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Academic Staff

Academic Staff
Photo	Name	Scientific interests
	Prof Helen Brindley Professor in Earth Observation	Atmospheric physics
	Dr Chris Carr Senior Research Lecturer	Space instrumentation
	Dr Paulo Ceppi Senior Lecturer in Climate Physics	Grantham Institute
	Dr Arnaud Czaja Reader	Atmosphere-ocean interactions
	Professor Michele Dougherty Professor, FRS Head of Physics Dept	Planetary science
	Professor Jonathan Eastwood Professor of Space Physics and Deputy Head of Department for Infrastructure, Health & Safety	Space weather; space plasma physics
	Dr Bob Forsyth Reader	Heliospheric physics
	Professor Marina Galand Professor in Planetary Science	Planetary upper atmospheres; cometary science
	Professor Heather Graven Professor in Climate Physics	Carbon cycle
	Dr Edward Gryspeerdt Royal Society University Research Fellow Grantham Institute	Cloud physics; atmospheric aerosol; remote sensing
	Professor Tim Horbury Professor in Space Physics	Solar wind; magnetosphere; turbulence
	Dr Adam Masters Reader in Physics and Royal Society URF and Community Lead Research	Planetary science: magnetospheres, interiors, moons
	Dr Lorenzo Matteini Senior Lecturer Community PG Mentor	Space plasma physics
	Professor Ingo Mueller-Wodarg Professor	Planetary upper atmospheres
	Professor Juliet Pickering Professor	Atmospheric physics and laboratory spectroscopy
	Professor Ralf Toumi Professor	Atmospheric physics
	Professor Apostolos Voulgarakis Professor in Global Climate and Environmental Change	Atmospheric physics

Research Staff

Research Staff
Photo	Name	Scientific interests
	Dr Martin Archer (Rep) Advanced Research Fellow (Future Leader Fellow)	Space plasma physics; magnetospheres; dynamics & waves; simulations
	Dr Richard Bantges Scientific Project Manager
	Dr Arnaud Beth Research Associate	Space Physics
	Dr Philipp Breul Research Associate	Climate Physics
	Patrick Brown Senior Instrumentation Manager
	Milan Ding Research Associate
	Orestis Gazetas Research Assistant	Atmospheric Measurements
	Dr Colleen Golja Marie Curie Fellow	Atmospheric Physics
	Dr Michael Heyns Research Associate	Space physics
	Dr Peio Inurrigarro Rodriguez Research Associate	Space Physics
	Adrian LaMoury Research Associate	Space Physics
	Dr Donghyun LEE Research Associate	Atmospheric Physics
	Dr Fang LIU Research Associate	Atmospheric Physics
	Aleena Moolakkunnel Jaison Research Assistant	Climate Physics
	Dr Jonathan Murray Research Fellow
	Dr Peer Nowack Research Fellow
	Helen O'Brien Senior Instrument Manager	Design/build of space science magnetic field instruments
	Dr James Rufus Research Associate (GERB Operations Scientist)	Earth observation
	Dr Jacqueline Russell Research Associate (GERB Project Scientist)
	Dr Shivangi Sharan Research Associate
	Fiona Simpson NERC Independant Research Fellow	Magnetic fields in Planetary Systems
	Dr Nathan Sparks Innovations Researcher

PhD Students

PhD Students
	Matthew Acevski (PhD Rep)	Space physics
	Alexander Brunmayr	Regional Carbon Cycle Modelling
	Oliver Driver	The impact of aircraft engine emissions and alternative fuels on contrail formation
	Michaela Flegrova	Quantifying the radiative impacts of African landscape fire
	Koh Kawaguchi	Why does climate sensitivity depend on the type of forcing?
	Harley Kelly	Surface waves above the magnetic poles
	King Heng Lau	Tropical cyclones
	Harry Lewis	Probing the nonlinear dynamics of turbulence in space plasmas
	Zoe Lewis	Plasma environment around comet 67P
	Min Li	Tropical cyclones
	Jamie Mathews Marie Curie Early Researcher	The Gulf Stream as a modulator of blocking and European temperature extremes
	Sophie Mosselmans (PhD Rep)	The Universal InfraRed Airborne Spectrometer: A new instrument for climate research
	Oscar O'Flanagan	Observing aerosol-cloud interactions in a changing Arctic
	Joseph Ovwemuvwose	Carbon cycling in next-generation terrestrial ecosystem models
	Sanjeevani Panditharatne	Understanding how Earth is losing its cool: A study in support of the FORUM satellite mission
	Jacob Parrott	Global exploration of the upper atmosphere of Mars using radio occultation measurements
	Ben Pery	Electromagnetic sounding of Ocean Worlds
	Stefani Petropolou	Probabilistic Joint Inversion of Geophysical and Physiochemical Data from Iceland
	Geoffrey Pugsley	Developing novel observations of cloud processes
	Ruairi Shannon	Laboratory Astrophysics
	Abel Shibu	Relating future jet space stream changes to present-day observable viability
	Maddie Stedman	Assessing the feasibility to benchmark climate relevant parameters from the TRUTHS satellite mission
	Victor Steinwand	Exploring the diversity of solar wind-cometary interaction
	Anna Tippett	Measuring the timescales for precipitation - how quickly can you make a cloud rain?
	Joseph Wang	How does the Sun create the Solar Wind?
	Cara Waters	Using AL and Machine Learning to reveal the physics of magnetic reconnection, a universal plasma process
	Luke Wivell	Electromagnetic Sounding of Ocean Worlds
	Alina Yang	Novel quantification of greenhouse gas emissions using atmospheric observations

Support Staff

Support Staff
Photo	Name	Job role and responsibilities
	Ifeoluwa Ajiboye	Instrument Engineer
	Irene Ruiz	Instrument Engineer - Space
	Richard Baughen	Instrument Engineer
	Christian Clear	Group Safety Officer
	Emanuele Cupido	Instrument Manager
	John Hodgkins	Electronic Engineer
	Michele Facchinelli	Space Instrument Engineer
	Ciara Mulholland	Senior Section Administrator
	Tim Oddy	Spacecraft Operations Engineer
	Luke Kratzmann	Administrative Assistant
	Azra Sabadosh	Senior Section Administrator
	Alex Strickland	Instrument Software Engineer
	Alastair Crabtree	Senior Software Architect
	Edward Fauchon-Jones	MAG Software Engineer
	Christopher Greenaway	Space Instrument Integration, Test Operations Manager
	Alan Roberts	MAG Electrical and Electronics Engineer
	Madeleine Tomes	Space Instrument Senior Systems Engineer

Senior and Honorary

Name	Affiliation	Scientific Interests
Prof. Andre Balogh Distinguished Research Fellow	Imperial College	Heliospheric and Magnetospheric Physics
Dr. Ken Bignell Honorary Lecturer	Imperial College	Meteorology
Prof. Peter Cargill Distinguished Research Fellow	Imperial College / University of St Andrews	Physics of Sun, Solar Wind and Magnetosphere
Professor Joanna Haigh FRS Distinguished Research Fellow		Atmospheric radiation, climate modeling
Dr. Matt Owens Honorary Lecturer	University of Reading	Space Physics
Prof. Steve Schwartz Distinguished Research Fellow	University of Colorado Boulder	Space Physics
Prof. David Southwood Senior Research Investigator	Imperial College	Space plasma physics; Giant planet magnetospheres; Space Weather; Space Law
Dr. Wenyi Zhong Honorary Research Fellow	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

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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

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