Dr Annabel Cartwright
Reader
Physics Education Research Group
School of Physics and Astronomy
- CartwrightA@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 29208 74857
- Queen's Buildings - West Building Extension, Room WX/2.10, 5 The Parade, Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 3AA
Overview
Roles
- Careers Officer
- Professional Placements Coordinator
- Industrial Liaison and Employability Officer
- Year 2 Tutor
- Chair, Course Committee
- Exams Officer
Publication
2022
- Cartwright, A. and Lewis, R. 2022. Video assignments: A powerful way to introduce creativity and fun into your program – A physics education story. Presented at: Cardiff University Teaching and Learning Conference 2022, Cardiff University, 29-30 June 2022.
2021
- Greaves, J. S. et al. 2021. Phosphine gas in the cloud decks of Venus. Nature Astronomy 5, pp. 655-664. (10.1038/s41550-020-1174-4)
2014
- Lomax, O. D., Whitworth, A. P., Cartwright, A., Stamatellos, D. and Walch, S. K. 2014. Modelling star formation in Ophiuchus. In: Stamatellos, D., Goodwin, S. and Ward-Thompson, D. eds. The Labyrinth of Star Formation., Vol. 36. Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings Springer, pp. 109-113., (10.1007/978-3-319-03041-8_20)
2013
- Lomax, O. D., Whitworth, A. P. and Cartwright, A. 2013. The intrinsic shapes of starless cores in Ophiuchus. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 436(3), pp. 2680-2688. (10.1093/mnras/stt1764)
2012
- Moss, J. L., Cartwright, J. A., Cartwright, A. and Moore, R. 2012. The spatial pattern and drainage cell characteristics of a pockmark field, Nile Deep Sea Fan. Marine and Petroleum Geology 35(1), pp. 321-336. (10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2012.02.019)
- Cartwright, A. and Whitworth, A. P. 2012. Four-parameter fits to the initial mass function using stable distributions. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 423(2), pp. 1018-1023. (10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.20795.x)
- Cartwright, A. and Whitworth, A. P. 2012. Density and temperature profiles in Keplerian Disks. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2011
- Lomax, O., Whitworth, A. P. and Cartwright, A. 2011. Statistical comparison of clouds and star clusters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 412(1), pp. 627-633. (10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17935.x)
- Cartwright, A., Moss, J. L. and Cartwright, J. A. 2011. New statistical methods for investigating submarine pockmarks. Computers & Geosciences 37(10), pp. 1595-1601. (10.1016/j.cageo.2011.02.013)
- Cartwright, A. 2011. Directionality in a non-Abelian, dissipative sandpile. Physical Review E Statistical Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics
- Lomax, O. D., Whitworth, A. P. and Cartwright, A. 2011. Statistical comparison of clouds and star clusters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 412(1), pp. 627-633. (10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17935.x)
2010
- Cartwright, A. and Stamatelos, D. 2010. Controlling artificial viscosity in smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulations of accretion disks. Astronomy and Astrophysics 516(A99), pp. 1-7. (10.1051/0004-6361/201014466)
2009
- Cartwright, A. 2009. Measuring clustering in 2dv space. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 400(3), pp. 1427-1430. (10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15540.x)
- Cartwright, A., Stamatelos, D. and Whitworth, A. P. 2009. The effect of Poisson noise on SPH calculations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 395(4), pp. 2373-2380. (10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.14720.x)
- Cartwright, A. and Whitworth, A. P. 2009. Analysing the structure of elongated star clusters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 392(1), pp. 341-345. (10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.14055.x)
- Cartwright, A. and Whitworth, A. P. 2009. Measuring anticlustering in regions of triggered star formation. Astronomy and Astrophysics 503(3), pp. 909-912. (10.1051/0004-6361/200912331)
2008
- Cartwright, A. and Whitworth, A. P. 2008. The directional analysis of star clusters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 390(2), pp. 807-813. (10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13791.x)
2007
- Ghani, S., Mannan, A., Kaucer, A., Sen, S. L., Clarke, A., Butler, P. and Cartwright, A. 2007. Facial motion analysis of acid burn victims - development of a new facial motion impairment index. Burns 33(4), pp. 495-504. (10.1016/j.burns.2006.08.024)
2006
- Cartwright, A., Whitworth, A. P. and Nutter, D. J. 2006. Methods for Analysing Structure in Molecular Clouds. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 369, pp. 1411-1418. (10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10389.x)
2004
- Cartwright, A. and Whitworth, A. P. 2004. The Statistical Analysis of Star Clusters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 348, pp. 589-598. (10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07360.x)
1990
- Cartwright, A., Morris, J. R. W. and Lyster, M. 1990. Highly accurate video coordinate generation for automatic 3-D trajectory calculation. Presented at: Image-Based Motion Measurement, La Jolla , CA, 1 August 1990 Presented at Walton, J. S. ed.Image-Based Motion Measurement, Proceedings of the Conference held at La Jolla , CA, 1 August 1990, Vol. 1356. SPIE Proceedings Series Vol. 1356. Bellingham, WA: SPIE pp. 12-18., (10.1117/12.23905)
- Morris, J. R. W. and Macleod, A. 1990. An investigations of the source and characteristics of noise in a video-based kinematic measurement system. CAMARC II Internal Report: ‘Models, connections with experimental apparatus and relevant DSP techniques for functional movement analysis
1987
- Morris, J. R. W. and Macleod, A. 1987. Investigation of inherent experimental noise in kinematic experiments using superficial markers. Presented at: 10th International Congress for Biomechanics, Umea, Sweden — Biomechanics X, Umea, Sweden, 15-20 June 1985 Presented at Jonsson, B. ed.Biomechanics X: Proceedings of the 10th International Congress for Biomechanics, Umea, Sweden, Vol. B. International series on biomechanics Vol. 6A-6B. Champaign, Illinois: Human Kinetics Publishers pp. 1035-1039.
Articles
- Greaves, J. S. et al. 2021. Phosphine gas in the cloud decks of Venus. Nature Astronomy 5, pp. 655-664. (10.1038/s41550-020-1174-4)
- Lomax, O. D., Whitworth, A. P. and Cartwright, A. 2013. The intrinsic shapes of starless cores in Ophiuchus. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 436(3), pp. 2680-2688. (10.1093/mnras/stt1764)
- Moss, J. L., Cartwright, J. A., Cartwright, A. and Moore, R. 2012. The spatial pattern and drainage cell characteristics of a pockmark field, Nile Deep Sea Fan. Marine and Petroleum Geology 35(1), pp. 321-336. (10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2012.02.019)
- Cartwright, A. and Whitworth, A. P. 2012. Four-parameter fits to the initial mass function using stable distributions. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 423(2), pp. 1018-1023. (10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.20795.x)
- Cartwright, A. and Whitworth, A. P. 2012. Density and temperature profiles in Keplerian Disks. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Lomax, O., Whitworth, A. P. and Cartwright, A. 2011. Statistical comparison of clouds and star clusters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 412(1), pp. 627-633. (10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17935.x)
- Cartwright, A., Moss, J. L. and Cartwright, J. A. 2011. New statistical methods for investigating submarine pockmarks. Computers & Geosciences 37(10), pp. 1595-1601. (10.1016/j.cageo.2011.02.013)
- Cartwright, A. 2011. Directionality in a non-Abelian, dissipative sandpile. Physical Review E Statistical Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics
- Lomax, O. D., Whitworth, A. P. and Cartwright, A. 2011. Statistical comparison of clouds and star clusters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 412(1), pp. 627-633. (10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17935.x)
- Cartwright, A. and Stamatelos, D. 2010. Controlling artificial viscosity in smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulations of accretion disks. Astronomy and Astrophysics 516(A99), pp. 1-7. (10.1051/0004-6361/201014466)
- Cartwright, A. 2009. Measuring clustering in 2dv space. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 400(3), pp. 1427-1430. (10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15540.x)
- Cartwright, A., Stamatelos, D. and Whitworth, A. P. 2009. The effect of Poisson noise on SPH calculations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 395(4), pp. 2373-2380. (10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.14720.x)
- Cartwright, A. and Whitworth, A. P. 2009. Analysing the structure of elongated star clusters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 392(1), pp. 341-345. (10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.14055.x)
- Cartwright, A. and Whitworth, A. P. 2009. Measuring anticlustering in regions of triggered star formation. Astronomy and Astrophysics 503(3), pp. 909-912. (10.1051/0004-6361/200912331)
- Cartwright, A. and Whitworth, A. P. 2008. The directional analysis of star clusters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 390(2), pp. 807-813. (10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13791.x)
- Ghani, S., Mannan, A., Kaucer, A., Sen, S. L., Clarke, A., Butler, P. and Cartwright, A. 2007. Facial motion analysis of acid burn victims - development of a new facial motion impairment index. Burns 33(4), pp. 495-504. (10.1016/j.burns.2006.08.024)
- Cartwright, A., Whitworth, A. P. and Nutter, D. J. 2006. Methods for Analysing Structure in Molecular Clouds. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 369, pp. 1411-1418. (10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10389.x)
- Cartwright, A. and Whitworth, A. P. 2004. The Statistical Analysis of Star Clusters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 348, pp. 589-598. (10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07360.x)
- Morris, J. R. W. and Macleod, A. 1990. An investigations of the source and characteristics of noise in a video-based kinematic measurement system. CAMARC II Internal Report: ‘Models, connections with experimental apparatus and relevant DSP techniques for functional movement analysis
Book sections
- Lomax, O. D., Whitworth, A. P., Cartwright, A., Stamatellos, D. and Walch, S. K. 2014. Modelling star formation in Ophiuchus. In: Stamatellos, D., Goodwin, S. and Ward-Thompson, D. eds. The Labyrinth of Star Formation., Vol. 36. Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings Springer, pp. 109-113., (10.1007/978-3-319-03041-8_20)
Conferences
- Cartwright, A. and Lewis, R. 2022. Video assignments: A powerful way to introduce creativity and fun into your program – A physics education story. Presented at: Cardiff University Teaching and Learning Conference 2022, Cardiff University, 29-30 June 2022.
- Cartwright, A., Morris, J. R. W. and Lyster, M. 1990. Highly accurate video coordinate generation for automatic 3-D trajectory calculation. Presented at: Image-Based Motion Measurement, La Jolla , CA, 1 August 1990 Presented at Walton, J. S. ed.Image-Based Motion Measurement, Proceedings of the Conference held at La Jolla , CA, 1 August 1990, Vol. 1356. SPIE Proceedings Series Vol. 1356. Bellingham, WA: SPIE pp. 12-18., (10.1117/12.23905)
- Morris, J. R. W. and Macleod, A. 1987. Investigation of inherent experimental noise in kinematic experiments using superficial markers. Presented at: 10th International Congress for Biomechanics, Umea, Sweden — Biomechanics X, Umea, Sweden, 15-20 June 1985 Presented at Jonsson, B. ed.Biomechanics X: Proceedings of the 10th International Congress for Biomechanics, Umea, Sweden, Vol. B. International series on biomechanics Vol. 6A-6B. Champaign, Illinois: Human Kinetics Publishers pp. 1035-1039.
Research
Research interests
Evolution of Earth as a habitable planet, and possibility of transfer of complex life from Venus. Evidence of Venusian material arriving on Earth during Cambrian and Ordovician periods. Possible links between break up of the L chondrite asteroid and the resurfacing event on Venus. Statistical Characterisation of structure within groups of points (eg star clusters, submarine pockmarks) and grey scale data (clouds); Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics, particularly for the simulation of disks;
Formation and evolution of Protoplanetary Disks;
Relativistic effects in disks;
Teaching
- Module Organiser -Maths for Physical Sciences, I
- Module Organiser - Planet Earth
- Module Organiser - Synoptic Physics, 2nd year
Biography
- B.A. Mathematics and Electrical Sciences, Kings College Cambridge
- Member of the Institute of Electrical Engineers 1985
- Co-Founder of Oxford Metrics Group plc, 1981-1990
- Cabinet Office and Department of Trade and Industry, 1991-1995
- Wales Fund Managers 1999-2001
- PPARC Studentship, Cardiff University Department of Physics and Astronomy, 2002-2005. Ph D, 2006.
- Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship, 2007-2011.
Honours and awards
Finalist, Celebrating Excellence Awards, 2014Nominated, Enhancing Student Experience, 2014Finalist, Enhancing Student Experience, 2011Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship, 2007-2010Semi finalist, NESTA Famelab 2007