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My name is Alexander Russell. I am an 1851 Research Fellow in the Astronomy & Astrophysics Group of the University of Glasgow.

My research centres on understanding our Sun. In particular, I want to know how energy moves around the Sun's atmosphere and the role played by magnetic waves. Knowing more about this could help us better understand solar flares and protect ourselves from space weather. I'm also interested in Earth's ionosphere and magnetosphere (a region of space inside the `bubble' of Earth's magnetic field). I believe that it's important to study both the Sun and our immediate space environment because there are many similarities that help us to learn more.

If you would like to find out more about my research, I recommend the recent feature in Glasgow University News and my poster presented to the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 as non-technical introductions. You may also like to explore my papers.

I also do teaching and science outreach and used to arrange astronomy seminars.

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