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Derek J. McLeod

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W_ypzjer9c·v1 · currentpublished
A combined PRIMER+MINERVA study of the evolution of \mathbf{[O\mbox{III}]+Hβ} equivalent width from z=3\mathbf{z=3} to z=8.5\mathbf{z=8.5}
with Isaac J. B. Holst, Ross J. McLure, Ryan Begley, James S. Dunlop +13
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W_gcmbzx94·v1published
On the importance of medium-resolution continuum spectroscopy for JWST's extragalactic legacy
W_unu28bt7·v1published
Why a Multi-Cycle Treasury Program is Essential to Maximize JWST's Scientific Contributions to Galaxy Formation
W_29ahe9fu·v1published
The cold substellar frontier in JWST Extragalactic surveys: a robust parallax measurement yields the most distant known ultra-cold Y dwarf

Preprints & journals

108 papers in the corpus · 2014–2026
Constraining reionization-era Lyα\alpha escape with JELS-MUSE: a highly complete Hα\alpha-selected sample at z∼6.1z\sim6.12609.02558v1 · A. L. Patrick, K. J. Duncan, Z. Li et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
The JWST Emission Line Survey (JELS): A narrow-band determination of the Hα\alpha Luminosity Function and Cosmic Star Formation into the Epoch of Reionization2609.01586v1 · C. A. Pirie, K. J. Duncan, P. N. Best et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
A clear detection of proper motion confirms that the claimed z≃32\mathbf{z\simeq32} galaxy candidate, "Capotauro'', is a Y-type brown dwarf2608.07461v1 · F.-Y. F. Liu, D. J. McLeod, B. J. Sutlieff et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
JWST PRIMER: Post-starburst galaxies dominate the low-mass quiescent galaxy population since z~22608.06463v1 · Thomas de Lisle, David T. Maltby, Omar Almaini et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
The multiwavelength structure of post-starburst galaxies at 0.5 < z < 3 with JWST PRIMER: compact morphologies and residual disturbances2607.00085v1 · David T. Maltby, Omar Almaini, Vivienne Wild et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
No hidden monsters: Probing recently-quenched galaxies for obscured AGN with JWST-PRIMER MIRI and NIRCam2606.20800v2 · Guillaume Hewitt, Omar Almaini, David Maltby et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
Galaxy clusters in the VIDEO fields: detection and characterisation in the context of MOONRISE2606.13359v2 · Pierre Galois, Christophe Benoist, Gianluca Castignani et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
Unprecedented Constraints on Gas Flows at High Redshift Using Deep JWST/NIRSpec Observations from the LyC22, EXCELS, and AURORA Surveys2606.12686v1 · Emily Kehoe, Alice E. Shapley, Adam C. Carnall et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
Massive Galaxies Form Early and Gray: Stellar Assembly and Dust Attenuation at z>3.5\mathbf{z>3.5} from CAPERS2605.13966v1 · Katherine Chworowsky, Steven L. Finkelstein, Anthony J. Taylor et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
A search for the first galaxies across >0.6>0.6 deg2^2 of JWST imaging: new evidence for a rapid decline in star-formation activity at z>12z>122604.16666v1 · D. J. McLeod, J. S. Dunlop, R. J. McLure et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
Little Red Dots: One Photometric Tag Concealing Diverse Spectroscopic Flavors of Massive Star Formation and Black Hole Activity2602.20247v3 · Pablo G. P'erez-Gonz'alez, Guillermo Barro, Stefano Carniani et al.2026 · 1 citationarXiv
The JWST EXCELS survey: The ages and abundances of 3<z<53<z<5 massive quiescent galaxies show that downsizing was already in place by z≃4z\simeq42602.05934v2 · Ho-Hin Leung, Adam C. Carnall, Elizabeth Taylor et al.2026 · 1 citationarXiv
Evolution of dust attenuation in star-forming galaxies with UV slope, stellar mass, and redshift out to z∼5z \sim 52602.04765v1 · J.V.Wijesekera, M.P.Koprowski, J.S.Dunlop et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
Spectroscopic confirmation of a large and luminous galaxy with weak emission lines at z=13.53\mathbf{z = 13.53}2601.11515v2 · Callum T. Donnan, Derek J. McLeod, Ross J. McLure et al.2026 · 2 citationsarXiv
The JWST EXCELS survey: Outflows in 1.5 < z < 5 quiescent and recently quenched galaxies are likely relics from episodic AGN activity2601.02269v2 · Elizabeth Taylor, Adam C. Carnall, David Maltby et al.2026 · 2 citationsarXiv
The AURORA Survey: The Mass -- Metallicity and Fundamental Metallicity Relations at z∼2.3z \sim 2.3 Based Purely on Direct TeT_e Metallicities2512.16989v1 · Ali Ahmad Khostovan, Ryan L. Sanders, Alice E. Shapley et al.2025 · 1 citationarXiv
The JWST EXCELS Survey: gas-phase metallicity evolution at 2 < z < 82511.00705v2 · T. M. Stanton, F. Cullen, A. C. Carnall et al.2025 · 6 citationsarXiv
Extreme equivalent width-selected low-mass starbursts at z=4−9z=4-9: insights into their role in cosmic reionization2510.25647v2 · M. Llerena, L. Pentericci, R. Amor'in et al.2025 · 1 citationarXiv
The AURORA Survey: Ionizing Photon Production Efficiency with Minimal Nebular Dust Attenuation Systematics2510.12177v1 · Anthony J. Pahl, Alice Shapley, Naveen A. Reddy et al.2025 · 3 citationsarXiv
The JWST EXCELS Survey: A spectroscopic investigation of the ionizing properties of star-forming galaxies at 1<z<82509.26591v2 · R. Begley, R. J. McLure, F. Cullen et al.2025 · 5 citationsMon Not R Astron Soc (2025)
The JWST EXCELS survey: Insights into the nature of quenching at cosmic noon2509.18278v2 · Maya Skarbinski, Kate Rowlands, Katherine Alatalo et al.2025 · 3 citationsarXiv
Evolution of the infrared luminosity function and its corresponding dust-obscured star formation rate density out to z~62509.12922v3 · M.P. Koprowski, J.V. Wijesekera, J.S. Dunlop et al.2025 · 1 citationA&A 706, A345 (2026)
The JWST Emission Line Survey (JELS): The sizes and merger fraction of star-forming galaxies during the Epoch of Reionization2509.08045v2 · H. M. O. Stephenson (Lancaster), J. P. Stott, C. A. Pirie et al.2025 · 4 citationsMon Not R Astron Soc (2025) 1412-1431
PRIMER & JADES reveal an abundance of massive quiescent galaxies at 2 < z < 52509.06913v2 · Struan D. Stevenson, Adam C. Carnall, Ho-Hin Leung et al.2025 · 13 citationsMon Not R Astron Soc (2025)
The AURORA Survey: High-Redshift Empirical Metallicity Calibrations from Electron Temperature Measurements at z=2-102508.10099v2 · Ryan L. Sanders, Alice E. Shapley, Michael W. Topping et al.2025 · 14 citationsarXiv
Strength in Numbers: Red Galaxies Bolster the Cosmic Star Formation Rate Density at z > 32508.05740v1 · L. Barrufet, J.S. Dunlop, R. Begley et al.2025 · 3 citationsMon Not R Astron Soc (2026)
The AURORA Survey: Robust Helium Abundances at High Redshift Reveal A Subpopulation of Helium-Enhanced Galaxies in the Early Universe2507.17057v1 · Danielle A. Berg, Ryan L. Sanders, Alice E. Shapley et al.2025 · 6 citationsarXiv
Very bright, very blue, and very red: JWST CAPERS analysis of highly luminous galaxies with extreme UV slopes at z=10\mathbf{z = 10}2507.10518v2 · Callum T. Donnan, Mark Dickinson, Anthony J. Taylor et al.2025 · 1 citationarXiv
The AURORA Survey: Tracing Galactic Outflows at z≳2.5z\gtrsim2.5 with JWST/NIRSpec NUV Absorption Lines2506.17381v2 · Emily Kehoe, Alice E. Shapley, Ryan L. Sanders et al.2025 · 1 citationarXiv
The JWST/AURORA Survey: Multiple Balmer and Paschen Emission Lines for Individual Star-forming Galaxies at z=1.5-4.4. I. A Diversity of Nebular Attenuation Curves and Evidence for Non-Unity Dust Covering Fractions2506.17396v2 · Naveen A. Reddy, Alice E. Shapley, Ryan L. Sanders et al.2025 · 11 citationsApJ, 999, 15 (2026)
CAPERS-LRD-z9: A Gas Enshrouded Little Red Dot Hosting a Broad-line AGN at z=9.2882505.04609v4 · Anthony J. Taylor, Vasily Kokorev, Dale D. Kocevski et al.2025 · 1 citationarXiv
CAPERS Observations of Two UV-Bright Galaxies at z>10. More Evidence for Bursting Star Formation in the Early Universe2504.12504v1 · Vasily Kokorev, 'Oscar A. Ch'avez Ortiz, Anthony J. Taylor et al.2025 · 25 citationsarXiv
JWST PRIMER: A deep JWST study of all ALMA-detected galaxies in PRIMER COSMOS -- dust-obscured star-formation history back to z ≃\simeq 72503.07774v2 · Feng-Yuan Liu, James S. Dunlop, Ross J. McLure et al.2025 · 9 citationsMon Not R Astron Soc (2025)
The JWST EXCELS survey: Probing strong-line diagnostics and the chemical evolution of galaxies over cosmic time using Te-metallicities2502.10499v1 · D. Scholte, F. Cullen, A. C. Carnall et al.2025 · 32 citationsarXiv
The JWST EXCELS survey: an extremely metal-poor galaxy at z=8.271z=8.271 hosting an unusual population of massive stars2501.11099v4 · F. Cullen, A. C. Carnall, D. Scholte et al.2025 · 33 citationsarXiv
The Evolution of Half-Mass Radii and Color Gradients for Young and Old Quiescent Galaxies at 0.5<z<30.5 < z < 3 with JWST/PRIMER2501.04788v1 · Maike Clausen, Ivelina Momcheva, Katherine E. Whitaker et al.2025 · 6 citationsarXiv
No evidence (yet) for increased star-formation efficiency at early times2501.03217v2 · C. T. Donnan, J. S. Dunlop, R. J. McLure et al.2025 · 22 citationsarXiv
The JWST EXCELS survey: direct estimates of C, N, and O abundances in two relatively metal-rich galaxies at z≃5\mathbf{z\simeq5}2412.10557v2 · K. Z. Arellano-C'ordova, F. Cullen, A. C. Carnall et al.2024 · 1 citationarXiv
JWST PRIMER: strong evidence for the environmental quenching of low-mass galaxies out to z≃2\mathbf{\textit{z} \simeq 2}2412.09592v1 · M. L. Hamadouche, R. J. McLure, A. Carnall et al.2024 · 1 citationarXiv
The JWST EXCELS survey: tracing the chemical enrichment pathways of high-redshift star-forming galaxies with O, Ar and Ne abundances2411.11837v3 · T. M. Stanton, F. Cullen, A. C. Carnall et al.2024 · 22 citationsarXiv
Exploring the Nature of Little Red Dots: Constraints on AGN and Stellar Contributions from PRIMER MIRI Imaging2411.12005v2 · Gene C. K. Leung, Steven L. Finkelstein, Pablo G. P'erez-Gonz'alez et al.2024 · 3 citationsarXiv
The VANDELS Survey: Star formation and quenching in two over-densities at 3 < z < 42411.08155v2 · M. Espinoza Ortiz, L. Guaita, R. Demarco et al.2024 · 4 citationsAstronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 692, December 2024, Article A42, 16 pages
The JWST Emission Line Survey (JELS): An untargeted search for Hα\alpha emission line galaxies at z>6z > 6 and their physical properties2410.11808v3 · C. A. Pirie, P. N. Best, K. J. Duncan et al.2024 · 15 citationsarXiv
The evolution of [OIII]+Hβ+\rm{H}\beta equivalent width from z≃3−8\mathbf{z\simeq3-8}: implications for the production and escape of ionizing photons during reionization2410.10988v2 · R. Begley, R. J. McLure, F. Cullen et al.2024 · 1 citationarXiv
The JWST Emission Line Survey (JELS): Extending rest-optical narrow-band emission line selection into the Epoch of Reionization2410.09000v3 · K. J. Duncan, D. J. McLeod, P. N. Best et al.2024 · 10 citationsMon Not R Astron Soc (2025) 1329-1347
The AURORA Survey: An Extraordinarily Mature, Star-forming Galaxy at z∼7z\sim 72410.00110v3 · Alice E. Shapley, Ryan L. Sanders, Michael W. Topping et al.2024 · 0 citationsarXiv
JWST PRIMER: A lack of outshining in four normal z =4-6 galaxies from the ALMA-CRISTAL Survey2409.10963v2 · N. E. P. Lines, R. A. A. Bowler, N. J. Adams et al.2024 · 18 citationsarXiv
Broad-Line AGN at 3.5<z<6: The Black Hole Mass Function and a Connection with Little Red Dots2409.06772v2 · Anthony J. Taylor, Steven L. Finkelstein, Dale D. Kocevski et al.2024 · 10 citationsarXiv
ASTRODEEP-JWST: NIRCam-HST multiband photometry and redshifts for half a million sources in six extragalactic deep fields2409.00169v3 · E. Merlin, P. Santini, D. Paris et al.2024 · 44 citationsA&A 691, A240 (2024)
The AURORA Survey: The Nebular Attenuation Curve of a Galaxy at z=4.41 from Ultraviolet to Near-Infrared Wavelengths2408.05273v2 · Ryan L. Sanders, Alice E. Shapley, Michael W. Topping et al.2024 · 22 citationsarXiv
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