STFC Webb Fellow
Centre for Astrophysics Research
University of Hertfordshire
E-mail: e.curtis-lake .at. herts.ac.uk

Twitter: @AstronomerEmma

Academic Research Posts:

Nov 2021 – Present        STFC Webb Fellow at CAR, University of Hertfordshire
Oct 2018 – Oct 2021     PDRA at KICC, University of Cambridge, UK
Jan 2015 – Sep 2018      PDRA at IAP, Paris, France
Oct 2010 – Dec 2014     PDRA at Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, UK

Academic degrees:
2007-2010      D.Phil in Astrophysics, University of Oxford, UK
2002-2007      MSci Natural Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK

Selected publications:

Simulating and interpreting deep observations in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field with the JWST/NIRSpec low-resolution `prism’
J. Chevallard, E. Curtis-Lake, S. Charlot, P. Ferruit + 15 co-authors
2019, MNRAS, 483, 2621

The JWST Extragalactic Mock Catalog: Modeling Galaxy Populations from the UV through the Near-IR over 13 Billion Years of Cosmic History
C. C. Williams, E. Curtis-Lake, K. N. Hainline, J. Chevallard, B. E. Robertson, S. Charlot + 21 co-authors
2018, ApJS, 236, 33

Non-Parametric analysis of the rest-frame UV sizes and morphological disturbance amongst L* galaxies at 4<z<8
E. Curtis-Lake, R. J. McLure, J. S. Dunlop + 12 co-authors
2016, MNRAS, 457, 440

The colour distribution of galaxies at redshift five
A. B. Rogers, R. J. McLure, J. S. Dunlop, R. A. A. Bowler, E. Curtis-Lake + 9 co-authors
2014, MNRAS, 440, 3714

The ages, masses and star formation rates of spectroscopically confirmed z~6 galaxies in CANDELS
E. Curtis-Lake, R. J. McLure, J. S. Dunlop + 22 co-authors
2013, MNRAS, 429, 302

Evolution of the Sizes of Galaxies over 7<z<12 revealed by the 2012 Hubble Ultra Deep Field Campaign
Y. Ono, M. Ouchi, E. Curtis-Lake + 14 co-authors
2013, ApJ, 777, 15

A remarkably high fraction of strong Lyα emitters amongst luminous redshift 6.0 < z < 6.5 Lyman-break galaxies in the UKIDSS Ultra-Deep Survey
E. Curtis-Lake, R. J. McLure, H. J. Pearce + 8 co-authors
2012, MNRAS, 422, 1425

Selected talks at international conferences:

2017:
“Galaxy evolution with MOSAIC: Synergies with JWST GTO planned surveys”
Invited talk at MOSAIC congress “Spectroscopic Surveys with the ELT: A Gigantic Step into the Deep Universe”
Toledo, Spain

2015:
“Can we tell if galaxies are getting bigger from z~8-4?”
European week of Astronomy and Space Science, “Theory and Observations of the first Galaxies” special session
Canary Islands, Spain

“Can we tell if galaxies are getting bigger from z~8-4?”
South by High Redshift international conference
University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA

2014:
“Morphological evolution of 4 < z < 9 galaxies”
ESO Galaxy Evolution 2014 conference, “The  Formation and Growth of Galaxies in the Young Universe”
Obergurgl, Austria

2013:
“Stellar populations and morphological evolution of LBGs”
CAASTRO annual science conference, “Reionisation at the Red Centre: New Windows on the high redshift Universe”
Ayers Rock Resort, Australia

2012:
“Lyman-break galaxies at the brink of Reionisation”
“The Epoch of Reionisation” Conference
Strasbourg, France