Dr Vijay Mahatma
Research Associate
I'm a radio astronomer: my research involves looking at the sky using radio telescopes and investigating what the radio waves from distant galaxies tell us about the universe. In particular, I'm studying the effects of the radio waves generated by supermassive black holes residing in distant galaxies, and what they can tell us about high energy astrophysics. I use state of the art telescopes and techniques to create high-fidelity maps of various galaxies and make predictions for how these galaxies may evolve over time.
I'm also part of the Square Kilometre Array project: building the world's largest and most powerful radio telescope which is led by an intergovernmental organisation and forms one of the largest and complex scientific projects in human history. The main aim is to detect radio waves from the some of the youngest atoms created in the Universe, nearly 13 billion years ago.
I also teach the Big Data in Radio Astronomy module as part of the MPhil Data Intensive Science course given by the Cavendish Laboratory.