Dr Christopher Lovell
Summary
I am a computational astrophysicist working at the interface of theory and observations. My work utilises numerical simulations, novel statistical methods and artifical intelligence.
Biography
I joined the ºÚÁÏÈë¿Ú as a Dennis Sciama postdoctoral fellow in October 2022. Before this I completed a postdoctoral appointment at the University of Hertfordshire with Prof. James Geach, and a JSPS short-term fellowship at the University of Tokyo with Prof. Masami Ouchi.
I completed my Ph.D. at the University of Sussex in July 2019 under the supervision of Prof. Peter Thomas and Prof. Stephen Wilkins.
Research interests
My research interests span a broad range of topics in galaxy evolution, though I am particularly focused on early galaxy formation in the first billion years after the big bang. This nascent period in the Universe's history is now being probed in unprecedented detail by a number of state of the art observatories, such as the James Webb Space telescope.
I run and analyse large numerical cosmological simulations, creating mock observations of the real Universe to better understand the data, and understand the physical processes driving galaxy transformation. I also employ artifical intelligence techniques, using these to improve the performance of the simulations and reveal new insights.
Research outputs
2025
Punyasheel, P., Vijayan, A. P., Greve, T. R., Roper, W. J., Algera, H., Gillman, S., Gullberg, B., Irodotou, D., Lovell, C. C., Seeyave, L. T., Thomas, P. A., Wilkins, S. M.
30 Apr 2025, In: Astronomy and Astrophysics. 696, 4, p. 1-25, 25p., A234
Research output: Article
Maltz, M. G. A., Thomas, P. A., Lovell, C. C., Roper, W. J., Vijayan, A. P., Irodotou, D., Liao, S., Seeyave, L. T. C., Wilkins, S. M.
3 Apr 2025, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 538, 4, p. 3084-3103, 20p.
Research output: Article
Jespersen, C. K., Steinhardt, C. L., Somerville, R. S., Lovell, C. C.
20 Mar 2025, In: Astrophysical Journal. 982, 1, p. 1-17, 17p., 23
Research output: Article
Trussler, J. A. A., Conselice, C. J., Adams, N., Austin, D., Caruana, J., Harvey, T., Li, Q., Lovell, C. C., Seeyave, L. T. C., Vijayan, A. P., Wilkins, S. M.
1 Mar 2025, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 537, 4, p. 3662-3685, 24p.
Research output: Article
de Santi, N. S. M., Villaescusa-Navarro, F., Raul Abramo, L., Shao, H., Perez, L. A., Castro, T., Ni, Y., Lovell, C. C., Hernández-MartÃnez, E., Marinacci, F., Spergel, D. N., Dolag, K., Hernquist, L.,
21 Jan 2025, In: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics. 2025, 1, p. 1-42, 42p., 082
Research output: Article
Lorenzon, G., Donevski, D., Lisiecki, K., Lovell, C., Romano, M., Narayanan, D., Davé, R., Man, A., Whitaker, K. E., Nanni, A., Long, A., Lee, M. M., Junais,, Maåek, K., Rodighiero, G., Li, Q.
9 Jan 2025, In: Astronomy and Astrophysics. 693, 21p., A118
Research output: Article
2024
Harvey, T., Conselice, C. J., Adams, N. J., Austin, D., Juodzbalis, I., Trussler, J., Li, Q., Ormerod, K., Ferreira, L., Lovell, C. C., Duan, Q., Westcott, L., Harris, H., Bhatawdekar, R., Coe, D., Cohen, S. H.,
26 Dec 2024, In: Astrophysical Journal. 978, 1, p. 1-36, 36p., 89
Research output: Article
Carnall, A. C., Cullen, F., Mclure, R. J., Mcleod, D. J., Begley, R., Donnan, C. T., Dunlop, J. S., Shapley, A. E., Rowlands, K., Almaini, O., Arellano-Córdova, K. Z., Barrufet, L., Cimatti, A., Ellis, R. S.,
1 Oct 2024, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 534, 1, p. 325-348, 24p.
Research output: Article
Gebhardt, M., Anglés-Alcázar, D., Borrow, J., Genel, S., Villaescusa-Navarro, F., Ni, Y. Y., Lovell, C. C., Nagai, D., Davé, R., Marinacci, F., Vogelsberger, M., Hernquist, L.
1 Apr 2024, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 529, 4, p. 4896-4913, 18p.
Research output: Article
Ghodsi, L., Man, A. W., Donevski, D., Davé, R., Lim, S., Lovell, C. C., Narayanan, D.
1 Mar 2024, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 528, 3, p. 4393-4408, 16p.
Research output: Article