Dr
Romain
Thomas

School of Computer Science

Head of Research Software Engineering

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Dr Romain Thomas
School of Computer Science
Regent Court (CS)
211 Portobello

Sheffield

S1 4DP

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Dr Romain Thomas is the Head of Research Software Engineering at the University of Sheffield. His role is to lead a group of research software engineers (RSEs) who are collaborating with research groups at the University to deliver high quality research software.

Before coming to Sheffield, Romain was a Staff Astronomer at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Chile where he was leading software projects for data quality control at the Very Large Telescopes. 

Research interests

Software, Open source, Open research, FAIR, Data

Publications

Journal articles

  • Thomas R & Dammer E (2025) . Journal of Open Source Software, 10(115), 8144-8144.
  • Méndez-Hernández H, Cassata P, Ibar E, Amorín R, Aravena M, Bardelli S, Cucciati O, Garilli B, Giavalisco M, Guaita L , Hathi N et al (2022) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 666, A56-A56.
  • Lemaux BC, Cucciati O, Le Fèvre O, Zamorani G, Lubin LM, Hathi N, Ilbert O, Pelliccia D, Amorín R, Bardelli S , Cassata P et al (2022) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 662, A33-A33.
  • Thomas R, Pentericci L, Le Fèvre O, Koekemoer AM, Castellano M, Cimatti A, Fontanot F, Gargiulo A, Garilli B, Talia M , Amorín R et al (2021) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 650, A63-A63.
  • Garilli B, McLure R, Pentericci L, Franzetti P, Gargiulo A, Carnall A, Cucciati O, Iovino A, Amorin R, Bolzonella M , Bongiorno A et al (2021) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 647, A150-A150.
  • Thomas R (2021) . Astronomy and Computing, 34, 100427-100427.
  • Le Fèvre O, Béthermin M, Faisst A, Jones GC, Capak P, Cassata P, Silverman JD, Schaerer D, Yan L, Amorin R , Bardelli S et al (2020) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 643, A1-A1.
  • Solarz A, Thomas R, Montenegro-Montes FM, Gromadzki M, Donoso E, Koprowski M, Wyrzykowski L, Diaz CG, Sani E & Bilicki M (2020) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 642, A103-A103.
  • Thomas R, Pentericci L, Le Fevre O, Zamorani G, Schaerer D, Amorin R, Castellano M, Carnall AC, Cristiani S, Cullen F , Finkelstein SL et al (2020) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 634, A110-A110.
  • Thomas R (2020) . Astronomy and Computing, 30, 100354-100354.
  • Thomas R, Le Fèvre O, Zamorani G, Lemaux BC, Hibon P, Koekemoer A, Hathi N, Maccagni D, Cassata P, Cassarà LP , Bardelli S et al (2019) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 630, A145-A145.
  • Thomas R (2019) . Journal of Open Source Software, 4(35), 1249-1249.
  • Cucciati O, Lemaux BC, Zamorani G, Le Fèvre O, Tasca LAM, Hathi NP, Lee K-G, Bardelli S, Cassata P, Garilli B , Le Brun V et al (2018) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 619, A49-A49.
  • Pentericci L, McLure RJ, Garilli B, Cucciati O, Franzetti P, Iovino A, Amorin R, Bolzonella M, Bongiorno A, Carnall AC , Castellano M et al (2018) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 616, A174-A174.
  • Lemaux BC, Le Fèvre O, Cucciati O, Ribeiro B, Tasca LAM, Zamorani G, Ilbert O, Thomas R, Bardelli S, Cassata P , Hathi NP et al (2018) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 615, A77-A77.
  • Guaita L, Talia M, Pentericci L, Verhamme A, Cassata P, Lemaux BC, Orlitova I, Ribeiro B, Schaerer D, Zamorani G , Garilli B et al (2017) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 606, A19-A19.
  • Thomas R, Le Fèvre O, Scodeggio M, Cassata P, Garilli B, Le Brun V, Lemaux BC, Maccagni D, Pforr J, Tasca LAM , Zamorani G et al (2017) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 602, A35-A35.
  • Marchi F, Pentericci L, Guaita L, Ribeiro B, Castellano M, Schaerer D, Hathi NP, Lemaux BC, Grazian A, Le Fèvre O , Garilli B et al (2017) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 601, A73-A73.
  • Tasca LAM, Le Fèvre O, Ribeiro B, Thomas R, Moreau C, Cassata P, Garilli B, Le Brun V, Lemaux BC, Maccagni D , Pentericci L et al (2017) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 600, A110-A110.
  • Thomas R, Le Fèvre O, Le Brun V, Cassata P, Garilli B, Lemaux BC, Maccagni D, Pentericci L, Tasca LAM, Zamorani G , Zucca E et al (2017) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 597, A88-A88.
  • Cassarà LP, Maccagni D, Garilli B, Scodeggio M, Thomas R, Le Fèvre O, Zamorani G, Schaerer D, Lemaux BC, Cassata P , Le Brun V et al (2016) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 593, A9-A9.
  • Hathi NP, Le Fèvre O, Ilbert O, Cassata P, Tasca LAM, Lemaux BC, Garilli B, Le Brun V, Maccagni D, Pentericci L , Thomas R et al (2016) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 588, A26-A26.
  • Guaita L, Pentericci L, Grazian A, Vanzella E, Nonino M, Giavalisco M, Zamorani G, Bongiorno A, Cassata P, Castellano M , Garilli B et al (2016) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 587, A133-A133.
  • Grazian A, Giallongo E, Gerbasi R, Fiore F, Fontana A, Le Fèvre O, Pentericci L, Vanzella E, Zamorani G, Cassata P , Garilli B et al (2016) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 585, A48-A48.
  • Durkalec A, Le Fèvre O, Pollo A, de la Torre S, Cassata P, Garilli B, Le Brun V, Lemaux BC, Maccagni D, Pentericci L , Tasca LAM et al (2015) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 583, A128-A128.
  • Tasca LAM, Le Fèvre O, Hathi NP, Schaerer D, Ilbert O, Zamorani G, Lemaux BC, Cassata P, Garilli B, Le Brun V , Maccagni D et al (2015) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 581, A54-A54.
  • Le Fèvre O, Tasca LAM, Cassata P, Garilli B, Le Brun V, Maccagni D, Pentericci L, Thomas R, Vanzella E, Zamorani G , Zucca E et al (2015) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 576, A79-A79.
  • Durkalec A, Le Fèvre O, de la Torre S, Pollo A, Cassata P, Garilli B, Le Brun V, Lemaux BC, Maccagni D, Pentericci L , Tasca LAM et al (2015) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 576, L7-L7.
  • Cassata P, Tasca LAM, Le Fèvre O, Lemaux BC, Garilli B, Le Brun V, Maccagni D, Pentericci L, Thomas R, Vanzella E , Zamorani G et al (2015) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 573, A24-A24.
  • Lemaux BC, Cucciati O, Tasca LAM, Le Fèvre O, Zamorani G, Cassata P, Garilli B, Le Brun V, Maccagni D, Pentericci L , Thomas R et al (2014) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 572, A41-A41.
  • Cucciati O, Zamorani G, Lemaux BC, Bardelli S, Cimatti A, Le Fèvre O, Cassata P, Garilli B, Le Brun V, Maccagni D , Pentericci L et al (2014) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 570, A16-A16.
  • Amorín R, Sommariva V, Castellano M, Grazian A, Tasca LAM, Fontana A, Pentericci L, Cassata P, Garilli B, Le Brun V , Le Fèvre O et al (2014) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 568, L8-L8.
  • Ilbert O, McCracken HJ, Le Fèvre O, Capak P, Dunlop J, Karim A, Renzini MA, Caputi K, Boissier S, Arnouts S , Aussel H et al (2013) . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 556, A55-A55.
  • Romero GE, Thomas R & Pérez D (2012) . International Journal of Theoretical Physics, 51(3), 925-942.
  • McLure RJ, Pentericci L, Cimatti A, Dunlop JS, Elbaz D, Fontana A, Nandra K, Amorin R, Bolzonella M, Bongiorno A , Carnall AC et al () . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
  • Amorín R, Fontana A, Pérez-Montero E, Castellano M, Guaita L, Grazian A, Le Fèvre O, Ribeiro B, Schaerer D, Tasca LAM , Thomas R et al () . Nature Astronomy, 1(4).
  • Amorín R, Fontana A, Pérez-Montero E, Castellano M, Guaita L, Grazian A, Fèvre OL, Ribeiro B, Schaerer D, Tasca LAM , Thomas R et al () . Nature Astronomy, 1(3).

Conference proceedings

  • Thomas R, Berg T, Mehner A, de Wit W-J & Brillant S (2020) . Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems VIII (pp 10-10), 14 December 2020 - 18 December 2020.

Preprints

  • Thomas R, Pentericci L, Fèvre OL, Koekemoer AM, Castellano M, Cimatti A, Fontanot F, Gargiulo A, Garilli B, Talia M , Amorín R et al (2021) The less and the more IGM transmitted galaxies from z~2.7 to z~6 from VANDELS and VUDS.
  • Thomas R, Pentericci L, Fèvre OL, Zamorani G, Schaerer D, Amorin R, Castellano M, Carnall AC, Cristiani S, Cullen F , Finkelstein SL et al (2019) The Intergalactic medium transmission towards z>4 galaxies with VANDELS and the impact of dust attenuation.
  • Thomas R, Fèvre OL, Zamorani G, Lemaux BC, Hibon P, Koekemoer A, Hathi N, Maccagni D, Cassata P, Cassarà LP , Bardelli S et al (2019) The most massive, passive, and oldest galaxies at 0.5 < z < 2.1: Downsizing signature from galaxies selected from MgUV index.
  • Thomas R, Fèvre OL, Cassata VLBP, Garilli B, Lemaux BC, Maccagni D, Pentericci L, Tasca LAM, Zamorani G, Zucca E , Amorin R et al (2014) The VIMOS Ultra-Deep Survey (VUDS): IGM transmission towards galaxies with 2.5