Dr. Nicholas Roy MacDonald
Office: 126 Lewis Hall
Email: nmacdona@olemiss.edu
Phone: (662) 915-5252
Degrees Earned
Ph.D. in Astrophysics, Boston University (2016)
M.Sc. in Astrophysics, Saint Mary’s University, Canada (2008)
B.Sc. in Astrophysics, Saint Mary’s University, Canada (2006)
Foundation Year Program, University of King’s College (2002)
Experience
2023 — present: Assistant Professor, University of Mississippi
2021 — 2023 Staff Scientist at the MPIfR, Bonn, Germany
2017 — 2021 Postdoctoral Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR), Bonn, Germany
Awards
Co-recipient of the Einstein Medal awarded to the EHT (2020)
Co-recipient of the Breakthrough Prize in Physics awarded to the EHT (2020)
Boston University Research Fellowship (2012-2016)
NSERC Post-graduate Scholarship Award – Ph.D. (2010-2012)
NSERC Post-graduate Scholarship Award – M.Sc. (2006-2008)
NSERC Undergraduate Summer Research Award – B.Sc. (2005)
Memberships
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration (see https://eventhorizontelescope.org)
Polarimetric Monitoring of AGN at mm-Wavelengths (POLAMI) Program (see http://polami.iaa.es)
MPIfR Radio Astronomy/VLBI Group (see https://www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/research/vlbi)
Boston University Blazar Group (see https://www.bu.edu/blazars/BEAM-ME.html)
Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA)
American Astronomical Society (AAS)
European Astronomical Society (EAS)
AAS High-Energy Astrophysics Division (HEAD)
Research Interests
Dr. MacDonald’s research focuses on the study of extragalactic jets. He has been involved in theoretical, observational, and numerical studies of the physics of jet propagation and emission from kilo-parsec to sub-parsec scales.