University Reader
Director of Undergraduate Teaching in Physics
Fellow of Downing College
Cavendish Laboratory
JJ Thomson Avenue
Cambridge CB3 0HE
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Biography:
John Richer is an astrophysicist with expertise in the field of star formation, with a particular in interest in radio and submillimetre observations of young stars. During his career in Cambridge he has held a Junior Research Fellowship at Queens' College, a Royal Society University Research Fellowship, and he is currently a Reader in the Astrophysics Group at the Cavendish Laboratory. He has also spent two years in industry as a professional software engineer.
He started his research work using the then newly-opened James Clerk Maxwell Telescope; from 2000-2011 he was the UK Project Scientist for ALMA, the Atacama Large Millimetre Array, and he continues to play an active role in this international project. Since 2013 he has also been the Director of Undergraduate Teaching, chairing the Physics Teaching Committee and is responsible for teaching in all four years of our undergraduate and MASt courses.
Research groups
Research Interests
Star formation: surveys of molecular gas for young protostars; the physical structure of molecular clouds; nature of gravitational collapse; protostellar discs and outflows.
Key Publications
Complete List of Publications
John Richer's publications can be found here.