Research outputs per year
Research outputs per year
I finished my PhD in 1992 at the University of Edinburgh. I was then postdoctoral researcher at Northwestern University (1992-93) and the University of Chicago(1993-97). In 1997, I became an assistant professor of Physics at Carnegie Mellon University, and an associate professor in 2001. In 2004, I returned to the UK as at Marie Curie Professor at the University of Portsmouth. I became co-director of the Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation in 2010. Since 2018, I have been Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation).
My main research interests and projects include: Studies of the large-scale structure in the Universe (Euclid, SDSS-III BOSS); Supernovae (DES, LSST); Galaxy properties as a function of environment (Galaxy Zoo); Data science (DISCnet).
Ph.D., University of Edinburgh
BSc (Hons), University of Manchester
Euclid Consortium Board, Euclid Consortium
Euclid Science Team, European Space Agency - ESA
Science Board, Science and Technology Facilities Council
Spokesperson, Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Nichol, B. (Creator) & Thomas, D. (Creator), Oxford University Press, 1 Aug 2018
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D'Andrea, C. B. (Creator), Thomas, B. P. (Creator), Nichol, B. (Creator), Frohmaier, C. M. (Creator) & Macaulay, E. R. M. (Creator), Oxford University Press, 21 May 2019
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Nichol, B. (Creator) & Thomas, D. (Creator), Oxford University Press, 1 Nov 2018
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Frohmaier, C. (Creator), Nichol, B. (Creator) & Thomas, D. (Creator), Oxford University Press, 13 Apr 2020
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Avila Perez, S. J. (Creator), D'Andrea, C. B. (Creator), Nichol, B. (Creator) & Thomas, D. (Creator), IOP Publishing, 30 Jul 2018
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Nichol, B. & Smith, M.
1/10/18 → 31/03/19
Project: Research
Science and Technology Facilities Council
1/04/16 → 31/03/19
Project: Research
Nichol, B. & D'Andrea, C.
Science and Technology Facilities Council
1/11/14 → 31/01/15
Project: Research
Nichol, B., Wands, D., Koyama, K., Crittenden, R. & Bruni, M.
Science and Technology Facilities Council
1/11/13 → 31/03/15
Project: Research
Nichol, B., Maartens, R., Maraston, C., Wands, D., Thomas, D., Crittenden, R., Bacon, D., Koyama, K., Bruni, M. & Percival, W.
Science and Technology Facilities Council
1/04/13 → 31/03/16
Project: Research
29/10/19 → 12/11/19
5 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research cited
4/02/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research cited
22/06/18 → 25/06/18
26 items of Media coverage, 2 Media contributions
Press/Media: Research cited
22/02/18 → 2/03/18
3 Media contributions
Press/Media: Expert comment
Nicolas Bonne (Participant), Karen Louise Masters (Participant), Bob Nichol (Participant), Daniel Thomas (Participant) & Rita Tojeiro (Participant)
Impact
Karen Louise Masters (Participant), Bob Nichol (Participant), William James Percival (Participant), Daniel Thomas (Participant) & Thomas Collett (Participant)
Impact
Bob Nichol (Participant) & William James Percival (Participant)
Impact: Economic & Commercial Impacts
Bob Nichol (Participant)
Impact: Educational Impacts (beyond UoP)
Bob Nichol (Participant)
Impact: Educational Impacts (beyond UoP), Cultural & Creative Impacts