Group Personnel

March 2013

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MemberEmailResearch Interests
Permanent Staff (H - Head of Group)
(H) Prof Alan Hoodalan mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk  MHD Instabilities, Magnetostatic Equilibria, Tearing Modes, Prominences  
Prof Thomas Neukirchthomas mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk  MHD Equilibria, Reconnection, Particle Acceleration, Rotating Magnetospheres  
Prof Clare Parnellclare mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk  Magnetic Reconnection, Coronal Heating, The Magnetic Carpet, SOHO, Hinode and SDO Observations  
Dr Ineke De Moortel*ineke mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk  Phase Mixing, MHD Waves, Coronal Oscillations, TRACE Observations  
Dr Duncan Mackayduncan mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk  Prominence Theory, Flux Transport Simulations, Coronal Heating  
Dr Andy Wrightandy mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk  Magnetic Helicity, Alfven Waves, The Magnetosphere, Resonant Absorption, Particle Acceleration  
Scientific Officers
Dr Steve Brookssteveb mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk  Scientific Collaboration, High-Level Programming Help  
Dr Herbert Fruchtlherbert mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk  UK MHD Consortium Computations  
Dr Andrew Haynesandrew mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk  Programming Support  
Secretary
Mrs Fiona MacFarlanefionam mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk  Secretarial Support  
Retired (active) Staff
Prof Eric Priest FRSeric mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk  Reconnection, Flares, Coronal Heating, Prominences, 3D Magnetic Topology, Astrophysical MHD  
Prof Bernard Robertsbernie mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk  MHD Waves in Non-Uniform Media, Flux Tubes, Coronal Oscillations, Helioseismology, Prominences  
Honorary Staff
Prof. Peter Cargillp.cargill'at'ic.ac.uk  Coronal Heating, Plasma Physics, Magnetospheric Physics, [Retired, formally at Imperial]  
Dr Klaus Galsgaardkg'at'astro.ku.dk  3D Numerical Computations, Magnetic Reconnection, Flux Emergence, [Lecturer, Copenhagen]  
Prof Richard Harrisonharrison'at'solg2.bnsc.rl.ac.uk  SOHO, SolarB, STEREO, SDO , [Head of Space Science Division, RAL]  
Dr Jim Langjim.lang'at'hotmail.co.uk  Spectroscopy, Retired, formally at RAL  
Royal Society University Research Fellow
Dr Vasilis Archontisvasilis mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk  3D Numerical Experiments, Emerging Flux Regions  
Dr Ineke De Moortel*ineke mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk  Phase Mixing, MHD Waves, Coronal Oscillations, TRACE Observations  
Research Assistants
Dr Michael Barefordmichaelb mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk  MHD Instbilities, Magnetic Relaxation and Reconnection  
Dr Jorge Fuentes Fernandezjorge mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk  MHD simulations of magnetic reconnection  
Dr Paolo Paganoppagano mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk  Numerical simulations and global modelling  
Dr David Pascoedpascoe mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk  MHD Waves  
Dr James Threlfalljamest mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk  Solar Physics  
Dr Ian Whittakerianw mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk  Observations and data analysis  
Research Students
Karen Meyerkaren mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk  Solar Physics  
Fiona Wilsonfionaw mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk  Solar Physics  
Kuan Tamkuan mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk  Solar Physics  
Solmaz Oskouisolmaz mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk  Solar Physics  
Greg Kiddiegregk mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk  Solar Physics  
Gordon Gibbgordon mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk  Solar Physics  
Julie McCormickjulie mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk  Solar Physics  
Sarah Plattensarah mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk  Solar Physics  
Tom Elsdentom mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk  Solar Physics  

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