Research Interests
Open to PhD applications in the field of
- Solar physics and cool star research
- Spectropolarimetry of small-scale structures in the solar atmosphere
- Radiative hydrodynamic simulations of solar and stellar flares
Public outreach & key achievements
- https://www.irishnews.com/news/2018/04/20/news/new-solar-telescope-to-shine-fresh-light-on-mysteries-of-the-sun-1308518/
- https://newatlas.com/dkist-worlds-biggest-solar-telescope-2019/36088/
- https://stfc.ukri.org/files/innovations-club-newsletters/inn-newsletter-issue-53/
Research students
| PhD Title | Understanding the Physical Processes of Type-II While-light Flares |
| Name | Ondrej Prochazka |
| Country | Czech Republic |
| Year of Study | 2015 - 2018 |
| PhD Title | Flare induced Sunquakes |
| Name | Sean Quinn |
| Country | UK |
| Year of Study | 2017 - 2020 |
| PhD Title | Small-scale Horizontal Fields in the Solar Atmosphere |
| Name | Ryan Campbell |
| Country | UK |
| Year of Study | 2018 - 2021 |
Alumni: Where are they now
| PhD Title | Coronal and Transition Observations of the Sun and Cool Stars |
| Name | Dr David Williams |
| Country | Spain |
| Year of Study | 1998 - 2002 |
| Current Position | Instrument Operations Scientist for the Solar Orbiter, European Space Agency |
| PhD Title | Oscillatory Phenomena is Solar and Stellar Atmospheres |
| Name | Dr Shaun Bloomfield |
| Country | UK |
| Year of Study | 2001 - 2005 |
| Current Position | Reader in Extreme Environments, Northumbria University |
| PhD Title | Multi-wavelength Observations of Chromospheric Evaporation in the Solar Atmosphere |
| Name | Dr Ryan Milligan |
| Country | UK |
| Year of Study | 2002 - 2006 |
| Current Position | Ernest Rutherford Fellow, University of Glasgow |