title: Martin Barstow
text: # Martin Barstow
  
  Martin Barstow is a Professor of Astrophysics and Space Science at the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Leicester and the former President of the Royal Astronomical Society.
  
  ## Research
  
  Barstow's research is on white dwarfs, the interstellar medium and UV instrumentation.
  
  ## Royal Astronomical Society
  
  Having been a Councillor and Secretary for the Royal Astronomical Society between 2005 and 2013, he was elected to be the 89th President of the Royal Astronomical Society in 2013. After a year as President Elect he assumed the position of President in May 2014.
  
  