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Welcome (back) to Alex Russell

Welcome (back) to Alex Russell who has joined the Solar and Magnetospheric Theory Group as a Senior Lecturer. Alex was an undergraduate and PhD student in St Andrews and has since worked at the Universities of Glasgow…

PDRA Vacancy

The SMTG has just advertised for a PDRA in solar and/or magnetospheric theory (application deadline 19 June 2023). The post is funded by STFC for 18 months. Details can be found on the University of St Andrews…

Welcome to Daniel Johnson

Welcome to our new STFC-funded PDRA Daniel Johnson, who joined the group to work with Ineke De Moortel and Alan Hood on coronal heating problems.

Welcome to our new PhD students

The SMTG welcomes our new PhD students Sophie Boswell (Supervisor Thomas Neukirch), Jonah Klowss (Supervisor Duncan Mackay) and Anmol Kumar (Supervisor Ineke De Moortel).

PDRA VACANCY

Our group has a vacancy for a Research Fellow in coronal heating. See the Vacancies page for more information.

Welcome (back) to Tom Elsden

Welcome (back) to Tom Elsden who has joined the Solar and Magnetospheric Theory Group as a Lecturer. Tom was an Undergraduate, PhD student and PostDoc in St Andrews, followed by a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship…

Farewell to Vasilis Archontis

After 16 years as a member of our research group, Vasilis Archontis is leaving St Andrews to take up a post as Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Ioannina, Greece. We wish him all the best for the future!

Congratulations prof. Ineke de moortel

Congratulations to Professor Ineke De Moortel who has been awarded the Royal Astronomical Society 2021 Chapman medal for her seminal work on the nature of waves in the solar atmosphere. Her unique contributions to the…

A fond farewell

Farewell to Solar and Magnetospheric Theory Group postdoc Petros Syntelis. Petros came to the School in 2016 after completing his PhD at the University of Athens. He has now started a training programme in artificial…

Congratulations professor hood

Congratulations to Alan Hood on winning the Royal Society of Edinburgh Lord Kelvin Medal for his internationally commended work in theoretical and computational solar physics which has helped to enhance understanding…