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)

  • 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

  • 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)

  • University of Turku, Space Research Laboratory

    • Ph.D. Theses: 2

    • M.Sc. Theses: 8 (6 since 2007)

    • B.Sc. Theses: 4 (one co-supervised)

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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 ]

  • 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]

    • 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)