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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Physics in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Physics in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1995 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Richard S. Ellis is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their primary field of study is Physics and Astronomy, with a significant focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, and Computational Mechanics.

Their research encompasses a range of topics including:

  • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
  • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
  • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
  • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
  • Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing

Ellis has authored numerous publications appearing predominantly in the following venues:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • Nature Astronomy

Some of their recent papers include:

  • The galaxy UV luminosity function at z ≃ 11 from a suite of public JWST ERS, ERO, and Cycle-1 programs, 2023, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • JWST PRIMER: a new multifield determination of the evolving galaxy UV luminosity function at redshifts z ≃ 9 - 15, 2024, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • z ∼ 2-9 Galaxies Magnified by the Hubble Frontier Field Clusters. II. Luminosity Functions and Constraints on a Faint-end Turnover, 2022, The Astrophysical Journal
  • Probing cosmic dawn: Ages and star formation histories of candidate z ≥ 9 galaxies, 2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • The JWST EXCELS survey: too much, too young, too fast? Ultra-massive quiescent galaxies at 3 < z < 5, 2024, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ellis include:

  • J. S. Dunlop
  • Fergus Cullen
  • D J McLeod
  • Adam C. Carnall
  • G. D. Illingworth

Ellis has contributed to book publications with Princeton University Press, notably the 2022 title When Galaxies Were Born.

The scientist has received recognition including:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2002
  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, 1995

Best Publications

  • Discovery of a supernova explosion at half the age of the Universe

    S. Perlmutter;S. Perlmutter;G. Aldering;M. Della Valle;S. Deustua;S. Deustua

  • The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: Spectra and redshifts

    Matthew Colless;G. B. Dalton;S. J. Maddox;W. J. Sutherland

  • The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: power-spectrum analysis of the final data set and cosmological implications

    Shaun Cole;Will Percival;John A. Peacock;Peder Norberg

  • Measurements* of the Cosmological Parameters Ω and Λ from the First Seven Supernovae at z ≥ 0.35

    Saul Perlmutter;Saul Perlmutter;S. Gabi;S. Gabi;G. Goldhaber;G. Goldhaber;Ariel Goobar;Ariel Goobar;Ariel Goobar

  • Star Formation in AEGIS Field Galaxies since z = 1.1: The Dominance of Gradually Declining Star Formation, and the Main Sequence of Star-forming Galaxies

    K. G. Noeske;B. J. Weiner;S. M. Faber;Casey J. Papovich

  • New Constraints on ΩM, ΩΛ, and w from an Independent Set of 11 High-Redshift Supernovae Observed with the Hubble Space Telescope*

    R. A. Knop;R. A. Knop;G. Aldering;G. Aldering;R. Amanullah;P. Astier

  • Improved cosmological constraints from a joint analysis of the SDSS-II and SNLS supernova samples

    M. Betoule;R. Kessler;J. Guy;J. Guy;J. Mosher

  • Improved Cosmological Constraints from New, Old, and Combined Supernova Data Sets

    M. Kowalski;D. Rubin;D. Rubin;G. Aldering;R. J. Agostinho

  • Evolution since Z = 0.5 of the morphology-density relation for clusters of galaxies

    Alan Dressler;Augustus Oemler;Warrick J. Couch;Ian Smail;Ian Smail

  • The 2dF galaxy redshift survey: near-infrared galaxy luminosity functions

    Shaun Cole;Peder Norberg;Carlton Baugh;Carlos S. Frenk

  • The First Release COSMOS Optical and Near-IR Data and Catalog

    P. Capak;H. Aussel;M. Ajiki;H. J. McCracken

  • The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: the power spectrum and the matter content of the Universe

    Will J. Percival;Carlton Baugh;Joss Bland-Hawthorn;Terry J. Bridges

  • The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: correlation functions, peculiar velocities and the matter density of the Universe

    E. Hawkins;S. Maddox;S. Cole;O. Lahav

  • Analysis of a complete galaxy redshift survey – II. The field-galaxy luminosity function

    G. Efstathiou;Richard S. Ellis;Bruce A. Peterson

  • SUPERNOVA CONSTRAINTS AND SYSTEMATIC UNCERTAINTIES FROM THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF THE SUPERNOVA LEGACY SURVEY

    A. Conley;A. Conley;J. Guy;M. Sullivan;N. Regnault

  • A measurement of the cosmological mass density from clustering in the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey

    John A. Peacock;Shaun Cole;Peder Norberg;Carlton M. Baugh

  • Large-scale distribution of galaxies at the Galactic poles

    T. J. Broadhurst;T. J. Broadhurst;R. S. Ellis;D. C. Koo;A. S. Szalay;A. S. Szalay

  • The Star Formation Histories of Galaxies in Distant Clusters

    Bianca M. Poggianti;Ian Smail;Alan Dressler;Warrick J. Couch

  • Cosmic Reionization and Early Star-forming Galaxies: a Joint Analysis of new Constraints From Planck and the Hubble Space Telescope

    Brant E. Robertson;Richard S. Ellis;Steven R. Furlanetto;James S. Dunlop

  • The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: The environmental dependence of galaxy star formation rates near clusters

    Ian Lewis;Michael L. Balogh;Roberto De Propris;Warrick J. Couch

Frequent Co-Authors

Karl Glazebrook
Karl Glazebrook Swinburne University of Technology
Daniel P. Stark
Daniel P. Stark University of Arizona
George Efstathiou
George Efstathiou University of Cambridge
Tommaso Treu
Tommaso Treu University of California, Los Angeles
Matthew Colless
Matthew Colless Australian National University
Warrick J. Couch
Warrick J. Couch Swinburne University of Technology
Ian Smail
Ian Smail Durham University
John A. Peacock
John A. Peacock University of Edinburgh
Bruce A. Peterson
Bruce A. Peterson Australian National University
William J. Sutherland
William J. Sutherland University of Cambridge

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