This appointment will foster the links and collaborations between the Kavli Institute and the Department of Physics and Astronomy at UCL, especially in the area of galaxy formation and evolution.
Specific projects of joint interest, and on which extensive collaborations and synergies are expected to develop between the two centres, include the
James Webb Space Telescope,
ALMA,
MOONS,
PFS,
WEAVE and
HIRES. The collaboration will facilitate the exchange of expertise between the two institutes on these and many more projects.