Jack Radcliffe
Science Community Director At The UK SKA Regional Centre at The University of Manchester
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolJack Radcliffe is a radio astronomer and science community leader with ten years’ experience bridging research, software development, and education across the UK and Africa. As Science Community Director at the UK SKA Regional Centre and a research scientist at the University of Manchester, he drives community engagement to maximise the scientific return of SKA and pathfinder data while co-chairing the SKA VLBI Science Working Group. His technical contributions include pioneering wide-field VLBI surveys, multi-source self-calibration, and VLBI/e-MERLIN data reduction pipelines, underpinning advances in AGN studies, radio transients, and star-formation research. A seasoned educator and workshop developer, he designed enduring training materials used across DARA and international schools, reflecting a strong commitment to capacity building in African radio astronomy. Notably, his background spans both deep technical tool-building and high-impact science communication—he pairs reproducible software with observational expertise to accelerate community uptake of large-scale radio datasets.
10 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Astronomy and Astrophysics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Astronomy and Astrophysics at The University of ManchesterM.Sci., Physics, 1st with Honours, M.Sci., Physics, 1st with Honours at Imperial College LondonDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Astronomy and Astrophysics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Astronomy and Astrophysics at University of GroningenA Levels, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Maths, A-Level 2 A*, 2 A. GCSE 8 A* 3 A, A Levels, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Maths, A-Level 2 A*, 2 A. GCSE 8 A* 3 A at Sir John Talbot's School
Github Skills (6)
in-progress9
radio-astronomy8
casa7
pipeline6
calibration3
observation2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
jradcliffe5/General_VLBI_cataloger
Sep 2017 - Jan 2024
Contributions:2 releases, 75 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 5 months
jradcliffe5/wf_vlbi_scheduler
Aug 2019 - Nov 2024
Contributions:2 releases, 78 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 3 months
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