People
Group Members
Academic Staff
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Prof Helen Brindley Professor in Earth Observation |
Atmospheric physics |
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Dr Chris Carr Senior Research Lecturer |
Space instrumentation |
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Dr Paulo Ceppi Senior Lecturer in Climate Physics |
Grantham Institute |
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Dr Arnaud Czaja Reader |
Atmosphere-ocean interactions |
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Professor Michele Dougherty Professor, FRS Head of Physics Dept |
Planetary science |
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Professor Jonathan Eastwood Professor of Space Physics and Deputy Head of Department for Infrastructure, Health & Safety |
Space weather; space plasma physics |
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Dr Bob Forsyth Reader |
Heliospheric physics |
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Professor Marina Galand Professor in Planetary Science |
Planetary upper atmospheres; cometary science |
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Dr Heather Graven Reader in Climate Physics |
Carbon cycle |
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Dr Edward Gryspeerdt |
Cloud physics; atmospheric aerosol; remote sensing |
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Professor Tim Horbury Professor in Space Physics |
Solar wind; magnetosphere; turbulence |
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Dr Adam Masters Senior Lecturer and Royal Society URF and Community Lead Research |
Planetary science: magnetospheres, interiors, moons |
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Dr Lorenzo Matteini Lecturer |
Space plasma physics |
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Professor Ingo Mueller-Wodarg Professor |
Planetary upper atmospheres |
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Professor Juliet Pickering Professor |
Atmospheric physics and laboratory spectroscopy |
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Professor Ralf Toumi Professor |
Atmospheric physics |
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Dr Apostolos Voulgarakis Reader in Atmospheric Physics |
Atmospheric physics |
Research Staff
Photo | Name | Scientific interests |
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Dr Martin Archer (Rep) UKRI Stephen Hawking Fellow |
Space plasma physics; magnetospheres; dynamics & waves; simulations |
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Dr Richard Bantges |
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Dr Arnaud Beth |
Space Physics |
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Liam Blyth |
Climate Physics |
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Dr Philipp Breul |
Climate Physics |
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Patrick Brown |
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Milan Ding |
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Dr Colleen Golja |
Atmospheric Physics |
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Dr Michael Heyns |
Space physics |
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Dr Peio Inurrigarro Rodriguez |
Space Physics |
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Research Associate |
Space Physics |
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Dr Fang LIU |
Atmospheric Physics |
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Dr Jonathan Murray |
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Dr Peer Nowack |
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Helen O'Brien |
Design/build of space science magnetic field instruments |
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Dr James Rufus |
Earth observation |
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Dr Jacqueline Russell |
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Dr Shivangi Sharan |
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Fiona Simpson |
Magnetic fields in Planetary Systems |
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Dr Nathan Sparks |
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Dr Domenico Trotta
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Dr Sophia Zomerdijk-Russell |
PhD Students
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Matthew Acevski | Space physics |
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Katie Blackford | The role of peat fires shaping future atmospheric composition the carbon cycle and climate |
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Liam Blyth | Air pollution: Sources and sinks of carbon monoxide in the atmosphere |
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Alexander Brunmayr | Regional Carbon Cycle Modelling |
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Milan Ding | Laboratory Astrophysics: New Atomic Data for Astrophysics Applications |
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Oliver Driver | The impact of aircraft engine emissions and alternative fuels on contrail formation |
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Michaela Flegrova | Quantifying the radiative impacts of African landscape fires |
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George Horner | The impact of aerosol on convective clouds |
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Harley Kelly | Surface waves above the magnetic poles |
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King Heng Lau | Tropical cyclones |
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Harry Lewis | Probing the nonlinear dynamics of turbulence in space plasmas |
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Zoe Lewis | Plasma environment around comet 67P |
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Min Li | Tropical cyclones |
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Jamie Mathews Marie Curie Early Researcher |
The Gulf Stream as a modulator of blocking and European temperatre extremes |
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Sophie Mosselmans | The Universal InfraRed Airborne Spectrometer: A new instrument for climate research |
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Rebecca Murray-Watson | Investigating the impact of aerosols on mixed-phase clouds |
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Joseph Ovwemuvwose | Carbon cycling in next-generation terrestrial ecosystem models |
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Sanjeevani Panditharatne | Understanding how Earth is losing its cool: A study in support of the FORUM satellite mission |
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Jacob Parrott | Global exploration of the upper atmosphere of Mars using radio occultation measurements |
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Geoffrey Pugsley | Developing novel observations of cloud processes |
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Ruairi Shannon | Laboratory Astrophysics |
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Maddie Stedman | Assessing the feasibility to benchmark climate relevant parameters from the TRUTHS satellite mission |
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Anna Tippett (PhD Rep) | Measuring the timescales for precipitation - how quickly can you make a cloud rain? |
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Yan Lok (Enoch) Tsui | Climate physics |
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Joseph Wang | How does the Sun create the Solar Wind? |
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Cara Waters (PhD Rep) | Using AL and Machine Learning to reveal the physics of magnetic reconnection, a universal plasma process |
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Alina Yang | Novel quantification of greenhouse gas emissions using atmospheric observations |
Support Staff
Photo | Name | Job role and responsibilities |
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Instrument Engineer |
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Aria Vitkova | Instrument Engineer - Space |
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Irene Ruiz | Instrument Engineer - Space |
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Richard Baughen | Instrument Engineer |
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Christian Clear | Group Safety Officer |
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Emanuele Cupido | Instrument Manager |
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John Hodgkins | Electronic Engineer |
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Michele Facchinelli | Space Instrument Engineer |
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Ciara Mulholland | Senior Section Administrator |
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Tim Oddy | Spacecraft Operations Engineer |
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Luke Kratzmann | Administrative Assistant |
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Azra Sabadosh | Senior Section Administrator |
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Alex Strickland | Instrument Software Engineer |
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Alastair Crabtree | Senior Software Architect |
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Edward Fauchon-Jones | MAG Software Engineer |
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Christopher Greenaway | Space Instrument Integration, Test Operations Manager |
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Alan Roberts | MAG Electrical and Electronics Engineer |
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Madeleine Tomes | Space Instrument Senior Systems Engineer |
Senior and Honorary
Name |
Affiliation |
Scientific Interests |
Prof. Andre Balogh |
Imperial College |
Heliospheric and Magnetospheric Physics |
Dr. Ken Bignell |
Imperial College |
Meteorology |
Prof. Peter Cargill |
Imperial College / University of St Andrews |
Physics of Sun, Solar Wind and Magnetosphere |
Professor Joanna Haigh FRS |
Atmospheric radiation, climate modeling |
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Prof. John Harries |
Imperial College |
Atmospheric Physics |
Dr. Matt Owens |
University of Reading |
Space Physics |
Prof. Steve Schwartz |
University of Colorado Boulder |
Space Physics |
Prof. David Southwood |
Imperial College |
Space plasma physics; Giant planet magnetospheres; Space Weather; Space Law |
Dr. Wenyi Zhong |
Imperial College |
Atmospheric Physics |
Visiting Professors & Researchers
The following scientists have close associations with the Group as visiting professors or researchers, supporting and broadening the Group's research base:
Visiting professors
- Martin Goldman
- Richard Harrison
- Stuart Bale
Visiting researchers
- Teruca Belmonte - Casual
- Douglas Blackie
- Simon Good
- Paul Green
- Lars Mejnertsen
- Licia Ray
- Sunil Varma
Academic visitor
- Ali Haidar Sulaiman
- Andreas Pollinger
- Chon Fai (Charlie) Lok
- Christoph Beischl
- Christophe Bellisario
- Christopher HK Chen
- Ekin Ozturk
- Guangtao Dong
- Hao Cao
- Joshua Michael Chadney
- Maciej Szymon Bendyk
- Heli Hietala
- Steve Kellock
- Vincent John Hare
- Giulia Zazzeri