Employment
- Research Associate | University of Leicester (2022 -- present)
Education
- PhD Physics | University of Warwick (2018 -- 2022)
- Mphys Astrophysics, First Class | University of Edinburgh (2013 -- 2018)
Research Interests
- Planet migration in gravitationally unstable protoplanetary discs.
- Impact of planet-disc interactions on the structure of protoplanetary discs.
- Warped gravitationally unstable protoplanetary discs.
- The dust dynamics in protoplanetary discs.
- Connecting simulations with observed disc features.
Publications (First Author)
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Rowther, S., Nealon, R., Meru, F., et al. "The role of drag and gravity on dust concentration in a gravitationally unstable disc", 2024, MNRAS, 528, 2490
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Rowther, S., Nealon, R., and Meru, F. "Continuing to hide signatures of gravitational instability in protoplanetary discs with planets", 2023, MNRAS, 518, 763
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Rowther, S., Nealon, R., and Meru, F. "Warping Away Gravitational Instabilities in Protoplanetary Discs", 2022, ApJ, 925, 163
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Rowther, S., Meru, F., Kennedy, G., et al. "Hiding Signatures of Gravitational Instability in Protoplanetary Discs with Planets", 2020, ApJL, 904, L18
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Rowther, S., & Meru, F. "Planet Migration in Self-Gravitating Discs: Survival of Planets", 2020, MNRAS, 496, 1598
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Conferences & Seminars
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Feb 2024
5th Franco-Australian Phantom + MCFOST users workshop 2024, Melbourne, Australia
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Jun 2023
Midlands Disc Meeting, Leicester
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Apr 2023
Protostars and Planets VIII, Kyoto, Japan
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Feb 2023
4th Phantom and MCFOST Users Workshop, Melbourne, Australia
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Sep 2022
The hidden newly born planets | EPSC 2022, Granada, Spain
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Sep 2022
Planet and binary formation in gravitationally unstable protoplanetary discs in the high-resolution era, Leicester
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Aug 2022
University of Georgia - Departmental Colloquium, Georgia, USA
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Aug 2022
ERES VII, Penn State
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Jul 2022
National Astronomical Meeting (NAM), Coventry
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Jun 2022
MIAPP - Planet Formation: From Dust Coagulation to Final Orbit Assembly, Garching
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Apr 2022
Midlands Disc Meeting, Coventry
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Mar 2022
University of Cambridge - Exoplanet Meetings, Cambridge
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Jan 2022
Modelling of Disc Fragmentation, Planet Migration and Episodic Accretion, Virtual & Leicester
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Dec 2021
University of Exeter, Virtual
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Nov 2021
Queen Mary University of London, London
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Nov 2021
University of St. Andrews - Lunchtime Talks, Virtual
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Oct 2021
Star Formation: From Clouds to Discs: A Tribute to the Career of Lee Hartmann, Dublin
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Jun 2021
European Astronomical Society Annual Meeting, Virtual
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May 2021
Distorted Astrophysical Discs, Virtual
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May 2021
52nd Annual Meeting of the Division on Dynamical Astronomy, Virtual
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Apr 2021
UKEXOM 2021, Virtual
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Mar 2021
Circumplanetary Disks and Satellite Formation II, Virtual
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Dec 2020
Five Years After HL Tau, Virtual
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Nov 2020
University of Leicester - Lunchtime Talks, Virtual
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Jul 2020
Exoplanets III, Virtual
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Jun 2020
European Astronomical Society Annual Meeting, Virtual
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Dec 2019
South East Exoplanet Meeting, London
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Jul 2019
Disc-cussions, Melbourne, Australia
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Jul 2019
Great Barriers in Planet Formation, Palm Cove, Australia
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Apr 2019
UK Exoplanet meeting, London
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Feb 2019
Planet Formation and Evolution, Rostock, Germany
(Poster)
Teaching
- 1st Year Python Demonstrator | PX150 Physics Programming Workshop (2022)
- 2nd Year Python Demonstrator | PX281 Computational Physics (2021)
- 2nd Year Python Demonstrator | PX277 Computational Physics (2019, 2020)
- Lab Demonstrator | 1st Year Electronics Lab Demonstration (2019)