Fergus Cullen

Q: Is Fergus Cullen hiring PhD students at University of Edinburgh?

Yes. As of 2026-09-11, Fergus Cullen's faculty page shows a PhD hiring signal: Each year the IfA advertises PhD studentship opportunities, usually listed in November/December with applications due the following January. If any of the topics above are of interest, please feel fre.

Reader in Observational Astronomy · College of Science and Engineering · University of Edinburgh

Quick answer: Fergus Cullen is Reader in Observational Astronomy at University of Edinburgh. Fergus Cullen shows an active PhD hiring signal as of 2026-09-11.

⭐ Each year the IfA advertises PhD studentship opportunities, usually listed in November/December with applications due the following January. If any of the topics above are of interest, please feel free to get in touch — you can also check whether I currently have a project on offer via the IfA's PhD & Research studentships page. Each year there are also a number of postdoctoral fellowship opportun

Research interests

Chemical evolution, Metal-poor stellar populations, The first galaxies

Selected publications (since 2023)

[2026] Electron temperature relations and the direct N, O, Ne, S and Ar abundances of 49,959 star-forming galaxies in DESI Data Release 2 — Scholte et al. (2026) [2025] The JWST EXCELS survey: direct estimates of C, N, and O abundances in two relatively metal-rich galaxies at z ≃ 5 — Arellano-Córdova et al. (2025) [2026] The JWST EXCELS Survey: gas-phase metallicity evolution at 2 < z < 8 — Stanton et al. (2026) [2025] The JWST EXCELS survey: an extremely metal-poor galaxy at z = 8.271 hosting an unusual population of massive stars — Cullen et al. (2025) [2023] The ultraviolet continuum slopes (β) of galaxies at z ≃ 8–16 from JWST and ground-based near-infrared imaging — Cullen et al. (2023) [2024] The ultraviolet continuum slopes of high-redshift galaxies: evidence for the emergence of du

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Is Fergus Cullen hiring PhD students at University of Edinburgh?

Yes. As of 2026-09-11, Fergus Cullen's faculty page shows a PhD hiring signal: Each year the IfA advertises PhD studentship opportunities, usually listed in November/December with applications due the following January. If any of the topics above are of interest, please feel fre.

What does Fergus Cullen research?

Chemical evolution, Metal-poor stellar populations, The first galaxies

Data last updated: 2026-09-11 · Source: phd-match.com faculty database.

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