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Personal profile
Summary
I am a teaching fellow in physics, based in the Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation.
Research Interests
My research primarily examines how the smallest galaxies in the Universe, known as dwarf galaxies, evolve in the nearby Universe. I carry out this research primarily through spectroscopy. In particular, I am interested in how and why such galaxies stop forming new stars, and my research suggests that supermassive black holes may play a role in this. I am also interested in the evolution of extremely isolated galaxies, as these galaxies are important tests of the processes internal to galaxies that shape their colours, morphologies, and star formation activity.
Teaching Responsibilities
I am coordinator for the first year Physics unit U20274 "Introduction to Mathematical Physics 2". I also assist with the delivery of the units U20273 "Introduction to Mathematical Physics 1", U24568 "Introduction to Computational Physics", U20509 "Universe: Planetary Systems, Stars and Galaxies" and U24582 "Observational Astronomy and Cosmology".
In addition to teaching these units, I supervise final year projects for third and fourth year undergraduates, and I am a tutor at Maths Cafe.
Biography
I obtained an MPhys in Physics with Astronomy from Cardiff University, followed by my PhD in Physics from the University of Nottingham in 2010. After this, I took up a six month Australia Awards Postdoctoral Fellowship at Swinburne Univerity in March 2011, followed by an ARC Super Science Fellowship at Monash University between September 2011 and September 2014.
I then moved to the University of Portsmouth in September 2014 as a Senior Research Associate, before taking up my current role as a Teaching Fellow in Physics in September 2018.
Education/Academic qualification
Ph.D., The Origin and Evolution of Dwarf Galaxies in the Cluster Environment, University of Nottingham
Award Date: 9 Dec 2010
External positions
ARC Super Science Fellow, Monash Centre for Astrophysics
Sept 2011 → Sept 2014
Australia Awards Endeavour Postdoctoral Fellow, Swinburne University of Technology
Mar 2011 → Sept 2011
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The Seventeenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: complete release of MaNGA, MaStar and APOGEE-2 data
SDSS-IV Collaboration, Maraston, C., Nadathur, S., Neumann, J., Parikh, T., Penny, S. & Thomas, D., 16 Mar 2022, In: The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 259, 2, 39 p., 35.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Merger histories and environments of dwarf AGN in IllustrisTNG
Kristensen, M. T., Pimbblet, K. A., Gibson, B., Penny, S. & Koudmani, S., 25 Nov 2021, In: The Astrophysical Journal. 922, 2, 19 p., 127.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Environments of dwarf galaxies with optical AGN characteristics
Kristensen, M. T., Pimbblet, K. & Penny, S., Aug 2020, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 496, 3, p. 2577–2590Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The 16th data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: first release from the APOGEE-2 Southern Survey and full release of eBOSS Spectra
SDSS-IV Collaboration, Avila, S., Bautista, J., Beutler, F., Gonzalez-Perez, V., Lian, J., Maraston, C., Masters, K. L., Mueller, E-M., Nadathur, S., Penny, S., Percival, W. J., Pieri, M. M., Ross, A. J., Tojeiro, R. & Wang, Y., 25 Jun 2020, In: The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 249, 1, 21 p., 3.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Black hole scaling relations of active and quiescent galaxies: addressing selection effects and constraining virial factors
Shankar, F., Bernardi, M., Richardson, K., Marsden, C., Sheth, R. K., Allevato, V., Graziani, L., Mezcua, M., Ricci, F., Penny, S. J., Franca, F. L. & Pacucci, F., 1 May 2019, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 485, 1, p. 1278-1292 15 p., stz376.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Datasets
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Data availability statement for 'The WAGGS project - II. The reliability of the calcium triplet as a metallicity indicator in integrated stellar light'.
Usher, C. (Creator), Beckwith, T. (Creator), Bellstedt, S. (Creator), Alabi, A. (Creator), Chevalier, L. (Creator), Pastorello, N. (Creator), Cerulo, P. (Creator), Dalgleish, H. S. (Creator), Fraser-McKelvie, A. (Creator), Kamann, S. (Creator), Penny, S. (Creator), Foster, C. (Creator), McDermid, R. M. (Creator), Schiavon, R. P. (Creator) & Villaume, A. (Creator), Oxford University Press, 26 Sept 2018
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/482/1/1275/5107363#supplementary-data
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Data availability statement for 'The sixteenth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: first release from the APOGEE-2 Southern Survey and full release of eBOSS Spectra'.
Avila Perez, S. (Creator), Bautista, J. (Creator), Beutler, F. (Creator), Gonzalez-Perez, V. (Creator), Lian, J. (Creator), Maraston, C. (Creator), Masters, K. (Creator), Mueller, E. (Creator), Nadathur, S. (Creator), Penny, S. (Creator), Percival, W. (Creator), Pieri, M. (Creator), Ross, A. (Creator), Tojeiro, R. (Creator) & Wang, Y. (Creator), IOP Publishing, 11 May 2020
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Data availability statement for 'Faint satellite population of the NGC-3175 Group – a Local Group analogue'.
Kondapally, R. (Creator), Russell, G. A. (Creator), Conselice, C. J. (Creator) & Penny, S. (Creator), Oxford University Press, 25 Aug 2018
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Activities
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Public talk at the ICG Stargazing Event
Samantha Penny (Speaker)
29 Jan 2020Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Seminar at the University of Surrey
Samantha Penny (Speaker)
16 Jan 2020Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Bluedot Festival
Samantha Penny (Participant)
19 Jul 2019 → 21 Jul 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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RAS Specialist Discussion Meeting "Quenching galaxies at low and high redshifts"
Samantha Penny (Member of programme committee)
12 Apr 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Seminar at University of Southampton
Samantha Penny (Speaker)
9 Oct 2018Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Press/Media
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Supermassive black holes prevent stars forming in some smaller galaxies
Bob Nichol, Samantha Penny & Karen Masters
10/01/18 → 11/01/18
4 Media contributions
Press/Media: Research cited