Christopher David Pattison Portrait

Dr Christopher Pattison

Research Software Engineer

Christopher.Pattison@port.ac.uk

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Biography

I completed my PhD in May 2020, having studied a period in the very early universe called "inflation", during which the universe expanded by a very large amount in a very short amount of time. I was particularly interested in modeling quantum effects during inflation using a formalism called "stochastic inflation", and in models of inflation that violate the usual slow roll approximations. I also studied how the quantum effects during inflation impacted the formation of primordial black holes (black holes that formed in the early universe, before any stars formed) in the early universe (but after inflation).

I now work on innovation project here at the ICG. We take techniques, knowledge and software from astronomy and astrophysics and apply them to other areas of research (often in very different areas). For example, I work on a project that uses telescope software to study the spread of diseases through droplets, and also to use machine learning to diagnose fractured bones. 

I am also very interested in science communication. Outside of the university, I run a YouTube channel that looks at a wide variety of cosmology topics and astronomy news. 

Research outputs

2025

Collaboration, E., Mellier, Y., Barroso, J. A. A., Achúcarro, A., Adamek, J., Adam, R., Addison, G. E., Aghanim, N., Aguena, M., Ajani, V., Akrami, Y., Al-Bahlawan, A., Alavi, A., Albuquerque, I. S., Alestas, G., Alguero, G., Allaoui, A., Allevato, V., Alonso-Tetilla, A. V., Altieri, B., Alvarez-Candal, A., Amara, A., Avila, S., Bacon, D., Beutler, F., Bose, B., Collett, T. E., Fiorini, B., Fonseca, J., Gaztanaga, E., Joudaki, S., Koyama, K., Leclercq, F., Manera, M., Maraston, C., Markovic, K., Nadathur, S., Nichol, R. C., Noller, J., Pace, F., Pattison, C., Percival, W. J., Pollack, J. E., Pourtsidou, A., Raccanelli, A., Schewtschenko, J. A., Whalen, D. J., Winther, H. -., Youles, S., Fonseca De La Bella, L.

1 May 2025, In: Astronomy and Astrophysics. 697, 94p., A1

Research output: Article

2022

Newsom, R., Pattison, C., Lundgren, A., Robison, P., Quint, M., Amara, A.

3 Dec 2022, In: Eye, 4p.

Research output: Article

Newsom, R., Pattison, C., Amara, A., Louca, C.

5 Jul 2022, In: British Dental Journal, 3p.

Research output: Article

2021

Pattison, C. D., Vennin, V., Wands, D., Assadullahi, H.

30 Apr 2021, In: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics. 2021, 04, p. 1-40, 40p., 080

Research output: Article

Newsom, R., Amara, A., Hicks, A., Quint, M., Pattison, C., Bzdek, B. R., Burridge, J., Krawczyk, C., Dinsmore, J., Conway., J.

1 Apr 2021, In: Journal of Hospital Infection. 110, 7p.

Research output: Article