Past Group Personnel

March 2012

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MemberResearch InterestsCurrent Position
Until 2011
Dr Ruth BownessSolar Physics  Teacher, private school  
Keith GradySolar Physics    
Dr Cicely MacnamaraSolar Physics  Teacher, Denstone College in Derbyshire  
Nicholas OwenSolar Physics    
Dr Anna Lisa RestanteSolar Physics  Postdoc, K.U. Leuven  
Until 2010
Dr Graeme CookSolar Physics  Teacher Training  
Dr Rhona MacleanMagnetic Field Topology  Programmer, Siemens  
Dr David MacTaggartSolar Physics  Research Assistant, Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen University  
Dr Stephane RegnierNon-linear force free fields  Postdoc, UCLAN  
Dr Alexander RussellSolar Physics  Royal Commission of 1851 Postdoctoral Fellowship, Glasgow  
Dr Nasser Al SaltiCollisionless Reconnection  Lecturer, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman  
Dr Mag SelwaMagnetic Reconnection  Postdoc, KU Leuven  
Dr Craig StarkParticle Acceleration  Postdoc, Astronomy, St Andrews  
Dr Lynsey ThorntonSolar Physics  Business and Decision, Edinburgh  
Until 2009
Dr Mike HarrisonHall MHD  GCHQ  
Dr James McLaughlinNumerical Waves  Lecturer, Northumbria University  
Aimilia SmyrliSolar Physics  Returned to Italy to finish her PhD  
Until 2008
Dr Dee McDougall-BagnallMHD Waves at 3D Nulls  Administration, University of St Andrews  
Dr Neil SymingtonUK MHD Consortium Computations  Finance, London  
Dr Anthony YeatesSolar Prominences and Flux Transport  Postdoc, Dundee  
Until 2007
Dr Chris BradyUK MHD Consortium Computations  University of Warwick  
Dr Alexandra Cran-McGreehinMagnetospheric Particle Acceleration  Course on Environmental Studies  
Dr Peter DamianoHybrid MHD-Kinetic Simulations, Magnetospheric Particle Acceleration  Research Assistant, US  
Dr Michael McEwanWaves  Lecturer at Glasgow International College, University of Glasgow  
Dr Michelle MurrayEmerging Flux Computations  Research Assistant, MSSL  
Dr Antonia Wilmot-SmithMagnetic Reconnection  STFC Postdoctoral Fellow, Dundee  
Until 2006
Dr Peng-Fei ChenNumerical Models, Magnetic Reconnection, Solar Flares, Coronal Events  Lecturer, Nanjing University, China  
Dr Antonio DiazMHD Waves  Teaching/research, Palma de Mallorca  
Dr Gavin DonnellyMHD Waves  London  
Dr Brigitta von RekowskiNumerical Simulations, Magnetic Cancellation    
Until 2005
Dr Keith BennettUK MHD Consortium Computations  Fluid Gravity  
Dr Paolo GiulianiParticle Acceleration in Solar Flares  Teacher, Italy  
Dr Gunnar HornigMagnetic Structures, Magnetic Reconnection, Helicity, [Lecturer, Dundee University]  Lecturer, Dundee University  
Dr Robert KevisMHD Simulations  Scientist, AWE, England  
Dr Paul WoodEruptive Processes, Particle Acceleration in Flares  Engineer, Ping ,USA  
Until 2004
Dr Francois-Xavier BocquetNonlinear MHD Equilibria    
Dr Daniel BrownMagnetic Topology, Rotating Sunspots, TRACE and SOHO Projects  Lectureship, University of Wales Aberystwyth  
Dr Laura CarcedoMagnetic Field Models of Sigmoids  IT, London  
Dr Robert CloseThe Magnetic Carpet  Accountancy, Cupar  
Dr Catherine GerrardNonlinear MHD Instabilities  Equine Studies, Royal Agricultural College  
Alison KeracherSecretarial Support  Trainee Midwife, Dundee  
Dr David Pontin3D Reconnection of Magnetic Flux Tubes  Lecturer, University of Dundee  
Dr Tibor ToeroekLoop Instabilities   PDRA MSSL  
Until 2003
Dr Colin BeveridgeCoronal Magnetic Topology  Research Assistant, MSU Bozeman Montana  
Lorna JamesCoronal Oscillations  Accountant, Dundee  
Dr Chris Mellor3D Magnetic Reconnection  Scientist, AWE  
Until 2002
Dr Istvan BallaiLinear and Nonlinear MHD Waves  Lecturer, Sheffield University  
Dr Danielle BewsherTransition Region Blinkers  RAL  
Dr Juergen DreherCoronal Heating, Numerical MHD Simulations    
Dr Claire FoullonMHD Waves  PDRA, University of Warwick  
Gill GardnerPainting  University Secretary, St Andrews  
Mairi McRobbieMagnetospheric Waves  ???  
Dr Zaharenia Romeou3D MHD Equilibria  PDRA, University Firenze, Italy  
Dr Richard RyanAxisymmetric MHD Equilibria    
Dr Jean-Claude ThelenMagnetic Field Generation, Simulations  Met Office, Bracknell  
Dr Thomas WiegelmannMHD Equilibria, Simulations  Researcher, Lindau  
Dr Temury ZaqarashviliMHD waves  PDRA, Georgia  
Until 2001
Dr David BoddieMHD Waves, Thin Flux Tubes  Junior Technical Writer, Trolltech, Oslo  
Dr Klaus Galsgaard3D Numerical Computations, Magnetic Reconnection, Flux Emergence  Lecturer, Copenhagen  
Until 2000
Dr Tony ArberNumerical Simulations, Instabilities  Lecturer, Warwick University  
Dr Aaron LongbottomMagnetic Instabilities  Scientific Programmer, FGES  
Dr Michael RudermanMHD Waves, Magnetospheres.  Reader, Sheffield University  
Dr Robert WalshThermal Evolution and Coronal Heating, SOHO Projects  Senior Lecturer, University of Central Lancaster  
Until 1999
Dr Clare MartinMolecular Clouds  DERA  
Dr Katie MillsMagnetospheric Plasmas  Thompson Marconi  
Prof. Valery NakariakovWaves, Helioseismology  Warwick University  
Dr Erwin VerwichteWaves  PDRA, University of Warwick  
Until 1998
Dr Mark DaniellMagnetic Helioseimology  BAe Systems, Edinburgh  
Dr Pat EdwinMHD Waves, Sunspots, Coronal Pulsations, Thermal Instabilities  Open University  
Prof. Robert von Fay-SiebenburgenMHD waves, SOHO projects  Sheffield University  
Dr Jack IrelandCoronal Heating, SOHO  SOHO, Goddard Space Flight Centre  
Dr Ronald Van der LindenFusion Plasmas, Coronal Physics  Director, Royal Observatory, Belgium  
Dr Cheryl MundieProminence Oscillations, MHD Waves  National Grid  
Until 1997
Dr Nick CartledgeProminence Equilibria, Solar Flare MHD  BAe Systems, Edinburgh  
Dr David LonieGeneral Relativity, Solar Physics  Lecturer, Robert Gordon University  
Dr Jason SmithCoronal Oscillations  Thompson Marconi  
Dr Luca Del ZannaDynamical MHD Equilibria  Postdoc, Italy  
Until 1996
Dr Gordon Inverarity  Researcher, MET Office  
Dr Graham Rickard  Researcher, MET Office  
Until 1995
Dr Russ Fiedler  Researcher CSIRO  
Until 1994
Dr Rekha Jain  Lecturer, Sheffield  
Dr Ramon Oliver  Lecturer, Mallorca  
Dr Sean Oughton  Lecturer, Waikato  
Dr Grisha Vekstein  Reader, UMIST  
Until 1993
Dr Richard Rijnbeek  Professor, Sussex  
Dr Colin Steele  Senior Lecturer, UMIST  
Until 1992
Prof. Kris Murawski  Professor, Lublin  
Until 1991
Dr Robert Lothian  Lecturer, Robert Gordon University  
Until 1990
Dr Tahar Amari  Researcher, Paris  
Dr Dirk Hermans  Lecturer, Birmingham  
Until 1989
Prof. Mitch Berger  Professor, Exeter  
Dr Sami Solanki  Director, Max Planck Inst, Lindau  
Prof. Marco Velli  Professor, Florence  
Until 1986
Dr Luigi Nocera  Researcher, Pisa  
Until 1985
Dr Philippa Browning  Reader, UMIST  
Until 1984
Prof. Terry Forbes  Professor, Durham USA  
Until 1982
Prof. Peter Cargill  Professor at Imperial College  

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