School of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics, Newcastle University, Newcastle, NE17RU
https://jamesnightingale.net/
Current Position
2024 – Now: Newcastle University – Ernest Rutherford Fellow
Previous Positions
2022 – 2024: Durham University – Post-Doctoral Research Assistant
2021 – 2022: Concr & Durham University – Royal Society Short Industry Fellow
2016 – 2021: Durham University –Post-Doctoral Research Assistant
Education
The University of Nottingham: PhD in Astronomy
September 2012 – July 2016
The University of Nottingham: Physics MSci (first class)
September 2008 – July 2012
Honours & awards
2023: Ernest Rutherford Fellowship
2022: Euclid Consortium Builder
2021: Durham University Physics Department Award for Excellence
2021: DiRAC RAC 13 proposal: 7.5 M-core hCPU + 3.6 kGPU-h
2021: DiRAC RAC 13 proposal: 0.5FTE Software Engineer Support
2021: DiRAC DDT Proposal: 0.25FTE Software Engineer Support
2020: N8 Postdoc Award
2019: Euclid Star Prize, Junior Scientist Award
Grants & Funding
2024: AI-Vision, Innovate UK*, £600000 total, £90000 to Durham.
2023: Ernest Rutherford Fellowship~£800000
2021: Royal Society Short Industry Fellowship, £20 625
2020: Innovate UK grant w/ Roche*, £1m total, £114 000 to Durham
2020: Ogden Centre Trust, Summer Student Funding,£ 1800
2020: STFC Opportunities PPAN Grant*, £141 510
2019: STFC Impact Acceleration Grant*, £23 000 (featured in STFC handbook 2021)
2016: Royal Astronomical Society Travel Grant, £350
2016: University of Nottingham Graduate School Travel Prize, £350
2015: Dark Energy Survey Early Career Scientist Grant, £700
2013: University of Nottingham Teaching Scholarship, £3500
2013: ARCHER Summer School Bursary, £400
*Due to STFC / Innovate eligibility criteria requiring an open ended contract my line manager acted as PI
Press
2023: Televised interview on BBC4 The Sky at Night
2023: LBC with Andrew Marr
2023: Many Interviews for Black Hole Discovery: Times Radio,GB News, ABC Australia Radio, BBC Radio Newcastle, Tynes Radio, TalkTV Radio, Durham Uni Ad campaign to enhance global reputation, BBC The Naked Scientist
2021: GB News Live Interview, Cosmology & Cancer campaign
2021: The Sunday Times, Cosmology & Cancer campaign with Roche, ConcR for Innovate UK grant.
2016: Press Release, “AutoLens Analysis Steps Up for Euclid’s 100,000 Strong Gravitational Lenses”, National Astronomy Meeting, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Service
2022-Present: COSMOS-Web Lensing Working Group Lead
2020-2021: Euclid STAR prize Committee
2017-2021: Journal Referee, The Astrophysical Journal
2016-2021: Journal Referee, Monthly Notices of The Royal Astronomical Society
Conferences & Workshops
Conference Organizer
2018-2021: Organiser, PyAutoLens user workshops: Cardiff, Nottingham, Durham, Beijing
2016: Co-Organiser, Extragalactic Strong Lensing : From Discovery to Exploitation, UK National Astronomy Meeting, June 30 – July 1
2015: Co-Organiser, Nottingham IMPACT Conference, October 26th 2015
Invited Seminars
2024: Bionow Oncology & Precision Medicine
2023: PRECISE Summer School Poland
2023: International Astronomy Union Invited Talk
2022: Royal Society Industry College Network Event
2021: STFC Summer School of Data Intensive Science.
2021: STFC Cancer Diagnosis Network online event.
2015-Present: 20+ invited seminars internationally, including Groningen, Leiden & Bristol.
Teaching
2023 – Present: External supervisor Brazilian Phd Student.
2019-2022: Supervision of 3 PhD students, Durham University
2020-2021: Miscada HPC computing course demonstrator, Durham University
2019-2020: First Year Tutorials Teacher, Durham University
2018-2019: Supervision of MRes student, Durham University
2017-2018: Second Year Scienctific Computing Demonstrator, Durham University
2016-2017: First-year Tutorials Demonstrator, Durham University
2012-2015: Postgraduate Demonstrator, University of Nottingham
2013-2014: Postgraduate Teaching Leading, University of Nottingham
Outreach
2013-2021: Talk on gravitational lensing, 10+ Astronomy Societies Across the UK
2015: The Universe In Light of Gravitational Lensing, University of Nottingham Public Lecture series
2014: BBC Stargazing Live Event Coordinator, University of Leicester
2013-2015: Inflativerse General Manager, University of Nottingham
Telescope Observing
2013: 5 Day Observing Run on the Submillimeter Array, Mauna Kea, Hawaii
Observing Proposals
2016: HST proposal 14886, 3 Cycles, Co-I