10 Facts About Richard Battye

Richard Battye was born on 19 October 1969 and is a cosmologist, theoretical physicist and former first-class cricketer.

Richard Battye is currently a Professor of Cosmology at the University of Manchester and has been the associate director in the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics since 2015.

Richard Battye's undergraduate was in Mathematics at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1991 with a 1st Class Honours Bachelor of Arts degree, and a Certificate of Advanced Study in Mathematics in 1992.

Richard Battye subsequently studied for a PhD at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, supervised by Paul Shellard.

Richard Battye received a Master of Arts degree in 1994, before submitting his thesis on "String radiation, interactions and constraints" in 1995 to become a Doctor of Philosophy in 1996.

Richard Battye was a postdoc at Imperial College for 2 years, followed by 4 years as a postdoc at DAMTP.

Richard Battye received a PPARC advanced research scholarship in 1999.

Richard Battye became a Senior Lecturer in 2005, a Reader in 2008 and a Professor of Cosmology in 2012, before becoming the Associate Director for Science and the head of the Cosmology research group.

Richard Battye's research focuses on the origin of Dark Matter, Dark Energy and Cosmic inflation and their links to particle physics and string theory, via observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background and the large-scale structure of the Universe.

Richard Battye was a member of the Very Small Array and the Planck collaborations.