Current group members
NAME | RESEARCH AREAS / JOB DESCRIPTION |
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PERMANENT STAFF | |
Prof Thomas Neukirch (Head of Group) | MHD Equilibria, Reconnection, Particle Acceleration, Rotating Magnetospheres |
Prof Ineke De Moortel | Phase Mixing, MHD Waves, Coronal Oscillations, TRACE Observations |
Dr Tom Elsden | Magnetospheres, Low Frequency Waves |
Prof Alan Hood | MHD Instabilities, Magnetostatic Equilibria, Tearing Modes, Prominences |
Prof Duncan Mackay | Prominence Theory, Flux Transport Simulations, Coronal Heating |
Prof Clare Parnell | Magnetic Reconnection, Coronal Heating, The Magnetic Carpet, SOHO, Hinode and SDO Observations |
Dr Alex Russell | Magnetic Reconnection, MHD waves, Magnetic Topology, Solar Flares, Space Weather |
Dr Andy Wright | Magnetic Helicity, Alfvén Waves, The Magnetosphere, Resonant Absorption, Particle Acceleration |
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSISTANTS | |
Dr Cosima Breu | Coronal Heating |
Dr Daniel Johnson | Coronal Heating, Sunspot Rotation |
Dr Jack Reid | Global Coronal Magnetic Field Simulations, Coronal Loop Heating |
PHD STUDENTS | |
Mr Harry Callingham | Coronal Heating |
Miss Rachel Davies | MHD Waves in Planetary Magnetospheres |
Miss Kate Mowbray | Particle Acceleration |
Miss Lilli Nadol | MHS Equilibria, Coronal Magnetic Fields |
Miss Ann Vaseekar | Global Magnetic Field Modelling |
Miss Elisabeth Enerhaug | Coronal Heating, MHD Waves |
Miss Sophie Boswell | Collisionless Current Sheets |
Mr Jonah Klowss | Coronal Magnetic Field, Magnetic Helicity |
Mr Anmol Kumar | Coronal Heating |
Mr James Brooks | ULF waves |
Mr Qihui Ming | Turbulent reconnection |
SCIENTIFIC/COMPUTING OFFICERS | |
Dr Steve Brooks | Computing Officer, Scientific Collaboration, High-Level Programming Help |
SUPPORT STAFF | |
Mrs Fiona MacFarlane | Secretarial Support |
HONORARY STAFF | |
Dr. Vasilis Archontis | 3D Numerical Experiments, Emerging Flux Regions |
Prof Peter Cargill | Coronal Heating, Plasma Physics, Magnetospheric Physics |
Dr Klaus Galsgaard | 3D Numerical Computations, Magnetic Reconnection, Flux Emergence |
Dr Tom Howson | Oscillating Coronal Loops, Kelvin Helmholtz Instability |
Dr Jim Lang | Spectroscopy, Atomic Physics, SOHO, SolarB, STEREO |
Prof Eric Priest | Reconnection, Flares, Coronal Heating, Prominences, 3D Magnetic Topology, Astrophysical MHD |
Prof Bernard Roberts | MHD Waves in Non-Uniform Media, Flux Tubes, Coronal Oscillations, Helioseismology, Prominences |