Benjamin Stappers

Benjamin Stappers is a Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Manchester's Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics within the School of Physics and Astronomy. His research focuses on radio pulsars, neutron stars, and rapid radio transients. He is part of the European Pulsar Timing Array (EPTA) and International Pulsar Timing Array (IPTA), which aim to detect nanohertz gravitational waves from early universe processes. He co-leads the transients project for LOFAR and heads the pulsar science group for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA).

Research interests include using pulsars as probes of gravity and the interstellar medium, and expanding pulsar population studies via LOFAR surveys. His work involves hardware/software development for radio astronomy data analysis.

Publications focus on pulsar timing, transients, and gravitational wave detection, with recent work exploring millisecond pulsars and radio transients. Awards include contributions to the Square Kilometre Array's development.