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Professor Martin Ward

Emeritus Professor


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Emeritus Professor in the Department of Physics+44 (0) 191 33 43797

Biography

Martin Ward is currently the Temple Chevallier Chair of Astronomy. He has previously held positions at Cambridge, Oxford and Leicester, before coming to Durham in 2004. He is an observational astrophysicist whose research interests include black holes and quasars. He was a consultant for the European Space Agency and is involved in the next generation Hubble Telescope, project. He is interested in science public outreach, and has been a guest on Patrick Moore’s “The Sky at Night”, and Melvyn Bragg’s “In Our Time”.

Publications

Chapter in book

  • Infrared Variability of Active Nuclei
    Ward, M. (1991). Infrared Variability of Active Nuclei. In W. J. Duschl, S. J. Wagner, & M. Camenzind (Eds.), Variability of Active Galaxies: Proceedings of a Workshop of the Sonderforschungsbereich 328 Held at Heidelberg, Germany 3–5 September 1990 (p. 235-). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/bfb0030065
  • Anisotropic Ionising Continuum Emission in AGN / Active Galactic Nuclei
    Meurs, E., Unger, S., Pedlar, A., Axon, D., Whittle, M., & Ward, M. (1989). Anisotropic Ionising Continuum Emission in AGN / Active Galactic Nuclei. In L. Maraschi, T. Maccacaro, & M.-H. Ulrich (Eds.), BL Lac Objects: Proceedings of a Workshop Held in Como, Italy, September 20–23, 1988 (p. 193-). Springer Verlag.
  • The Interaction of Radio Jets with the Narrow Line Region in Seyfert Galaxies
    Whittle, M., Pedlar, A., Meurs, E., Unger, S., Axon, D., & Ward, M. (1988). The Interaction of Radio Jets with the Narrow Line Region in Seyfert Galaxies. In H. R. Miller & P. J. Wiita (Eds.), Active Galactic Nuclei: Proceedings of a Conference Held at the Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia October 28–30, 1987 (p. 360-). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-19492-4_222
  • X-Ray and Optical Studies of IRAS Selected Active Galactic Nuclei
    Ward, M. (1988). X-Ray and Optical Studies of IRAS Selected Active Galactic Nuclei. In H. R. Miller & P. J. Wiita (Eds.), Active Galactic Nuclei: Proceedings of a Conference Held at the Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia October 28–30, 1987 (p. 275-). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-19492-4_207

Conference Paper

  • The velocity-field in the Seyfert galaxy NGC 5643
    Morris, S., Ward, M., Wilson, A., & Taylor, K. (1985). The velocity-field in the Seyfert galaxy NGC 5643. Presented at Active galactic nuclei (A86-36901 16-90). Manchester, England and Dover, NH, Manchester University Press, 1985, p. 178-183.

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