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About Me

I am a postdoctoral research assistant in the Solar and Magnetospheric Theory Group in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of St. Andrews, working with Professor Thomas Neukirch.

Research Interests
  • Collisionless plasma equilibria
  • Collisionless plasma instabilities
  • Collisionless reconnection

My PhD

The title of my PhD thesis is 'Equilibrium and Stability Properties of Collisionless Current Sheet Models'. You can view the abstract here.

Publications

Education
  • 2008 - 2012: PhD in Applied Maths, University of St Andrews
  • 2003 - 2007: BSc in Maths (First Class), University of Dundee
  • 1998 - 2003: Grove Academy, Dundee

 Conferences Attended
  • September 2008: STFC Introductory Summer School to Solar and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, University of Sheffield
  • April 2009: Robert Cormack Bequest Meeting 2009, University of Dundee
  • September 2009: STFC Advanced Summer School in Solar Terrestrial Physics, University of Birmingham (poster)
  • April 2010: NAM 2010, University of Glasgow (poster)
  • July 2010: COSPAR 2010, Bremen (poster)
  • August 2010: International Cambridge Workshop on Magnetic Reconnection, St Andrews
  • April 2011: NAM 2011, Llandudno (talk)
  • May 2011: Robert Cormack Bequest Meeting 2011, St. Andrews (talk)
  • Aug 2012: Hinode 6, St Andrews (poster)
  • Dec 2012: AGU Fall Meeting 2012, San Francisco (poster)
  • April 2013: EGU General Assembly 2013, Vienna (poster)
  • July 2013: NAM 2013, St Andrews

Internal Seminars

Teaching

I have been a tutor on the following undergraduate modules:

Contact Details
Mathematical Institute,
University of St. Andrews,
North Haugh,
St. Andrews,
Fife,
Scotland,
KY16 9SS.

Email: fionaw'at'mcs.st-and.ac.uk (replace 'at' by @)
Room: 222
Phone: 01334 463726