Kenneth J. Duncan

Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh

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Institute for Astronomy

Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Blackford Hill

Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ

I am an extra-galactic observational astronomer currently working at the Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, where I currently hold an STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellowship. My main research interest is the early formation of galaxies and the co-evolution of black holes and galaxies at high redshift, with a particular focus on the combination of next-generation radio observations with multi-wavelength photometric and spectroscopic surveys from a wide range of facilities.

As part of this work, I have a leading role within a number of major observing collaborations, with further membership of a broad range of ongoing programmes across the electromagnetic spectrum. Further details can be found on my Research page.

Education

I completed my PhD at the University of Nottingham under the supervision of Prof. Chris Concelice, where my thesis was titled 'The Growth of the First Galaxies'. Before then, I attended the University of Durham, completing an MPhys in Physics.

Selected Publications

  1. Duncan, Kenneth J, Maddox, Natasha, Smith, Daniel J. B, et al.
    arXiv e-prints, arXiv:2606.24744, arXiv:2606.24744 Jun 2026
  2. Duncan, K. J., McLeod, D. J., Best, P. N., et al.
    MNRAS, 541(2), 1329-1347 Aug 2025