PLATON Young Researchers

Pre-Doctoral Young Researchers

Presently employed

• Francois-Xavier Bocquet
  PLATON Team: University of St. Andrews
  email: fxb@mcs.st-and.ac.uk
  Research Topic : Large Flares
• Emmanuel Chané
  PLATON Team: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
  email: emmanuel.chane@wis.kuleuven.ac.be
  Research Topic: CMEs
• Darren O'Brien
  Platon Team: IASA Athens
  email:  darren@phys.uoa.gr
  Research Topic: Winds
• Emanuele Tassi
  PLATON Team: Ruhr-Universität Bochum
  email: tassi@tp4.ruhr-uni-bochum.de
  Research Topic : Magnetic Reconnection
• Tibor Török
  PLATON Team: University of St. Andrews
  email: tibor@mcs.st-and.ac.uk
  Research Topic : Large Flares

Previously employed

• Richard Archibald
  PLATON Team: FOM `Rijnhuizen' Nieuwegein
  Period as "Young Researcher": 15 September 2003 - 15 January 2004
  email: archibal@rijnh.nl
  Research Topic : Winds
• James Arnold
  PLATON Team: FOM `Rijnhuizen' Nieuwegein
  Period as "Young Researcher": 1 June 2002 - 31 August 2002
  Now at: UMIST, Manchester, UK
  email: james.arnold@postgrad.umist.ac.uk
  Research Topic : MHD Flows
• Robert Close
  PLATON Team: Observatoire Astronomique Strasbourg
  Period as "Young Researcher": 15 July 2003 - 14 September 2003
  Now at: University of St. Andrews, UK
  email: robertc@mcs.st-and.ac.uk
  Researchr Topic: Coronal Heating
• Claire Foullon
  PLATON Team: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
  Period as "Young Researcher": 1 October 2000 - 30 September 2001
  Now at: Royal Observatory of Belgium
  email: Claire.Foullon@oma.be
  Research Topic : MHD Waves
• Cristina Gabellieri
  PLATON Team: AIP Potsdam
  Period as "Young Researcher": 15 March 2003 - 31 December 2003
  Now at: Arcetri Observatory, University of Florence
  email: cgabellieri@aip.de
  Research Topic : Magnetic Field Measurements
• Timo Laitinen
  PLATON Team: Ruhr-Universität Bochum
  Period as "Young Researcher": 10 September 2001 - 10 December 2001
  Now at: University of Turku, Finland
  email: Timo.Laitinen@srl.utu.fi
  Research Topic : Coronal Heating and Solar Wind
• Marian Lazar
  PLATON Team: Ruhr-Universität Bochum
  Period as "Young Researcher": 1 October 2002 - 31 December 2002
  Now at: Al. I. Cuza University, Iasi, Romania
  email: mlazar@tp4.ruhr-uni-bochum.de
  Research Topic: Plasma Waves
• Zaharenia Romeou
  PLATON Team: Ruhr-Universität Bochum
  Period as "Young Researcher": 1 November 2001 - 31 December 2001
  Now at : Arcetri Observatory, University of Florence
  email: zrom@arcetri.astro.it
  Research Topic: Flares
• Richard Ryan
  PLATON Team: ULP, Strasbourg, France
  Period as "Young Researcher" (PreDoc): 1 November 2002 - 31 December 2002
  Now at (PLATON PostDoc): ULP, Strasbourg, France
  email: rryan@cluster.u-strasbg.fr
  Research Topic: Accretion Discs

Post-Doctoral Researchers

Presently employed

• Inigo Arregui
  PLATON Team: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
  email: inigo.arregui@wis.kuleuven.ac.be
  Research Topic: Coronal Loop Oscillations
• Fabien Casse
  PLATON Team: FOM `Rijnhuizen' Nieuwegein
  email: fcasse@rijnh.nl
  Research Topic: Winds
• Timo Laitinen
  PLATON Team: Ruhr-Universität Bochum
email: tl@tp4.ruhr-uni-bochum.de
Research Topic: Coronal Heating and Solar Wind
• Fabrice Portier-Fozzani
  PLATON Team: IASA Athens
  email: fabrice@phys.uoa.gr
  Research Topic: Heating, Flares
• Richard Ryan
  PLATON Team: ULP, Strasbourg, France
  email: rryan@cluster.u-strasbg.fr
  Research Topic: Accretion Discs
• Gherardo Valori
  PLATON Team: AIP Potsdam
  email: gvalori@aip.de
  Research Topic : Large Flares/Magnetic Field Reconstruction

Previously employed

• Vasilis Archontis
  PLATON Team: IAC Tenerife
  Period as "Young Researcher": 7 January 2002 - 6 January 2004
  Now at: IAC Tenerife
  email: vasilis@ll.iac.es
  Research Topic : MHD Simulations/Flux Emergence
• Jürgen Dreher
  PLATON Team: University of St. Andrews
  Period as "Young Researcher": 1 October 2001 - 30 September 2002
  Now at: Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
  email: dreher@tp1.ruhr-uni-bochum.de
  Research Topic : MHD Simulations, Coronal Heating
• Paolo Giuliani
  PLATON Team: University of St. Andrews
  Period as "Young Researcher": 1 January 2003 - 28 February 2003
  Now at: University of St. Andrews
  email: paolo@mcs.st-and.ac.uk
  Research Topic: Solar Flares
• Eoghan O'Shea
  PLATON Team: IAC Tenerife
  Period as "Young Researcher": 7 January 2002 - 6 January 2004
  Now at: Armagh Observatory, Northern Ireland
  email: eos@arm.ac.uk
  Research Topic : Large Flares/Flux Emergence
• Gordon Petrie
  PLATON Team: IASA Athens
  Period as "Young Researcher": 1 February 2001 - 31 October 2003
  Now at: High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, USA
  email: gpetrie@hao.ucar.edu
  Research Topic : Heating
• Olaf Skjaeraasen
  PLATON Team: ULP, Strasbourg, France
  Period as "Young Researcher": 1 March 2003 - 30 September 2003
  Now at: University of Melbourne, Australia
  email: unknown
  Research Topic: Astrophysical Jets and Winds
• Rami Vainio
  PLATON Team: Ruhr-Universität Bochum
  Period as "Young Researcher": 1 June 2001 - 31 August 2001
  Now at: University of Turku, Finland
  email: Rami.Vainio@srl.utu.fi
  Research Topic : Flares, Particle Acceleration
• Bart van der Holst
  PLATON Team: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
  Period as "Young Researcher" : 1 November 2001 - 30 April 2003
  Now at: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
  email: Bart.Vanderholst@wis.kuleuven.ac.be
  Research Topic : Large Flares/CME's