People
The Solar and Space Physics group is located at:
Ellison Building, Ellison Place, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK
Permanent Staff
Professor James McLaughlin
Room D225
Email: james.a.mclaughlin at northumbria.ac.uk
Tel: +44(0) 191 227 3667
Dr Eamon Scullion
Room D222
Email: eamon.scullion at northumbria.ac.uk
Tel: +44(0) 191 227 3667
Personal site: http://solar-physics.com
Follow Eamon on Twitter: @solarphysics_ie
Professor Valentina Zharkova
Room D220
Email: valentina.zharkova at northumbria.ac.uk
Tel: +44(0) 191 227 3973
Personal site: http://computing.unn.ac.uk/staff/slmv5/kinetics/index.php
Professor Jonathan Rae
Email: jonathan.rae at northumbria.ac.uk
Professor Clare Watt
Room D218
Email: clare.watt at northumbria.ac.uk
Follow Clare on Twitter: @CEJ_Watt
Dr Robert Wicks
Email: robert.wicks at northumbria.ac.uk
Dr Sarah Bentley
Email: sarah.bentley at northumbria.ac.uk
Research Fellows and Post Docs
Dr Konstantinos Karampelas
Email: Konstantinos.Karampelas at northumbria.ac.uk
Dr Ross Pallister
Email: Ross.Pallister at northumbria.ac.uk
Dr Jasmine Sandhu
Email: Jasmine.Sandhu at northumbria.ac.uk
Dr Rahul Sharma
Email: Rahul.Sharma at northumbria.ac.uk
Dr Edris Tajfirouzeh
Email: Edris.Tajfirouzeh at northumbria.ac.uk
Visiting Staff
Professor Ian Mann Royal Society Wolfson Visiting Fellow (2021-2022). Prof Ian Mann is based at University of Alberta, Canada, and is renowned for his research on space weather impacts at Earth.
Professor Peter Young Prof. Young is based at George Mason/NASA Goddard and has been awarded the honorary title of Visiting Professor. He will be bringing his experience to Northumbria and working on various projects with the group.
Students
Ms Lauren Doyle PhD student working with Eamon Scullion (Based at Armargh Observatory).
MS Shannon Killey PhD student working with Jonathan Rae, Sarah Bentley and Clare Watt.
Ms Linh LePhuong PhD student working with Gert Botha.
Ms Dovile Rasinskaite PhD student working with Clare Watt, Sarah Bentley, Jasmine Sandhu and Jonathan Rae.
Mr Thomas Rees-Crockford PhD student working with Eamon Scullion.
Ms Autumn Rolling PhD student working with Stephane Regnier.
Mr Andre Silva PhD student working with Shaun Bloomfield.
Ms Morgan Stores PhD student working with Natasha Jeffrey.
Mr Ajay Tiwari PhD student working with James McLaughlin and Richard Morton.
Former members
Dr Oliver Allanson worked as a PDRA with Prof Clare Watt (2020). Now a NERC Independent Fellow at University of Exeter.
Dr Jonathan Thurgood Did his PhD with Professor James McLaughlin. Post-doc on US Airforce grant (2013-2014) and Leverhulme Trust Research grant (2016-2018). Now a software engineering at NCTech Imaging
Dr Sergiy Shelyag Now at Deakin Univeristy, Australia.
Dr Gary Verth Now lecturing at Sheffield University
Dr Qian Xia
Dr Krishna Mooroogen PhD student working with Dr Richard Morton. Now at the National Physics Laboratory.
Dr Ben Snow PhD student working with Dr Gert Botha. Now Post-doc at Exeter University
Dr Malcolm Druett PhD student working with Professor Valentina Zharkova. Now at Stockholm University.
Dr Micah Weberg Post-Doc on current US Airforce grant (2015-2018) with Professor James McLaughlin & Dr Richard Morton. Now at Naval Research Laboratory (NRL, USA)
Mr Matthew Bone RAS sponsored summer student 2016 working with Gert Botha.
Mr Anthony Bagley RAS sponsored summer student 2014 working with Richard Morton.
Mr Richard Cook RAS sponsored summer student 2016 working with Eamon Scullion.
Mr Rytis Dobranskis Former PhD Candidate.
Mr Liam Dodd RAS sponsored summer student 2014 working with James McLaughlin.
Mr Ryan Edgar RAS sponsored summer student 2016 working with Richard Morton.
Mr Iain Steers Masters student & RAS sponsored summer student 2013 working with Richard Morton. Now working at CERN, Geneva.
Banner image courtesy of NASA/SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams.