Louise Harra

Louise Harra is an Irish physicist, born in Lurgan, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. She graduated from The Queen's University of Belfast with a BSc (Hons) in Applied Maths and Physics and a PhD in Physics. She was a professor of solar physics at University College, London's Mullard Space Science Laboratory[1][2] until 2019, when she moved to Switzerland to become Director of PMOD/WRC and affiliated professor at ETH-Zürich Institute of Particle Physics and Astrophysics.

Education

She attended Banbridge Academy.

Research interests

Harra's research interests include:

Space missions

Harra has been involved in a number of space missions in her career. These include:

  • The Japanese/US/UK space mission Yohkoh, Instrument Scientist based in Japan.
  • The JAXA/NASA/UK/ESA mission Hinode, Prinicpal Investigator of the EUV Imaging Spectrometer.
  • The ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter mission, co-Principal Investigator for the EUV Imager.

Media

Harra has given radio and TV interviews. These include:

Awards
  • 2017: Robinson medal presented by Armagh Observatory.
  • 2016: Daiwa-Adrian prize for UK-Japan research.
  • 2015: RAS group achievement award for the Hinode EIS instrument.
  • 2014: The Sir Arthur Clarke Award, Space Achievement (Academic Study/Research) for her leadership in the UK and internationally of the exploitation of data from the Japanese Hinode spacecraft and her leadership of the upcoming EUI telescope on Solar Orbiter..[4]
  • 2014: The Royal Astronomical Society's Chapman Medal, for single investigations of outstanding merit in solar-terrestrial physics, including geomagnetism and aeronomy.[5]

References
  1. "Louise Harra". ucl.ac.uk. 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  2. "Iris View Profile". iris.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  3. "In Our Time Interview on The Sun".
  4. "Winners of the 2014 awards".
  5. "Winners of the 2014 awards, medals and prizes - full details". ras.org.uk. 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014. Awards, Medals and Prizes


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