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Appointment
- Professor of Planetary Science
- Dept of Space & Climate Physics
- Faculty of Maths & Physical Sciences
Research Groups
Research Themes
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- Professor of Planetary Science
- Head, Mullard Space Science Laboratory Planetary Science Group
- Lead Proposer and Mission Science Consortium Lead, Comet Interceptor European Space Agency mission; launch 2029.
Primary research areas:
- Comet- and dust-solar wind interactions
- Planetary magnetospheres; interactions with rings and moons
- Heliospheric physics
Other space mission roles:
- Co-Investigator, ExoMars 2020 PanCam
- Co-Investigator, Solar Orbiter SWA
- Co-Investigator, JUICE PEP
- Team member, JUICE JANUS
- Team member, Cassini CAPS and MIMI instrument teams.
Ground-Based Observatory role:
- Affiliate PI, Vera Rubin Observatory/LSST
Teaching Summary
2018-present: PHAS0019 - Planetary Science
2010-2018: PHASM312 - Planetary Atmospheres
Appointments
| 2018 | Professor of Planetary Science | Mullard Space Science Laboratory | UCL, United Kingdom |
| 01-SEP-2016 | STFC Public Engagement Fellow | Space & Climate Physics | UCL, United Kingdom |
| 2016 – 2019 | Director | Centre for Planetary Sciences | UCL/Birkbeck, United Kingdom |
| 2016 | Head of Planetary Science Group | Mullard Space Science Laboratory | UCL, United Kingdom |
| 2014 – 2018 | Reader in Planetary Science | Mullard Space Science Laboratory | UCL, United Kingdom |
| 2012 – 2014 | Lecturer | Mullard Space Science Laboratory | UCL, United Kingdom |
| 2007 – 2012 | STFC Advanced Fellow | Mullard Space Science Laboratory | UCL, United Kingdom |
| 2007 – 2009 | Director | Centre for Planetary Sciences (Birkbeck/UCL) | UCL, United Kingdom |
| 2005 – 2007 | Guest Scientist | Max-Planck-Insitut fuer Sonnensystemforschung, Germany | |
| 2003 – 2005 | National Academies Resident Research Associate | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | NASA, United States |
| 1997 – 2003 | Postdoctoral research associate | Imperial College London, United Kingdom |
Academic Background
| 1997 | Doctor of Philosophy | University College London | |
| 1993 | Bachelor of Science | University College London |
