I am a Reader in Experimental Astronomy in the Department of Physics (Cavendish Lab) at the University of Cambridge. I have worked on the design, construction and operation of a number of optical interferometers worldwide: COAST, the MkIII interferometer on Mt Wilson, NPOI, and at present I am System Architect for the Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer, a ten-telescope imaging interferometer under construction in New Mexico.

My book “Practical Optical Interferometry” was published by Cambridge University Press in 2015. Blatant commercial plug: I have obtained a discount code for the purchase of this book for all attendees of this school. Please see under the “Introduction to interferometry” course page on nuclino for more details.