Draft:Richard McMahon (astronomer)

Richard McMahon (born 1959) is a Professor of Astronomy at the Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge. McMahon was Director and Head of Department of Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge from 2017 to 2022.

Education and Early Life
McMahon was born in Strabane in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. McMahon was educated at Christian Brothers Grammar School, Omagh. He studied for a BSc in Physics at Queen's University Belfast and then a PhD in Astronomy at the Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge under the supervision of Cyril Hazard and Roberto Terlevich.

Research
HCM-6A

Supernova Cosmology Project

Dark Energy Survey