Multiwavelength Accretion and Transients
Southampton Group

Our group carries out frontline research on observational astrophyics. In particular, we study black holes across the electromagnetic spectrum, the formation and growth. For this, we use frontline photometric and astrometric surveys to find new and hidden black holes, and study how they are growing. We also focus on rapid time-domain studies at multiple wavelengths, including sub-second transients and variables in the night sky.

Oct, 2025


Come join our team as a research student working on the frontline of searching for and characterising black hole binaries in the Milky Way. We have a 3.5-year PhD position open (deadline 2026 Jan 06). If you have an interest in learning about, and leading, black hole research, we would love to hear from you.

Group News

  • Sep 2025: New paper published: Further evidence for natal kick segregation by spectral type in high-mass X-ray binaries (led by student Grace Nuchvanichakul)
  • Jun 2025: Congratulations to Dr. Cordelia Dashwood Brown for successfully defending her thesis on `State-of-the-art Constraints on Black Hole Formation.' We are proud of you.
  • Feb 2025: New JWST Team paper published: Rapid mid-infrared spectral timing with JWST: GRS 1915+105 during an MIR-bright and X-ray-obscured state
  • Oct 2023: New paper published: Evidence for mass-dependent peculiar velocities in compact object binaries: towards better constraints on natal kicks