Curriculum Vitae – Thomas Matthew Jackson Astronomisches Rechen Institut (ARI), Zentrum für Astronomie Heidelberg, Universität Heidelberg, Mönchhofstr. 12 – 14, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0049 179 418 6528 Education/Research Experience 09/2018 - present PhD student - ARI, Universität Heidelberg The assembly and size evolutionary processes of low-z central galaxies Advisors: Dr. Anna Pasquali & Prof. Eva Grebel 10/2017 - 08/2018 M.Sc.R Astronomy – CEA, Durham University The star-formation properties of nearby AGN in the observed and simulated universe: BAT vs EAGLE Advisors: Prof. David Alexander & Dr. David Rosario 07/2017 - 09/2017 Summer internship - MPIA, Heidelberg Stellar populations of nearby quiescent galaxies Advisors: Dr. Glenn van de Ven & Dr. Ignacio Martín-Navarro 09/2013 – 07/2017 B.Sc. Physics with a year in Europe (1st class honours) - University of York Practical Radio Astronomy Advisor: Dr. Charles Barton Awards 07/2017 Goodwin prize – University of York – Best BSc project in the department Research Interests Galaxy evolution, active galactic nuclei, host galaxy properties, cosmological simulations, dwarf galaxies, effect of environment on galaxy properties, galaxy clusters and groups, brightest cluster galaxies, spectral energy distribution fitting, stellar populations, low surface brightness observations, tidal features Teaching Experience SS 2020 Universität Heidelberg: Astronomical techniques – Tutor SS 2019 Universität Heidelberg: Extra-galactic astronomy – Tutor (1 lecture covered for lecturer) SS 2019 Universität Heidelberg: Astronomical techniques – Tutor (2 lectures covered for lecturer) ST 2018 Durham University: Foundations of Physics 2B – Tutor WT 2017 Durham University: Foundations of Physics 2B – Tutor Talks/Conferences 09/2020 Reserve talk: Epoch of galaxy quenching, virtual conference - Cambridge, UK 09/2020 Institute talk: MPIA galaxy coffee - MPIA, Heidelberg, Germany 07/2020 Institute talk: ARI colloquium - ARI, Heidelberg, Germany 06/2020 Conference talk: EAS 2020 virtual conference - (Leiden, Netherlands) 11/2019 Conference poster: The art of measuring galaxy physical properties - INAF, Milan, Italy 10/2019 Conference talk: GEE6 conference - Trieste, Italy 08/2019 Institute talk: FLAT seminar - CEA, Durham, UK 07/2019 Institute talk: ARI colloquium - ARI, Heidelberg, Germany 03/2018 Conference talk: MOSAIC meeting - Heidelberg, Germany 08/2018 Conference poster: Are AGN special? - Durham, UK 06/2018 Conference poster: What drives the growth of black holes? - IAP, Paris, France 05/2018 Institute talk: FLAT seminar - CEA, Durham, UK Skills Python Astronomical software (incl. IRAF/MIDAS/Virtual observatory tools) SQL Front end web development (incl. HTML/CSS/Javascript) Publications The star-formation properties of nearby AGN in the observed and simulated universe: BAT vs EAGLE Thomas M. Jackson, D.J.Rosario, D.M.Alexander, J. Scholtz, S. M. McAlpine, R. G. Bower, 2020, MNRAS, 497, 4262 The stellar mass assembly of low redshift, massive, central galaxies in SDSS and the TNG300 simulation Thomas M. Jackson, A. Pasquali, C. Pacifici, C. Engler, A. Pillepich, E. K. Grebel, 2020, MNRAS, 498, 2323 Stellar mass radial gradients and excesses in the outskirts of massive, central galaxies in HSC Thomas M. Jackson, A. Pasquali, F. La Barbera, S. More, E. K. Grebel (in prep) A correlation between BCG position angle and large scale structure spanning 10 Mpc: R. Smith, H. Choi, K. Kraljic, A. Pasquali, T. M. Jackson (in prep) The imprint of cosmic web quenching on galaxy evolution: N. Winkel, A. Pasquali, K. Kraljic, R. Smith, A. Gallazzi, T. M. Jackson (in prep) The impact of high luminosity SMBH accretion events on star formation: A view from EAGLE Thomas M. Jackson, D.J.Rosario, D.M.Alexander, J. Scholtz, S. M. McAlpine, R. G. Bower (in prep) References Dr. Anna Pasquali Prof. David Alexander Astronomisches Rechen Institut Centre for Extra-galactic astronomy Zentrum für Astronomy Heidelberg Department of Physics Universität Heidelberg Durham University Mönchhofstr. 12 – 14 South road 69120 Heidelberg Durham Germany DH1 3LE [email protected] United Kingdom [email protected] Dr. David Rosario Centre for Extra-galactic astronomy Department of Physics Durham University South road Durham DH1 3LE United Kingdom [email protected] .