Maria Cunningham

My research interests are in radio, millimetre and sub-millimetre astronomy, molecular line astronomy, bioastronomy and computational astrophysics.

After taking formal retirement during COVID, I am continuing to work on my pet projects, including

Detecting new complex organic molecules in space, and hopefully finding some of the building blocks of life;
Using very complex organic molecules to put an evolutionary sequence on the formation of stars;
Determining how the structure of the Milky Galaxy affect the formation of stars, and
Investigating the relationship between turbulence in gas in the Milky Way Galaxy and star formation.
Using data intensive astronomy together with computational astrophysics to understand the relationship between star formation and the surrounding interstellar medium.