Fellowships and Grants:
Active Collaborations:
Dr. Lyndsay Fletcher (University of Glasgow, UK): Solar flares. Dr. Andrew Wright (University of St Andrews, UK) and Prof. Anatoly Streltsov (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA):
Magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling. Dr. Stéphane Régnier (University of Central Lancashire, UK):
Coronal Alfvén speeds. Dr Clare Watt (University of Alberta, Canada): Acceleration of solar electrons by Alfvén waves. Dr Joel Allred (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center): Solar flare simulations. Dr Fraser Watson (National Solar Observatory, Tuscon, AZ, USA): Solar active region magnetic flux. Dr Aline Vidotto (University of St Andrews, UK): Exoplanet magnetospheres.
Ph.D.:
10/2007-09/2010 at the University of St Andrews, supervised by
Dr. Andrew Wright. My thesis, "Coupling of the Solar Wind, Magnetosphere and Ionosphere by MHD Waves", was
submitted on 3 September 2010 and successfully defended on 30 September 2010.
09/2012-12/2012 Lecturing for Exploring the Cosmos One - Solar System Part One.
Overview and formation of solar system, plus look at the terrestrial planets, for undergraduates pursuing degrees other than physics or astronomy.
9 lectures for a class of ~230.
06/2012-08/2012 Supervision of summer student: P Wakeford "Modelling of Coronal Loop Oscillations." 01/2012-03/2012 Lecturing for Circumstellar Matter II.
Honours level astronomy covering stellar atmospheres and winds. 6 lectures + revision lecture and class tutorial. Class ~20.
09/2011-03/2012 Supervision of masters project: D Stackhouse "MHD waves in solar active regions." 09/2011 Developed and ran half-day course for Ph.D. students, Tutorial Introduction to Physics Simulations
at ASSSP2011. 01/2011-03/2011 Supervision of computational honours labs for
Astro345HM at the University of Glasgow.
Projects were written in MATLAB and included multi-body solar system simulators and a study of Daisyworld. 09/2007-12/2009 Tutoring for
MT2001 at the University of St Andrews,
a required pre-honours mathematics module, normally taught to 2nd year undergraduates. 09/2007 Certificate in "Introduction to Tutoring & Assessment".
04/2013 Public talk on "The Sun, Space Weather and Us" for
Airdrie Astronomical Association. 03/2013 Press release "Aurora's Shine Light on Solar Flares" to coincide with
ApJ paper.
Coverage in Glasgow University News, the Metro and social media.
03/2013 Royal Society Media Skills course
(supported by Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851). 02/2013 Public talk on "Waves in the Sun" for Stirling Astronomical Society,
at the Smith Museum, Stirling. 01/2013 Planetarium shows at BBC Stargazing Live Glasgow Event. 12/2012 Public talk on "Space Weather for Space Travel" for Association in Scotland To Research into Astronautics (ASTRA), Glasgow. 03/2012 Royal Society Communication Skills course
(supported by Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851). 11/2011 Public talk on "The Sun, Space Weather and Us" at Glasgow Mitchell Library,
organised by Glasgow Space Settlers Society. 08/2011 Astronomy outreach at Glentrool Village Fete, Galloway. 03/2011 Planetarium shows at Fettes College, Edinburgh. 02/2011 Induction to STEM Ambassador programme. 05/2010 “Science in the City,” a two day outreach event at Dundee Science Centre. 03/2010 “Create & Inspire”
outreach training for researchers at Dundee Science Centre. 10/2008 “Opening the Lab Door,Communicating Science to the Public”
2-day communication and media course. 07/2006 “Stars Over Yellowstone.” Introducing members of the public to small telescope astronomy and solar physics in Yellowstone National Park, Montana.
More information about Glasgow Astronomy's science outreach can be found here.
Other Responsibilities:
Membership of Professional Organisations:
Conferences, Meetings, etc.:
National Astronomy Meeting, St Andrews, 1st-5th July 2013. The Physics of Flares in the Lower Solar Atmosphere,
RAS Discussion Meeting, Burlington House, London, 12th April 2013. Magnetosphere and Ionosphere as a Coupled System: Theory and Observations,
ISSI, Bern, 21st-25th January 2013. SUPA-Cormack Astronomy Meeting,
Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland, 13th November 2012. AOGS-AGU Joint Asia Assembly,
Singapore, 13th-17th August 2012. SWIFF Space Weather Simulation Summer School,
Spineto, Italy, 4th-8th June 2012. National Astronomy Meeting,
Manchester, 27th-30th March 2012. ISSS-10, Banff, 24th-31st July 2011. National Astronomy Meeting,
Llandudno, 17th-21st April 2011. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 13th-17th December 2010. The Link of MHD Waves and Magnetic Reconnection,
Warwick, 18th-19th November 2010. BUKS2010 Workshop, St Andrews, 9th-11th June 2010 (member of LOC).
Multi-Scale Electrodynamics of Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Interactions at High Latitudes,
ISSI, Bern, 25th-29th January 2010. Solaire Reconnection School, St Andrews, 11th-15th January 2010. STFC Astronomy Summer School, St Andrews, 23rd-29th August 2009. Solaire SODAS, Glasgow, 1st-5th June 2009. JENAM09 (with UKSP and MIST meetings), Hatfield, 20th-23rd April 2009. BUKS2009 Workshop, Leuven, 6th-8th April 2009. Solaire Network Meeting, Catania, 12th-15th January 2009. ASSSP08, Belfast, 1st-5th September 2008. UKMHD 2008, Salford, 5th-6th June 2008. NAM08 (with UKSP and MIST meetings), Belfast, 31st March-4th April 2008. STFC Introductory Course on Solar Physics, Armagh, 9th-14th September 2007. STFC Advanced Summer School 2007 (Solar Physics), St Andrews, 2nd-7th September 2007. International Flux Emergence Workshop, St Andrews, 12th-15th June 2007.
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