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I am a Junior Professor of Radio Astronomy <\/b> at the Astronomisches Institut der Ruhr-Universit\u00e4t Bochum (AIRUB) <\/b>. My research group uses radio telescopes around the world to study particle acceleration and magnetic fields in cosmic structures from individual galaxies through to galaxy groups and clusters.<\/p>\n
We study multi-wavelength tracers of star formation <\/b> in galaxies of all kinds from dwarfs to the most massive galaxies, and how the environment plays a role in influencing the evolution <\/b> of these galaxies. In the galaxy group and cluster regime, my group also studies the physics of different particle acceleration mechanisms <\/b> that power diffuse radio emission on large scales. The synchrotron emission associated with all of these environments traces cosmic ray electrons and magnetic fields <\/b> on a variety of different scales, and we use multi-wavelength data to probe nature and distribution of these non-thermal components. Beyond these more well-defined regimes, we keep our eyes open for all the weird and wonderful sources being discovered by the maturing Pathfinder and Precursor instruments for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA).<\/p>\n
I specialise in long-wavelength radio astronomy, with a particular focus on exploring data from the LOw-Frequency ARray (LOFAR<\/a>), the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA<\/a>), the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP<\/a>), and the MeerKAT<\/a> telescope in South Africa.<\/p>\n Outside of my own research, I am the MWA Principal Scientist, a role I have held since 2021, and a former member of the Astronomical Society of Australia (ASA<\/a>) Early Career Researcher (ECR<\/a>) Chapter Steering Committee (2021 – 2023).<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=“1″ _builder_version=“4.17.6″ _module_preset=“default“ custom_padding=“15px||15px||true|false“ global_colors_info=“{}“][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=“1″ _builder_version=“4.17.6″ _module_preset=“default“ custom_padding=“15px||15px||true|false“ global_colors_info=“{}“][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Radio Astronomy Christopher J. RiseleyI am a Junior Professor of Radio Astronomy at the Astronomisches Institut der Ruhr-Universit\u00e4t Bochum (AIRUB) . My research group uses radio telescopes around the world to study particle acceleration and magnetic fields in cosmic structures from individual galaxies through to galaxy groups and clusters. We study multi-wavelength tracers of star […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-8935","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n