Current Research
I am supervised by Thomas Neukirch. We are currently working on collapsing traps as a model for particle acceleration in solar flares.
Refereed Publications
An Extension of the Theory of Kinematic MHD Models of Collapsing Magnetic Traps to 2.5D with shear flow and to 3D (Link to e-print. Published in A & A, Vol. 508, Issue 3, p1461)
Conference Proceedings
Cool Stars XV, St. Andrews 2008: Kinematic MHD Models of Collapsing Magnetic Traps: Extension to 3D
Conference Presentations
Solaire Meeting, Tenerife, November 2009: Test Particle Orbit Calculations in Kinematic MHD Models for Collapsing Magnetic Traps (Powerpoint, 50MB)
COSPAR, Bremen, Germany, July 2010: Particle Motion and Energy Gains in Kinematic MHD models of Collapsing Magnetic Traps (Powerpoint, 51MB)
Poster Presentations
Cormack Bequest Meeting 2008, Edinburgh; Cool Stars XV, St Andrews; and 2nd Solaire Network Meeting, Catania, Italy: Kinematic MHD Models of Collapsing Magnetic Traps: Extension to 3D (size: 3.5MB)
Solar Flares: 150 Years on from the Carrington Event (RAS Discussion Meeting); and European Week of Astronomy and Space Sciences (RAS NAM 2009), Hertfordshire: Particle Motion and Energy Gains in 2.5D Collapsing Magnetic Trap Models (size: 0.8MB)
RAS NAM 2010, Glasgow: Effects of Particle Initial Conditions on Motion and Energy Gains in 2.5D Collapsing Magnetic Trap Models (size: 0.9MB)
Seminars and Other Talks
Solar and Magnetospheric Theory Group seminar - an abbreviated version of this talk was given at the advanced Summer School in Solar Physics, held at Queens University, Belfast in 2008
Public Outreach
Chaosoc newsletter article - an article I wrote about my research for the maths student society newsletter