Dr Natalie B. Hogg

Dr Natalie Hogg is a non-stipendiary Isaac Newton Trust Research Fellow at Clare Hall, and a postdoctoral research associate at the Institute of Astronomy and the Kavli Institute for Cosmology at the University of Cambridge. She completed her PhD in 2021 at the Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation at the University of Portsmouth, and subsequently held postdoctoral research positions in Madrid, Paris and Montpellier.

Dr Hogg’s research focuses on the phenomenon of strong gravitational lensing, where the mass of galaxies distorts light that passes nearby, producing highly magnified and extended images of distant sources. Dr Hogg uses observations of these systems from flagship telescopes such as the James Webb Space Telescope and the Euclid satellite to understand the internal structures of galaxies and their distribution in the Universe.

Beyond physics, Natalie is a passionate violinist, performing with various ensembles in Cambridge and further afield, including the Cambridge Philharmonic.