Stephen Warren (astronomer)

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Stephen John Warren is a Professor of astronomy at Imperial College London.^[1]

Stephen Warren
Stephen Warren (right) with Roger Davies (left) and Andrew Lawrence (centre) in 2012
Born	Stephen John Warren
Nationality	British
Alma mater	University of Cambridge
Awards	Royal Society University Research Fellowship[when?]
Scientific career
Fields	Astronomy Astrophysics
Institutions	Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge Imperial College London University of Oxford
Thesis	The space density of optically-selected high-redshift quasars. (1988)
Website	astro.ic.ac.uk/sjwarren/home imperial.ac.uk/people/s.j.warren

Education

Warren studied civil engineering, with a strong emphasis on geotechnics, at the University of Cambridge, gaining a First in 1978. He returned to complete a doctorate at the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, which he finished in 1988.^[2][1]

Career and research

Warren joined Imperial College London as a professor in 1994. He has since held a European Southern Observatory (ESO) fellowship and a Royal Society University Research Fellowship.

Warren holds a particular expertise in the field of quasars. Since 2001, he has been greatly involved in the UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey.^[1] He was the leader of the team responsible for the discovery of the most distant quasar found, ULAS J1120+0641.^[3][4][5]

Warren has published over 70 papers in the field of astrophysics since 1987,^[6] featuring in journals such as Nature.^[7]

Awards and honours

Warren was awarded a Royal Society University Research Fellowship at the University of Oxford.