Regular biography
Christopher Conselice is a Professor of Extragalactic Astronomy at The University of Manchester, affiliated with the Astronomy and Astrophysics Theory Group. His research focuses on galaxy formation and evolution through cosmic time, utilizing space and ground-based data alongside computer simulations. He has led several large HST surveys, including the GOODS NICMOS Survey, and is a founding member of the CANDELS and GOODS collaborations. He is the principal investigator of the Advanced ERC grant, EPOCHS, which studies the first galaxy formation at the epoch of reionization using James Webb Space Telescope data. Prof. Conselice joined The University of Manchester in 2020.
Scholar-generated biography
Prof. Christopher Conselice is an astrophysicist at the University of Manchester, specializing in observational cosmology and extragalactic astronomy. His research focuses on understanding the formation and evolution of galaxies, star formation histories, and the cosmic web through large-scale surveys. He has contributed to major projects such as the Cosmic Assembly Near-Infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey (CANDELS), the Dark Energy Survey (DES), and the Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey. His work explores galaxy clustering, weak lensing, and the extragalactic background light, providing insights into dark energy and cosmic structure formation.