 14:15

13:15 Sandwiches, stars and space: the NAM public engagement lunch

13:15 - 14:00

Panel Discussion: The Future of UK Astronomical Instrumentation

13:15 - 14:00

Habitable World Observatory UK Involvement Planning and Discussion

13:15 - 14:00
14:15 Advancing Space Instrumentation and Low-Cost Mission Concepts
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:15 UK Space Agency Programmes for Supporting Space Science and Exploration

14:30 Opportunities and interfaces with the European Space Agency

14:45 Beyond CCDs: CMOS image sensors for soft X-ray astronomy

14:55 The M-MATISSE mission: Mars Magnetosphere ATmosphere Ionosphere and Space weather SciencE. An ESA Medium class (M7) candidate in Phase-A.

15:05 DREAM: A CubeSat Mission Concept for Probing Electron-Scale Energisation Processes

15:15 The Short-wavelength Camera for SOLAR-C EUVST - Sarah Matthews (UCL)

15:25 Space qualifying the Image Slicer Technology for EUV applications

15:35 Re-creating total solar eclipses in Space. The Moon-Enabled Sun Occultation Mission concept MESOM
Community EDI initiatives in Astronomy and Geophysics
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:18 Isaac Physics & STEM SMART: Securing a diverse and inclusive future for physics and astronomy - Ingrid Murray (University of Cambridge)

14:30 Evidence-based EDI: advancing equity, diversity and inclusion in outreach; learnings from the International Astronomical Youth Camp - Sarah Johnston (Durham University)

14:42 A Case for Change: Inclusive Science Education through the Surrey Physics Academy

14:54 EquiTea at JBCA - Alexander Csukai (University of Manchester)

15:06 Inclusive Pedagogy as an EDI initiative - a case study from the University of St Andrews - Rita Tojeiro (University of St Andrews)
Solar Physics, Stellar Physics, and Exoplanetary joint session: bridging the gap
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:20 Studying the solar-stellar connection through helio- and asteroseismology - Anne-Marie Broomhall (University of Warwick)

14:40 A Predictive Model for Solar and Stellar Irradiances: From the Sun to Exoplanetary Applications

14:53 Sun-as-a-star analysis of simulated solar flares - Jie Hong (Stockholm University)

15:06 Sun-as-a-star Analysis of the X1.6 Flare on 2023 August 5: Dynamics of Postflare Loops in Spatially Integrated Observational Data - Takato Otsu (Kyoto University)

15:19 Mitigation of radial velocity response to granulation by decorrelating with line shift and depth variations supported by MURaM simulations of the photosphere - Christian Hartogh (University of St Andrews)

15:32 Differential rotation of solar $\alpha$-sunspots and an extrapolation to other stars - Emily Lößnitz (Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik)
Theoretical and observational approaches to the Hubble tension
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:15 The local void solution to the Hubble tension

14:33 Tests of distance duality - Implications for the Hubble Tension

14:51 A pathway to the Hubble constant via cosmic chronometry and machine learning with the GAMA survey

15:09 A Bayesian analysis of anisotropies in the redshift--distance relationship of clusters

15:27 SH0ES Cepheids prefer the [X] Hubble constant
Radio Astronomy in the build up to the SKAO
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:15 Detecting the Universe’s structure with the SKAO precursor MeerKAT in cross-correlation with galaxy surveys - Steve Cunnington (Institute of Cosmology & Gravitation - University of Portsmouth)

14:27 Prospects of a statistical detection of the 21-cm forest and its potential to constrain the thermal state of the neutral IGM during reionization - Tomáš Šoltinský (INAF-OATs)

14:39 Non-thermal Radio Filaments in the Galactic Plane

14:51 RFI protection of the SKAO

15:03 A striking signature of shocks in compact red quasars? - Ciera Sargent (Durham University)

15:15 LOFAR studies of radio-loud AGN: insights into the SKA era

15:27 Strap on your Boötes: The Journey to Achieve Widefield Sub-arcsecond Resolution with LOFAR - Emmy Escott
Explosive Transients in the Present and Future Sky
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:15 The Search for ECLEs in DESI's Early Data Release - Peter Clark (University of Southampton)

14:30 AT2019cmw: A highly luminous, cooling featureless-TDE candidate from the disruption of a high mass star in an early-type galaxy

14:45 A tidal disruption event that turned off - Rob Eyles-Ferris (University of Leicester)

15:00 Exploring the properties of TDE host galaxies - Paige Ramsden (University of Birmingham)

15:15 Preparing for the LSST Tidal Wave: Machine-Learned Simulated Photometry
Forging the elements: Understanding chemical evolution and stellar populations across cosmic time
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:15 Carbon-enhanced metal-poor stars as probes for early chemical enrichment - Anke Ardern-Arentsen (Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge)

14:35 Chemical Evolution Near and Far: tracing abundance patterns of C and N

14:47 Needles in Haystacks: Searching for Extremely Metal-poor Galaxies in the Local Universe - Ting-Yun Cheng (Durham University)

14:59 Detailed chemical composition of the globular cluster Sextans A GC-1 on the outskirts of the Local Group - Anastasia Gvozdenko (CEA, Durham University)

15:11 The competing effects of recent and long-term star formation histories on oxygen, nitrogen, and stellar metallicities

15:23 Unraveling the Drivers of Gas-Phase Metallicity in Local Galaxies - Maria Koller (University of Cambridge)

15:29 Latent Space Clustering to Explore the Milky Way’s Chemical Substructure - Nicole Buckley (University of Surrey)
15:45 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:45 - 16:15
16:15 Advancing Space Instrumentation and Low-Cost Mission Concepts
16:15 - 17:45
Contributions

16:15 The ESA Comet Interceptor mission

16:30 The ARRAKIHS mission

16:45 CosmoCube: Probing the Cosmic Dark Ages with a Miniature Radiometer in Lunar Orbit

16:55 1. SuperASTRO: an innovative super-spectral small satellite for advanced low-cost astronomy

17:05 ROARS: Revealing Orbital and Atmospheric Responses to Solar activity

17:15 UK-ODESSI: A Low-Cost, Low-Earth Orbit, In-Orbit Pathfinder for UK Space Weather Instrumentation

17:25 VERVE - a proposal for an ESA mini-Fast mission to Venus

17:35 LIRIS – A small satellite concept to provide high resolution maps of water on the Moon.
Solar Physics, Stellar Physics, and Exoplanetary joint session: bridging the gap
16:15 - 17:45
Contributions

16:20 Disentangling stellar and planetary signatures at high resolution

16:40 An ultracool bridge to exoplanet magnetic fields - Rob Kavanagh (ASTRON/University of Amsterdam)

16:53 Tackling Supergranulation in Earth-Twin Surveys using the HARPS-N Solar Data

17:06 Revealing PLATO’s planet discovery potential across stellar types

17:19 Investigating Star-Planet Compositional Ties for Systems with Host Stars of Varying Composition - Daisy Turner (University of Birmingham)

17:32 Small exoplanets and their host stars: from Kepler and TESS to PLATO - Vincent Van Eylen (UCL)
Barred Galaxies: Unravelling Their Evolution, Dynamics and Cosmic Role
16:15 - 17:45
Contributions

16:15 Bar-driven fuelling of AGN - Izzy Garland (Masaryk University)

16:30 Decoding imprints of bars and AGN in the AMR of the Auriga galaxies.

16:45 What makes the bar go round: Drivers of bar pattern speed in cosmological simulations. - Alex Merrow (Liverpool John Moores University)

17:00 Swooping in on the drivers of the spin-age relation using barred galaxies from COLIBRE - Katherine Harborne (Durham University)

17:15 Bars in TNG50 - slowdown and formation of double bars - Marcin Semczuk (Universitat de Barcelona)

17:30 The stellar bar - dark matter halo connection in cosmological simulations
Galactic Foregrounds at Low Frequencies and CMB Cosmology: Current Challenges and Opportunities
16:15 - 17:45
Contributions

16:25 The C-Band All-Sky Northern Survey (C-BASS N)

16:40 QUIJOTE views of our Galaxy

16:55 The LiteBIRD space mission and the Galactic foreground challenge

17:10 The Simons Observatory: constraining primordial B-modes - Kevin Wolz (University of Oxford)

17:25 The C-Band All-Sky Survey (C-BASS): Diffuse Component Separation of the Temperature Sky - Gabriel Amancio Hoerning (The University of Manchester)
Intracluster light: illuminating the next generation of galaxy cluster science
16:15 - 17:45
Contributions

16:15 Multiwavelength views on the mass distribution of galaxy clusters

16:25 First look into the shapes of ICL with Euclid Q1 - Tutku Kolcu (The University of Nottingham)

16:35 Energetics of the intracluster stars and dark matter - Joseph Butler (University of Nottingham)

16:45 The dawn of intracluster light in proto-clusters

16:55 How well do simulations resolve stellar stripping processes in galaxy clusters? - Garreth Martin (University of Nottingham)

17:05 The Main Progenitor Galaxies of Intracluster Light Stars - Harley Brown (University of Nottingham)

17:15 Modelling globular clusters in TNG50: predictions from dwarfs to giant galaxies - Jessica Doppel (Durham University)

17:25 Intracluster Light as a Probe for Dark Matter: Exploring SIDM and CDM with C-EAGLE Sim - Jaewon Yoo (Korea Institute for Advanced Study)
Explosive Transients in the Present and Future Sky
16:15 - 17:45
Contributions

16:15 Optimising Follow-Up of Gravitationally Lensed Supernovae Discovered with Rubin-LSST - Erin Hayes (Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge)

16:30 Lensed Type IIn Supernovae with LSST: How Ultraviolet Suppression Shapes Detection Rates - Andrés Ponte Pérez (University of Birmingham)

16:45 The early-time light curves of type II and type IIb supernovae from the ATLAS survey

17:00 Shock Interaction Powering Late-Time Supernova Evolution: Tracing the Mass-Loss History of Massive Stars - Amit Kumar (Royal Holloway - University of London, UK)

17:15 Unveiling the complex mass loss of the transitional IIn SN 2024cld - Tom Killestein (University of Warwick)
Forging the elements: Understanding chemical evolution and stellar populations across cosmic time
16:15 - 17:45
Contributions

16:15 Galactic Chemical Evolution with Hybrid Stars – From Structural Assumptions to Yields - Alexander Hackett (CEICO - FZÚ-AVČR - The Physical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences)

16:35 Black Holes to Pair Instability Supernovae from Stellar Evolution - Ethan Winch (Armagh Observatory and Planetarium)

16:47 Environmental Dependence of the Mass–Metallicity Relation in Cosmological Hydrodynamical Simulations - Kai Wang (Durham University)

16:59 The evolution of dust and metals in galaxies back to z~9 from a simulation perspective - Rob Yates (University of Hertfordshire)

17:11 Exploring the impact of different star formation scenarios on high-redshift spectroscopic observables with MEGATRON

17:23 On the Observability of Population III stars in the MEGATRON Simulation - Anatole Storck (University of Oxford)

17:29 An exact method for pairing stars to form binary systems - Amery Gration (University of Surrey)
18:00 OCW artwork unveiling
OCW artwork unveiling
18:00 - 19:15

19:30 Social Event: Board games
Social Event: Board games
19:30 - 21:00
Thursday, 10 July 2025

08:00 Registration and set up
Registration and set up
08:00 - 09:00
09:00 Community EDI initiatives in Astronomy and Geophysics
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:05 RAS Demographics and Research Interests Survey

09:20 The Path to Expertise: Trajectories of Talented Women in Astronomy

09:35 Report on the EAS 2025 Session “An Intersectional Approach to EDI Strategies” - Izzy Garland (Masaryk University)

09:50 P-Star: Powering Astronomy in Pakistan
Radio Astronomy in the build up to the SKAO
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 Anomaly detection techniques for transient detection in the era of the SKA - Alex Andersson (University of Oxford)

09:12 VLA broad-band monitoring of the flux-ratio anomalous lens system B2045+265 as a probe for dark matter

09:24 Finding Complex Radio Sources in the Rapid ASKAP Continuum Survey using Self-Organising Maps

09:36 On-The-Fly Mapping of the MeerKLASS Survey

09:48 Radio-AGN across the galaxy population: implications for fuelling and feedback

10:00 Role of environment in the jet powering mechanism of radio quasars - insights from the LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey (LoTSS) - Bohan Yue (University of Edinburgh/Leiden Observatory)
Astronomy futures – new missions, facilities and the support needed to exploit them
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 The Solar Atmospheric Modelling Suite: First Steps and Future Plans

09:15 Operating the Largest Submm Single Dish Facility in the World - Mark Booth (UK ATC)

09:20 Tools for the Future: Solar Physics Missions beyond Solar Orbiter - Sarah Matthews (UCL)

09:35 SIRIUS - Stellar & ISM Research via In-orbit Ultraviolet Spectroscopy

09:40 Designing DiRAC-4: Supercomputing for computational cosmology

09:45 ESO and its Office for Science in Chile

09:50 High resolution X-ray spectroscopy: XRISM as a pathfinder for newAthena - chris done (university of durham)

10:05 The (Uncertain) Future of Atomic Data for Astrophysics

10:15 Atomic data for astrophysics and their benchmarking
Illuminating the Faintest Galaxies: Dwarf Galaxies as Probes of Dark Matter, Feedback, and the First Stars
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:05 Distribution-function models for binary-rich ultrafaint galaxies - Amery Gration (University of Surrey)

09:19 Determining the extent of baryon-induced dark matter core creation: a first direct look at gravitational potential fluctuations - Claudia Muni (Durham University)

09:33 Dark Subhaloes in dwarf spheroidal galaxies

09:47 New insights on low-mass dark matter subhalo tidal tracks via numerical simulations - Alejandra Aguirre-Santaella (ICC Durham - Institute for Computational Cosmology, Durham University)

10:01 The structural diversity of simulated and observed low-mass galaxy analogues - Garreth Martin (University of Nottingham)

10:15 A Local Dwarf Galaxy Search and High-z Analogs
Engaging the public with astronomy: what really works?
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 Engaging the public: getting to work

09:15 The Wynyard Planetarium: A 100% volunteer-operated outreach facility in the North East

09:30 The Jodcast: Opening Doors to Cutting-Edge Astrophysics

09:45 Discs, Stars, Nebulae and...Aliens? A 3D Exploration of Spiral Galaxies! - Anne Buckner (Cardiff University)

10:00 Astronomy through the Herschels: Inspiring Inclusion through Science and Storytelling
Magnetic reconnection, topology and non-ideal instabilities
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 Reconnection between the interplanetary magnetic field and closed magnetotail structures - Robert Fear (University of Southampton)

09:16 Multispacecraft Observations of Reconnection Topologies and Their Role in the Turbulent Energy Cascade - Conan Liptrott (University of Warwick)

09:32 Identifying Magnetic Reconnection to Assess its Role in Collisionless Turbulent Plasmas using the Unsupervised Machine Learning TICC Algorithm - Paulina Quijia Pilapana (Northumbria University)

09:48 Estimating the Contribution from Small-Scale Terms in the Generalised Ohm’s Law to the total Electric field.

10:04 On field line slippage rates in the solar corona
ENGAGING WITH INDUSTRY
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 Invited Talk by Carol Watts, STFC UKRI: Astronomy opportunities with international science facilities, and facilitating academic and industry engagement

09:10 Invited Talk: "The UK Space Agency and Astronomy"
10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00

11:00 Annoucements
Annoucements
11:00 - 11:15
11:15 Plenaries 4 - Thursday
11:15 - 12:45
Contributions

11:20 Solar Particle Acceleration and Transport - Hamish Reid (University College London)

12:05 LGBTQIA+ inclusion in astronomy - Claire Davies (University of Exeter)
12:45 Lunch
Lunch
12:45 - 14:15

13:15 Early Career Lunch and RAS ECN Town Hall

13:15 - 14:00

STFC Astronomy Grants Panel Community Session

13:15 - 14:00

Revealing the Milky Way Ecosystem with GaiaNIR (GaiaNIR)

13:15 - 14:00
14:15 STFC community session - Caroline Harper (Head of space science, UKSA) Grahame Blair (STFC executive director of programmes) Michele Dougherty (STFC executive chair)
STFC community session
- Caroline Harper (Head of space science, UKSA)
- Grahame Blair (STFC executive director of programmes)
- Michele Dougherty (STFC executive chair)
14:15 - 15:45
Are you interested in the future of UK astronomy and space science? Do you have ideas for how to improve our field? Please come and join us for the STFC Community Session at 2.15pm in TLC042. Whether you're an early career researcher, more established in your career, or an interested non-professional, the community session is a chance to hear from senior figures in astronomy and space science and put your questions (whether straightforward or challenging) to people shaping our science. In the session, chaired by Professor Mike Lockwood (President of the Royal Astronomical Society), we'll hear from speakers including: Professor Michele Dougherty (STFC executive chair) Professor Grahame Blair (STFC executive director of programmes) Dr Caroline Harper (Head of space science, UKSA) Questions will be taken live from members of the audience, or from any attendee via the Q&A functionality in the online conference platform.
15:45 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:45 - 16:15
16:15 Radio Astronomy in the build up to the SKAO
16:15 - 17:45
Contributions

16:15 Discovery of the largest radio jet at z ~ 5 in the radio-loud quasar J1601+3102 - Frits Sweijen (Durham University)

16:27 The alignment of galaxies and AGN jets in the cosmic web environment probed with LOFAR - Lyla Jung (University of Oxford)

16:39 Probing M Dwarf Magnetism with e-MERLIN and VLA: A Step Toward the SKA Era

16:51 MIGHTEE-HI: The radial acceleration relation with resolved stellar mass measurements over 1 Gyr - Andreea Varasteanu (Oxford University)

17:03 Mapping Faraday Rotation in Large Radio Galaxies from POSSUM - Sam Venables (Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester)

17:15 Looking Beyond Linear Scales with HI Intensity Mapping - Aishrila Mazumder (Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester)

17:27 Why are the radio sources missing in the Fornax cluster? - Alvina Yee Lian On (National Center for Theoretical Sciences, National Tsing Hua University)
Barred Galaxies: Unravelling Their Evolution, Dynamics and Cosmic Role
16:15 - 17:45
Contributions

16:15 Automated Bar and Spiral Arm Segmentation using Deep Learning - Ashley Spindler (University of Hertfordshire)

16:30 Tracing galaxy morphology and evolution with autoencoders

16:45 MUSE view of gas inflows in nearby galaxies: Connections to Nuclear Activity and Central Morphology - Tutku Kolcu (The University of Nottingham)

17:00 Effects of bar to the dynamics in the Galactic disc

17:15 Stellar Populations in Galactic Bars with Machine Learning - Elizaveta Sazonova (University of Waterloo)

17:30 A stellar mass-dependent phase transition in disc galaxies
Gamma-ray Bursts and their contribution to multi-messenger astronomy, cosmology, and the cosmic star-formation rate
16:15 - 17:45
Contributions

16:15 Multi-Peaked Non-Thermal Light Curves from Magnetar-Powered Gamma-Ray Bursts

16:28 EP250108a/SN 2025kg : the kangaroo’s first hop and its implications for gamma-ray bursts and fast X-ray transients - Rob Eyles-Ferris (University of Leicester)

16:41 Exploring low-luminosity afterglows - automated optical follow-up of Swift GRBs with Palomar-60 inch telescope

16:54 Direct emission and absorption line metallicities of a GRB host at z=4.28 using JWST/NIRSpec - Anne Inkenhaag (University of Bath, United Kingdom)

17:07 Unveiling the Prompt Emission Mechanisms of Gamma-Ray Bursts: A Spectro-Polarimetric Perspective with Fermi and AstroSat - Rahul Gupta (NASA GSFC)

17:21 Extended emission of merger GRBs from high latitude emission and time propagation effects.

17:34 Probing the axial symmetry of gamma-ray burst jets using afterglow polarimetry - Thomas Baxter
Illuminating the Faintest Galaxies: Dwarf Galaxies as Probes of Dark Matter, Feedback, and the First Stars
16:15 - 17:45
Contributions

16:15 LYRA: Intrinsic stellar distributions in the faintest dwarf galaxies - Joaquin Sureda (Durham University)

16:29 Dwarf galaxies in the UNIONS survey - Nick Heesters (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL))

16:43 The morphological mix of dwarf galaxies in the nearby Universe using ultra-deep optical imaging in the COSMOS field - Ilin Lazar (University of Hertfordshire)

16:57 Dwarf Galaxy Growth Across the Cosmic Web

17:11 THE ORIGIN OF THE PLATEAU IN THE STELLAR MASS METALLICITY RELATIONSHIP

17:25 Distribution Functions of Low-Mass Star-Forming Galaxies - Sakircan Beyazit (Liverpool John Moores University)
Magnetic reconnection, topology and non-ideal instabilities
16:15 - 17:45
Contributions

16:15 Theory and observation of plasmoid-modulated magnetic reconnection

16:31 The Thermodynamics of Naturally Heated Coronal Null Points

16:47 Oscillatory Reconnection: A Comparison with Steady-State Solutions

17:03 Automatic Detection of Fine Structures in Solar Flare Ribbons

17:19 Investigating the Effects of Atmospheric Stratification on Coronal Active Region Field Modelling
The Extremely Large Telescope: Science and Instrumentation
16:15 - 17:45
Contributions

16:20 The Evolution of MOSAIC - Gavin Dalton (University of Oxford/RALSpace)

16:35 ANDES: From Exoplanets to Fundamental Physics with High Resolution Spectroscopy - Vinooja Thurairethinam (UK Astronomy Technology Centre)

16:50 On-sky validation of SPRINT: the ELT approach for tracking alignment within adaptive optics systems - Ben Buky (STFC - UK Astronomy Technology Centre)

17:05 Stars lensed by the supermassive black hole in the centre of the Milky Way: predictions for future telescopes - Michał Michałowski (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan)

17:20 Observing with MOSAIC and its wide-field AO system - Tim Morris (Durham University)
Planetary science and exploration
16:15 - 17:45
Contributions

16:20 Energetic Electron Observations During BepiColombo’s Mercury Flybys - Liam Edwards (University of Helsinki)

16:34 Detecting and Measuring Transverse Aeolian Ridges (TARs) on Mars using Deep Learning. - Alexander Barrett (The Open University)

16:58 Characterisation of planetesimals using white dwarfs

17:12 The Fluvial History of Noachis Terra, Mars - Adam Losekoot (The Open University)

17:26 JCMT-Venus: Tracking Key Atmospheric Species in Venus’ Mesosphere
18:00 3-min to inspire: competition
3-min to inspire: competition
18:00 - 19:15
19:30 Public Talk (open also to participants)
19:30 - 21:00
Contributions

19:30 The Supermassive Podcast live – black hole special - Rebecca Smethurst (University of Oxford) Izzie Clarke Robert Massey (Royal Astronomical Society / University of Sussex)
Social Event: Quiz
Social Event: Quiz
19:30 - 21:00
Friday, 11 July 2025

08:00 Registration and set up
Registration and set up
08:00 - 09:00
09:00 Galaxy formation simulations at the Frontier
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 Exploring the non-equilibrium interstellar medium of population III galaxies in MEGATRON

09:15 Burst, quench, repeat: unveiling the evolution of high-redshift galaxies with the THESAN-ZOOM simulations

09:30 The First Light And Reionisation Epoch Simulations: high redshift galaxy evolution in the large volume, high fidelity regime

09:45 Cosmological hydrodynamical simulations with variable initial mass functions

10:00 Testing galaxy formation models with the stellar mass-halo mass relations for star-forming and quiescent galaxies - Kai Wang (Durham University)

10:15 The contribution of "orphan" galaxies to the ultrafaint population of MW satellites
Ins and Outs of Accretion: The Consequences of Mass Transfer onto Compact Objects
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:05 The accretion-outflow connection in accreting binaries: 5 key physics challenges

09:20 State-of-the-Art Simulations of Line-Driven Accretion Disk Winds

09:30 Optical Outbursts in Intermediate Polars

09:40 Upper Limits on Radio Emissions from AM CVn-type Stars - Anwesha Sahu (University of Warwick)

09:50 Cataclysmic variables that splutter - Keith Inight (University of Warwick)

10:00 Search of sub-stellar companions of White Dwarfs with X-ray observations - Sandino Estrada-Dorado (Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares)

10:10 Accretion Disk Dynamics and Mode Switching in the Transitional Millisecond Pulsar J1023+0038 - Pengyue Sun (the University of Manchester)
Illuminating the Faintest Galaxies: Dwarf Galaxies as Probes of Dark Matter, Feedback, and the First Stars
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 The Illusion of Diversity(?): Exploring the Dynamical State of Gas Discs in Dwarf Galaxies with COLIBRE - Diego Dado (Durham University, Department of Physics, ICC/CEA)

09:14 The fate of Milky Way satellites: the role of halo assembly history and the dependence on subgrid physics - Gandhali Joshi (Durham University)

09:28 Observational evidence of star cluster migration and merger in dwarf galaxies - Oliver Müller (EPFL & University of Cambridge)

09:42 Globular Clusters as Probes of Galaxy Evolution: Insights from Ultra-Diffuse Galaxies
Solar System Insights from Small Body Populations
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 Using ground-based IFUs to constrain cometary activity drivers

09:10 Probing Cometary Extended Sources from VLT/MUSE - Brian Murphy (University of Edinburgh)

09:20 Tracking Cometary Rotation and Morphology with Narrowband Imaging

09:30 Kalliope: Discovery of the first metallic asteroid family

09:40 Search for ancient asteroid families in the pristine zone - Ullas Bhat (University of Leicester)

09:50 Asteroid contact binaries in optical and radar observations - Richard Cannon (University of Edinburgh)

10:00 The Galactic Interstellar Object Population in the LSST

10:10 Characterising Comets in the LSST Era: Preparing for Comet Interceptor
Crossing Boundaries: The benefits of ArtScience for contemporary astronomy research
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 From experience to evidence: Making the case for meaningful interaction across art and science

09:15 Sensing the Universe: Visualisations in Cosmology

09:30 Bioart in space: Ontological existential dimension of the biocentered experience of space

09:40 Earth, a Cosmic Spectacle

09:56 Listening to the Universe: Harnessing Sound for Inclusive Astronomy Communication - Rose Shepherd (Newcastle University)

10:10 Bridging the Cosmos: Fostering Equity and Inclusion through Art and Creativity in Astronomy Research

10:20 Accessibility in Communicating Science

10:25 Elevate Your Slides: The Power of Artistic Vision in Scientific Presentations
Euclid science exploitation in the UK
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 WEAVE/StePS-Euclid synergy and first Euclid emission line maps

09:11 Weak lensing cosmic shear measurement in the era of Euclid - Giuseppe Congedo (Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh)

09:22 The active galaxies of Euclid - Sotiria Fotopoulou

09:33 A first census of dwarf galaxies and tidal features in Euclid Q1

09:44 Discovery of bright z=7 galaxies in UltraVISTA and Euclid COSMOS - Rohan Varadaraj (University of Oxford)

09:55 Searching for strong lenses in Q1 with Machine Learning - Natalie Lines (University of Portsmouth)

10:06 The FornaX XMM Heritage Programme

10:17 Probing Ultracool Atmospheres with ATMO2020 and Euclid Spectrophotometry
Revealing the Milky Way with Gaia: Focus on Galactic dynamics in the Gaia era and beyond
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:05 The Gaia Mission: Science, Status and Upcoming Data Releases - Nicholas Walton (Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge)

09:20 Gaia data access facilities - Nigel Hambly (University of Edinburgh)

09:35 Gaia-Sausage-Enceladus merger induced thick and thin disc transition revealed by APOGEE and Gaia - Natsuki Funakoshi (MSSL, UCL)

09:48 The disturbance(s) of the outer Milky Way disc - Paul McMillan (University of Leicester)

10:01 Signatures of bar-driven radial migration in the Milky Way disc

10:14 Distribution Function-based dynamical modelling of stellar systems - Eugene Vasiliev (University of Surrey)
10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 Plenaries 5 - Friday
11:00 - 12:30
Contributions

11:05 The "carbon footprint" of astronomy and astrophysics - Beatriz Mingo (University of Hertfordshire)

11:50 Diversity and Inclusion: why they are essential - Mike Lockwood (University of Reading)
12:30 Closing ceremony
Closing ceremony
12:30 - 12:45

12:45 Lunch
Lunch
12:45 - 14:15

13:15 Publishing workshop

13:15 - 14:00

Pathways to sustainable research in astrophysics, cosmology, and instrumentation

13:15 - 14:00

How do we make progress in science?

13:15 - 14:00
14:15 Galaxy formation simulations at the Frontier
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:15 The FLARES view of early AGN - Aswin Payyoor Vijayan (University of Sussex)

14:30 Dwarf Galaxy Growth Across the Cosmic Web

14:45 Introducing the Kiara Simulations

15:00 Understanding the role of mergers and assembly history in shaping MW-like galaxies with `genetically modified' simulations: the dependence on subgrid physics - Gandhali Joshi (Durham University)

15:15 Unveiling the kinematics of galaxies during the Epoch of Reionisation with the THESAN-Zoom simulations

15:30 Atomic gas in galaxies in the Colibre simulations - Kyle Oman (Durham University)
The UK White Dwarf Community: An Opportunity to Connect
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:20 Characterisation of a white dwarf with transiting debris in the habitable zone - Akshay Robert (University College London)

14:30 Uncovering hidden white dwarf binary populations using Gaia and Galex - James Garbutt (University of Sheffield)

14:40 A different perspective: how the choice of disc model affects the interpretation of polluted white dwarfs - Mairi O'Brien (University of Warwick)

14:50 White dwarfs in DESI DR1 - Andrew Swan (University of Warwick)

15:00 Overly Luminous Type Ia Supernovae from Super-Chandrasekhar Mass Highly Magnetised White Dwarfs - Alexander Hackett (CEICO - FZÚ-AVČR - The Physical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences & Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK)

15:10 The discovery of new eclipsing white dwarf binary systems from NGTS

15:20 Investigating the origin of the lowest-mass white dwarf stars - Gabriela Da Rosa (Warwick University)

15:30 Long term spectral monitoring of a small sample of white dwarfs
Ins and Outs of Accretion: The Consequences of Mass Transfer onto Compact Objects
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:20 A New Pulsating Ultraluminous X-ray Source Candidate in Centaurus A - Amy Knight (Durham University)

14:30 Distinguishing between Accretion Precession Models in NGC5907 ULX with Phase Coherence Analysis - Nabil Brice (University of Hertfordshire)

14:40 The very high X-ray polarisation of accreting black hole IGRJ17091-3624 in the hard state

14:50 Are jets from stellar mass black holes as fast as those from supermassive black holes? - Clara Lilje (University of Oxford)

15:00 Spectral-Timing Analysis of Swift J1727.8-1613 Using Insigh-HXMT Observations

15:10 The changing face of UV emission: Tracing MAXI J1820+070 across a state transition

15:20 The Quiet Majority: Photometric Signatures of Non-Accreting Compact Objects in Luminous Binaries

15:30 Phased accretion and a dynamically-truncated eccentric circumbinary disc cavity in a pre-main-sequence binary system
Jobs in Astronomy and Geophysics
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:15 Finding and applying for jobs - Beatriz Mingo (University of Hertfordshire)

14:35 Writing Research Proposals - Francesca Fragkoudi (Durham University)

14:55 Postdoc Interviews - Sownak Bose (Durham University)
Spacecraft Disposal by Impact on the Lunar Surface: The Next Big Threat to Astronomy and Planetary Science?
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:25 Modelling spacecraft disposal onto the lunar surface - Vincent Eke (Durham University)

14:40 SMART-1 end of life: lessons learnt from a lunar impact ending - Mark Burchell (Univ. of Kent, UK)

14:55 Laboratory investigation into the potential environmental impact from impacting derelict spacecraft into the Moon - john zarnecki (The Open University)

15:10 Regulating lunar-based activities without rigorous evidence: the case of disposing of spacecrafts on the moon’s surface at their end of their working life
Crossing Boundaries: The benefits of ArtScience for contemporary astronomy research
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:15 From Glass to Galaxies: Entangled Visions - How Art Shapes Our Understanding of the Universe

14:25 Sounds of Space Project: An Art-Science Collaboration - Nigel Meredith (British Antarctic Survey)

14:35 Exoplanets in Science Fiction

14:45 An Early Universe

14:55 THE FINAL FUTURE: A study of human impact on near-Earth and terrestrial environments, considering our complex future on Earth and elsewhere.

15:05 Space for Everyone - Communicating Space Science Creatively

15:20 The rise of STEAM - Natasha Plaister (FFT Education Datalab)

15:30 Incorporating arts in astronomy research and outreach at the International Astronomical Youth Camp - Sarah Johnston (Durham University)

15:40 Teaching Astronomy with Visual Art, Poetry and Storytellling
Revealing the Milky Way with Gaia: Focus on Galactic dynamics in the Gaia era and beyond
14:15 - 15:45
Contributions

14:15 Modelling the Milky Way structure: impact on stellar and gaseous dynamics - Eva Duran Camacho (Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC))

14:28 Milky Way - Sagittarius like interactions in the TNG50 cosmological simulation - Marcin Semczuk (Universitat de Barcelona)

14:41 Properties of the Milky Way and LMC using Simulation-Based Inference - Richard Brooks (University College London)

14:54 The role of equilibrium dynamical models in understanding the formation histories of the Milky Way and its analogues - Payel Das (University of Surrey)

15:07 Dynamical streams in the local stellar halo - Adam Dillamore (UCL)

15:20 Deep learning approaches to detecting dark matter in stellar streams - Keir Rogers (Imperial College London)
15:45 Fin
Fin
15:45 - 16:00

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