Dr Elise Laird

I am a PPARC post-doctoral researcher in the Astrophysics Group at Imperial College London. Prior to my appointment here I was a post-doctoral researcher in the DEEP group at UCO/Lick Observatory at UC Santa Cruz. 

My research interests include X-ray surveys, AGN evolution, history of star formation in the Universe, X-ray observations of normal galaxies, the use of X-ray as a star formation rate indicator, and the connection between star formation and AGN. I am part of the X-ray group.

I work mainly on the Chandra survey of the Extended Groth Strip as part of the AEGIS collaboration. The EGS, which is part of the DEEP2 spectroscopy survey, is a half square degree survey that is primarily designed for galaxy evolution studies. The extensive multiwavelength coverage - including deep X-ray, UV, optical (including HST ACS imaging), near/mid/far infrared and radio data - makes the EGS one of the best observed parts of the sky. With the Chandra data in particular we will be identifying AGN activity to study the co-evolution of galaxies and black holes, addressing such issues as whether AGN are triggered by mergers, if AGN activity is related to large scale structure and whether AGN luminosity and activity is correlated with star formation. For more information about the Chandra EGS survey see the survey homepage.

A copy of my CV from Dec 2009 can be found here.