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Current Members
| Dr. Craig Rodger | Professor | ResearcherID |
| Dr. Annika Seppälä | Senior Lecturer | |
| Dr. Jono Squire | Research Fellow | ScopusID |
| Dr. Neil Thomson | part-time Research Associate Professor | |
| Dr. James Brundell | part-time Research Fellow |
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| Daniel Mac Manus | PhD Student | |
| Dr. Romain Meyrand | Postdoctoral Fellow | |
| Emily Gordon | MSc Student |
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| Viktoria Nordstrom | MSc Student | |
| Sam Belcher | Honours Student (2020) | |
| Keeta Chapman-Smith | Honours Student (2020) | |
| Ryan Davis | Honours Student (2020) | |
| Zade Johnston | Honours Student (2020) |
Contact details for all current members of the Space Physics Research Group can be found at the Staff Directory Listing and the Student Directory Listing.
Group photo taken at the University Staff Club on 31 July 2020.
Shown in the photo from left to right: Craig Rodger, Daniel Mac Manus, Emily Gordon, Keeta Chapman-Smith, Romain Meyrand, Jono Squire, Neil Thomson, Annika Seppälä, Viktoria Nordstrom, Aaron Hendry, Zade Johnston, and Ryan Davis. Unfortunately two groups members were unable to join us: James Brundell and Sam Belcher.
Recent Members
| Viktoria Nordstrom | Summer fellowship student (2019/20) |
| Sophie Cook | Summer fellowship student (2019/20) |
| Dr. Tim Divett | Postdoctoral Fellow |
| Emma Douma | PhD Student |
| Daniel Mac Manus | MSc Student |
| Harriet George | Honours Student (2018) |
| Emily Gordon | Honours Student (2018) |
| Oliver King | Summer fellowship student (2017/18) |
| Aaron Hendry | PhD Student |
| Nathan Williams | Honours Student (2017) |
| Daniel Mac Manus | Summer fellowship student (2016/17) |
| Daniel Mac Manus | Honours Student (2016) |
| Dr. Neil Thomson | Associate Professor (retired April 2016) |
| Kathy Cresswell-Moorcock | PhD Student - withdrew for medical reasons March 2016 |
| Daniel Mac Manus | Summer fellowship student (2015/16) |
| Emma Douma | Summer fellowship student (2014/15) |
| Dr. Ian Whittaker | Postdoctoral Fellow |
| Alexander Schwertheim | PGDipSci Student (2014) |
| Emma Douma | Honours Student (2014) |
| Kathy Cresswell-Moorcock | MSc Student (2013-2014) |
| Jason Neal | MSc Student (2013-2014) |
| Timothy Marshall | Summer fellowship student (2013/14) |
| Jason Neal | Summer fellowship student (2012/13) |
| Kathy Cresswell-Moorcock | Summer fellowship student (2012/13) |
| Jason Neal | Honours student (2012) |
| Kathy Cresswell-Moorcock | PGDipSci Student (2012) |
| Dr. Mea Simon Wedlund | PhD Student (her second PhD) - withdrew for medical reasons September 2012 |
| Bonar Carson | MSc Student (completed early 2012) |
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Summer fellowship student (2011/12) |
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Honours student (2011) |
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PhD Student (completed 2011) |
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Nicholas Hananeia |
PGDipSci Student (2010) |
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MSc Student (completed 2010) |
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MSc Student (completed 2009) |
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Honours Student (2009) |
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Honours Student (2007) |
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Mikhail Turner |
Honours Student (2007) |
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Simon Stewart |
Summer scholarship student (2005/06) |
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Honours Student (2005) |
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Greg Masters |
Honours Student (2006) |
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Oliver Stigley |
Summer scholarship student (2004/05) |
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Honours Student (2004) |
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Honours Student (2004) |
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Honours Student (2003) |
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Honours Student (2001) |
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Israel Waldrom |
Honours Student (2001) |
Visitors
| Dr. Mark Clilverd | regular collaborator & yearly visitor | British Antarctic Survey (UK) |
| Dr. Yuki Obana | Feburary 2011, March 2012, 2013 2014, Feburary 2015, August 2016, March 2017, September 2017, September 2018, and February 2019. |
Osaka Electro-Communication University (Japan) |
| Dr. Aaron Hendry | December 2019/January 2020, October 2019, and December 2018/January 2019 | Institute of Atmospheric Physics, The Czech Academy of Sciences (Czech) |
| Prof. Bob Lysak | February 2019 | University of Minnesota |
| Prof. Esa Turunen, Dr. Antti Kero, and Dr. Jia Jia | October 2018 | Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory (Finland) |
| Dr. Maxime Grandin | October 2018 | Helsinki University (Finland) |
| Ji-Hee Lee | October 2018 | Korea Polar Research Institute (Republic of Korea) |
| Dr. Tanja Peterson, Dr. Wiebke Heise and Dr. Ted Bertrand | September 2018 | GNS Science (New Zealand) |
| Kamran Mukhtar | September 2018 | Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand) |
| Dr. Keisuke Hosokawa | September 2018 | Tokyo Electro-Communication University (Japan) |
| Moritz Wolf | Research Intern (2016/2017) | Munich University of Applied Sciences (Germany) |
| Prof. Fran Bagenal | March 2017 | University of Colorado Boulder (USA) |
| Dr. Gemma Kelly | February 2017 and August-September 2018 |
British Geological Survey (UK) |
| Dr. Alan Thomson and Ellen Clarke | May 2016 and September-October 2018 |
British Geological Survey (UK) |
| Dr. Malcolm Ingham | May 2016 and September 2018 |
Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand) |
| Michael Dalzell | May 2016 and September 2018 | Transpower New Zealand Ltd. |
| Assoc. Prof. Adrian McDonald | December 2013 and October 2014 | University of Canterbury (New Zealand) |
| Dr. Monika Andersson | January 2014 | Finnish Meteorological Institute (Finland) |
| Dr. Pekka Verronen | November 2006 and January 2014 | Finnish Meteorological Institute (Finland) |
| Dr. Mark Clilverd | Jan-April 2014 (sabbatical) | British Antarctic Survey (UK) |
| Neil Cobbett | January-February 2011 and 2014 |
British Antarctic Survey (UK) |
| Prof. Anthony Chan | July-August 2012, July 2013 and July 2014 |
Rice University (USA) |
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January-April 2011 |
University of the South Pacific (Fiji) |
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sabbatical 2009 |
Duke University (USA) |
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two collaboration visits (2006 & 2007), now one of our staff! |
Finnish Meteorological Institute (Finland) |
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two collaboration visits (2005 & 2007) |
Eötvös University (Hungary) |
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January 2008 |
University of Newcastle (Australia) |
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November 2005 |
Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory (Finland) |
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Summer intern 2004/05 |
Technical University Eindhoven (Holland) |
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mid-2004 |
University of Washington (USA) |
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mid-2004 |
University of Washington (USA) |
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June 2002 |
NASA (USA) |
You can learn more about our research activities by looking at our page About the Space Physics Group.