Richard Battye (born 19 October 1969) is a cosmologist, theoretical physicist and former first-class cricketer.

He is currently a Professor of Cosmology at the University of Manchester and has been the associate director (science) in the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics since 2015.

He subsequently studied for a PhD at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP), supervised by Paul Shellard.

He received a Master of Arts degree in 1994, before submitting his thesis on "String radiation, interactions and constraints" in 1995 to become a Doctor of Philosophy in 1996.

[3] His research focuses on the origin of Dark Matter, Dark Energy and Cosmic inflation and their links to particle physics and string theory, via observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background and the large-scale structure of the Universe.