Curriculum Vitae
Current Position:
Research Fellow (June 2022 -), Jeremiah Horrocks Institute, University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN), UK
Education:
Ph.D in Physics (Thesis "Energetic Particle Acceleration and Transport in Wave-heated Solar Wind"), June 2003, University of Turku, Finland
M.Sc in Physics (B.Sc+MPhys equivalent, 5 year degree), June 1997, University of Turku, Finland
Docent (Habilitation) in Space Physics (requires proven research skills, equivalent of 4-6 refereed manuscripts after the Ph.D degree, and proven teaching skills (evaluated through a sample lecture)), January 2008, University of Turku, Finland
UK Professional Standards Framework D2, resulting in Higher Education Academy Fellowship (ref. PR118156), November 2016, University of Central Lancashire, UK
Finnish University first level Qualifications in University Pedagogy, 25 ECTS credits, July 2011, University of Turku, Finland
Previous Professional Appointments:
University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN), UK - Post-Doctoral Research Associate (2010 - 2021)
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University of Turku, Space Research Laboratory, Finland
Senior Assistant/University Lecturer (equivalent to Senior Lecturer in UK) 2007–2010 (fixed term)
Assistant (equivalent to Junior Lecturer in UK) 2005–2007 (fixed term)
Academy of Finland Post-Doctoral Researcher 2003–2005
Researcher on Space Weather for Antares Programme 2001–2003
Graduate student 1997–2001
Research assistant 1996–1997
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Ruhr-University Bochum, Theoretische Physik IV, Germany
Post-Doc stipendiate for European Research Training Network PLATON (Plasma Astrophysics: Theory, Observations and Numerics of Heating, Flares and Winds), 2004 January–May
PLATON–network Pre-Doc stipendiate, 2001 September–November
Membership in Scientific and Professional Societies:
Royal Astronomical Society (RAS)
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
UK Higher Education Academy (HEA) Fellow (FHEA)
Commissions of Trust:
Scientific Editor for Journal ASTRA (Astrophysics and Space Sciences Transactions), 2005–2013
NASA: HSR Particles Grant Panel, 2015
NSF (USA): SHINE Grant Panel, 2013; Proposal Reviewer, 2004
Scientific Reviewer for Astrophysical Journal, Astrophysical Journal Letters, Space Science Reviews, Advances in Space Research, ASTRA, 2004 –
Scientific Project Leadership:
UCLan Project Leader in ESA SSA L5 modelling project (SSA P3-SWE-IV.2), to investigate use of L5 observations on CME and SEP modelling.
PI for UK HPC Dirac computing project "Early-time propagation of Energetic particles in turbulent magnetic field", 2 million Core-hours, 2020-2022
Turku PI for Academy of Finland -funded Helsinki/Turku Consortium "Energetic Particles and Turbulence in Coronal and Heliospheric Plasmas" (EPTUP) , with project #122041 "Plasma turbulence and energetic particles in the inner heliosphere" (PTEPIH), 2008–2011
Finnish PI for the co-operative project between University of Turku and Ruhr-University Bochum, "Collective Processes in Astrophysical Plasmas: Waves, Heating and Accelerated Particles" (COPAP), 2005 (last year of the project)
Finnish PI for the Finnish-German co-operative project between University of Turku, University of Helsinki, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universität Kiel and International Universität Bremen, "Interacting Solar and Heliospheric Disturbances and Their Significance for the Transport of Energetic Particles" (IDTRAP), 2006–2009
Finnish PI for the Finnish-German co-operative project between University of Turku, University of Helsinki, University of Würzburg, Ruhr-Universität Bochum and Universität Kiel, "Plasma interactions in Coronal Mass Ejections" (PICME), 2009-2011
Professional Experience in Education:
Lecturer on ``Electromagnetism'' (Year 2), Turku, Finland, 2007–2010
Lecturer on ``Plasma Physics'' (M.Sc. (MPhys. equiv.) level) (including tutorials), Turku, Finland, 2008–2010
Module leader for ``Computational Mathematics'', 2014–2021, UCLan, UK
Material and Workshop, LaTeX for Mathematics students on Years 1-3, 2014–, UCLan, UK
Module leader for UCLan Distance Learning Astrophysics programme, modules "Sun, Earth and Climate" and "Solar Astrophysics, 2019–
Mentoring of undergraduate students, Turku, Finland, 2006–2010
Tutorials on ``Electromagnetism'', ``Particle Physics'' and ``Astrophysical Shocks'', Turku, Finland, 2003, 2006–2007
Tutor for ``Computational Mathematics'', 2011–2014, UCLan, UK
Examinations on ``Plasma Physics'' (Master-level) (no lectures), ``Extended Plasma Physics'' (Ph.D. level) (no lectures), Turku, Finland, 2006
Supervised Doctoral Dissertations and other Academic Theses
(as first supervisor)
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University of Turku, Space Research Laboratory
Ph.D. Theses: 2
M.Sc. Theses: 8 (6 since 2007)
B.Sc. Theses: 4 (one co-supervised)
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University of Central Lancashire
B.Sc. Dissertations: 2 (Astrophysics, Mathematics)
MPhys Dissertations: 1 (Astrophysics)
Degree Examinations
Internal Examiner for PhD (UCLan)
Internal Examiner for MSc by Research Thesis (UCLan)
External examiner for Ph.D. Thesis (Northwest University, South Africa) (2 students)
Professional Experience in University Administration
Year Tutor (c. 200 students, including engagement monitoring), UCLan, 2020
Member of the Faculty Council, Turku, Finland, 2010
Member of the Department's board for developing the teaching, Turku, Finland 2010
Member of the Physics Department Council, Turku, Finland, 2007–2009
Member of the Committee for the Degree Program of Physical Sciences, Turku, Finland 1996–1998
Research Activities and Achievements:
The numbers in square brackets refer to the Refereed Journal Articles in the List of Publications.
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Instrumentation
Co-Investigator of LET (Low Energy Telescope) for EPD (Energetic Particle Detector), selected for Solar Orbiter mission, Turku, Finland, 2006-2012
Member of the SOHO/ERNE (Energetic and Relativistic Nuclei Experiment) PI team, Turku, Finland, 1996-2010
AMS (Antimatter Spectrometer) ground support team 1997–2000
IHP/HEX (The Interstellar Heliopause Probe/Heliospheric Explorer) proposal for ESA ``Cosmic Vision 2015–2025'' framework, 2007 [32, 33], Interstellar Probe proposal, 2013
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Analysis of Solar Energetic Particle (SEP) observations
Observational evidence of multiple SEP injections during a solar eruption, and their relation to multiwavelength solar observations [9, 13, 24]
Influence of coronal and interplanetary structures on the observed SEP fluxes, including the ability of SEPs to traverse through preceding coronal mass ejections [3-4, 31, 34]
Geoeffectiveness of solar eruptions that produce SEPs [ 25 ]
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SEP, Solar wind and turbulence modelling
Concurrent modelling of turbulent solar wind heating and SEP acceleration and propagation, to find mismatch on required turbulence energy to explain the solar wind and SEP observations [17, 20-21, 1 on the Conf. Proc (ref) list]
Developing turbulence transport models for use with SEP transport simulations [22, 27]
First consistent modelling of SEP acceleration at coronal shocks with time-dependent wave amplification by streaming particles [28, 30, 37, 44, 47; and 2, 3 on the Conf. Proc (ref) list]
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Full-orbit simulations to model cross-field transport of SEPs
Study showing that spatial diffusion approach cannot be used to
describe SEP cross-field transport early in the event [43, 53, 55, 57]
Study of the effect of structures, nonlinear evolution and
scale-dependent anisotropy of turbulence on energetic particle propagation [38, 40]
Study of the effects of large-scale magnetic structures in the
heliospheric magnetic fields [39, 42, 45, 51, 52, 54]
Conference and Seminar organisation
SOC, RAS Specialist meeting on Energetic particles in the heliosphere and their influence on space weather and space climate, London, UK, 2014.
SOC, Finnish-German workshop on Collective Processes in Astrophysical Plasmas, Turku, Finland, 2004.
Session co-organiser, European Geophysical Union meeting 2016, Session ST 4.3, "Energetic Particles in the Heliosphere and their Influence on Space Weather, Space Climate and the Terrestrial Atmosphere", 2016.
Session co-organiser, NAM 2016, session "Particle acceleration and transport from the Sun to the outer heliosphere", 2016.
LOC, 22nd European Cosmic Ray Symposium, Turku, Finland, 2010.
Public Outreach:
Solar Day presentation, local amateur astronomy society, IHY (International Heliospheric Year) Solar Day, June 2007, Turku, Finland
Presentations of Space Research Laboratory's work and research intrerests for various student and general public groups, 2000–2010, University of Turku, Finland
UK Solar Physics Nugget no.25, (http://www.uksolphys.org/)
Talk on ``Observing the Sun'' to school students at Alston Observatory, March 2013, Preston, UK
Public talk at the Society for Popular Astronomy Meeting on ``Solar Eruptions and Space Weather'', May 2013, Preston, UK
Public talk at the Huddersfield Astronomical and Philosophical Society, on ``Space Weather – Solar Storms from the Sun to the Earth'', September 2013, Huddersfield, UK
Public talk at the South Cheshire Astronomical Society, on ``Solar Eruptions and Space Weather'', September 2015, Crewe, UK
Newspaper article contribution on aurorae in Lancashire, 2015
AstroFest, promoting learning of Astronomy, February 2013–2014 London, UK
Publications:
71 publications in refereed journals
8 publications in refereed proceedings
23 invited conference and seminar talks
14 publications in non-refereed proceedings
69 contributed oral and poster presentations (only the ones as presenter)
H-index: 28 (ISI)