Andrew J Norton

Andrew Norton is Professor of Astrophysics Education at The Open University. He is a Fellow, Council Member and Vice President of the Royal Astronomical Society and serve on its Education & Outreach Committee as well as its Diversity Committee. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and a Member of the International Astronomical Union. Prof Norton has authored or co-authored over 100 refereed journal papers, and his research interests include:

• General time domain astrophysics, including wide field surveys for variable stars and transiting exoplanets using SuperWASP.
• Observations and modeling of Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables, in particular multi-wavelength observations of Intermediate Polars and modelling of their accretion flows.
• Observations and modeling of High Mass X-ray Binaries, in particular radial velocity studies of eclipsing systems to determine masses of neutron stars and black holes.