Case Studies in Star Formation: A Molecular Astronomy Perspective

Duncan MacKay is an honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Kent, Canterbury. He has four decades of teaching and research experience in astrophysics and pedagogical practice, and has published and lectured professionally on cross-disciplinary issues for many years.

Mark Thompson is head of the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Leeds. He is an expert observational astronomer in the far-infrared to radio wavelength regime with more than twenty years of experience in observing Galactic star formation and international survey projects.

James Urquhart is a Lecturer in Physics and Astrophysics and head of the Centre of Astronomy and Planetary Sciences at the University of Kent, Canterbury. He has contributed to almost 200 scientific publications in the areas of star formation and Galactic structure.