Members of the SPAT research group on a virtual Zoom quiz

Group Members

Academic Staff
Photo Name Scientific interests
 Dr Helen Brindley
Professor in Earth Observation 
 Atmospheric physics
 CARR
Senior 91桃色 Lecturer
 Space instrumentation
CEPPI Senior Lecturer in Climate Physics Grantham Institute
 Dr Arnaud Czaja
Reader
 Atmosphere-ocean interactions
 Professor Michele Dougherty
Professor of Space Physics, CBE FRS FRAS
 Planetary science
 Dr Jonathan Eastwood 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
 Dr Marina Galand Professor Marina Galand
Professor in Planetary Science 
 Planetary upper atmospheres; cometary science
 Dr Heather Graven Professor Heather Graven
Professor in Climate Physics
 Carbon cycle
 

Dr Edward Gryspeerdt
Royal Society University 91桃色 Fellow
Grantham Institute

Cloud physics; atmospheric aerosol; remote sensing 
 HORBURY
Professor in Space Physics
 Solar wind; magnetosphere; turbulence
 Dr Adam Masters
Reader in Physics and Royal Society URF and Community Lead 91桃色
 Planetary science: magnetospheres, interiors, moons
Lorenzo
Senior Lecturer
Community PG Mentor
Space plasma physics
 Dr Ingo Mueller-Wodarg Professor Ingo Mueller-Wodarg
Professor
Planetary upper atmospheres
 Professor Juliet Pickering
Professor
Atmospheric physics and laboratory spectroscopy
 Professor Ralf Toumi
Professor
Atmospheric physics
 Dr Apostolos Voulgarakis  
Professor in Global Climate and Environmental Change
 Atmospheric physics
Academic Staff
91桃色 Staff

 

 

 

Photo Name Scientific interests
Archer Dr Martin Archer 
Advanced 91桃色 Fellow (Future Leader Fellow)
Space plasma physics; magnetospheres; dynamics & waves; simulations
BANTGES

Dr Richard Bantges
Scientific Project Manager

 
 

Dr Arnaud Beth
91桃色 Associate

Space Physics 

Patrick Brown
Senior Instrumentation Manager

 

 

 

Dr Christian Clear
91桃色 Fellow
Community Safety Coordinator 

 

Michaela Flegrova
91桃色 Associate

Earth Observation

Orestis Gazetas
91桃色 Associate

Atmospheric Measurements

Dr Colleen Golja
UKRI Fellow

Atmospheric Physics

Dr Hyoji Kang
91桃色 Associate

Earth Observation
LAMOURY 

Dr Adrian LaMoury

91桃色 Associate

Space Physics

 

Dr Donghyun LEE
91桃色 Associate

Atmospheric Physics

Dr Harry Lewis

91桃色 Associate

Space Plasma Physics

Min Li
91桃色 Assistant

Tropical Cyclones

Dr Fang LIU
91桃色 Associate

Atmospheric Physics

Dr Nabir MAMNUN 
91桃色 Associate

Ocean Tracers

Ms Sajedeh Marjani
91桃色 Assistant

Aviation and Cloud Physics

Aleena Moolakkunnel Jaison
91桃色 Assistant

Climate Physics
MURRAY

Dr Jonathan Murray
91桃色 Fellow

 
NOWACK

Dr Peer Nowack
91桃色 Fellow

 
OBRIEN

Helen O'Brien
Senior Instrument Manager

Design/build of space science magnetic field instruments
RUFUS

Dr James Rufus
91桃色 Associate (GERB Operations Scientist)

Earth observation
RUSSELL

Dr Jacqueline Russell
91桃色 Associate (GERB Project Scientist)

 
 

Fiona Simpson
NERC Independant 91桃色 Fellow

Magnetic fields in Planetary Systems
SPARKS

Dr Nathan Sparks
Innovations 91桃色er

 
91桃色 Staff
PhD Students

Matthew Acevski

Space physics
Alexandra Beikert A New Global Tropical Cyclone
Anzhuo (David)Dai How does the climate respond to different forcing agents
  Oliver Driver The impact of aircraft engine emissions and alternative fuels on contrail formation
Koh Kawaguchi
Climate PGR Rep
Why does climate sensitivity depend on the type of forcing?
  King Heng Lau Tropical cyclones
Caroline McGee

Next-generation greenhouse gas emissions estimation using AI, big data and atmospheric measurements

Sophie Mosselmans

The Universal InfraRed Airborne Spectrometer: A new instrument for climate research

Oscar O'Flanagan Observing aerosol-cloud interactions in a changing Arctic
Ben Pery

Capturing the spectral fingerprints of errors in weather and climate models

Stefani Petropolou Probabilistic Joint Inversion of Geophysical and Physiochemical Data from Iceland
  Geoffrey Pugsley Developing novel observations of cloud processes 
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
Space PGR Rep
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?
Luke Wivell Electromagnetic Sounding of Ocean Worlds
Alina Yang  Novel quantification of greenhouse gas emissions using atmospheric observations
PhD Students
Support Staff
Photo Name Job role and responsibilities

 

Ifeoluwa Ajiboye

Instrument Engineer
  Irene Ruiz Instrument Engineer - Space
 BAUGHEN Richard Baughen Instrument Engineer
 CUPIDOCUPIDO Emanuele Cupido Instrument Manager
HODGKINS John Hodgkins Electronic Engineer
  Michele Facchinelli Space Instrument Engineer
  Ciara Mulholland  Senior Section Administrator
ODDY Tim Oddy Spacecraft Operations Engineer
 OWEN Luke Kratzmann Administrative Assistant
Alastair Crabtree Senior Software Architect
Christopher Greenaway Space Instrument Integration, Test Operations Manager
Placeholder Alan Roberts MAG Electrical and Electronics Engineer
Placeholder Madeleine Tomes Space Instrument Senior Systems Engineer
Support Staff
Senior and Honorary

Name

Affiliation

Scientific Interests

Prof. Andre Balogh
Distinguished 91桃色 Fellow

91桃色 College

Heliospheric and Magnetospheric Physics

Dr. Ken Bignell
Honorary Lecturer

91桃色 College

Meteorology

Prof. Peter Cargill
Distinguished 91桃色 Fellow

91桃色 College / University of St Andrews

Physics of Sun, Solar Wind and Magnetosphere

 FRS
Distinguished 91桃色 Fellow

 

Atmospheric radiation, climate modeling

Dr. Matt Owens
Honorary Lecturer

University of Reading

Space Physics

Prof. Steve Schwartz
Distinguished 91桃色 Fellow

University of Colorado Boulder

Space Physics

Prof. David Southwood
Senior 91桃色 Investigator

91桃色 College

Space plasma physics; Giant planet magnetospheres; Space Weather; Space Law

Dr. Wenyi Zhong
Honorary 91桃色 Fellow

91桃色 College

Atmospheric Physics

 

Visiting Professors & 91桃色ers

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

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