Sarah Matthews
Sarah Anna Matthews is a British physicist. She is professor and head of solar physics at University College London's Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL).[1] She is also chairperson of UK Solar Physics.[2]
Sarah Matthews | |
|---|---|
| Born | Sarah Anna Matthews |
| Nationality | British |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astronomy Solar Physics |
| Institutions | University College London Mullard Space Science Laboratory (1996 - present) |
Biography
Matthews graduated from the University of Glasgow in 1996, where she received her PhD on the study of solar flares under the supervision of John Campbell Brown. She first joined MSSL in 1996 to work on the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory mission, where she subsequently obtained a lectureship, followed by a readership and professorship, all within the solar physics group. She is also the Director Education and programme director for the MSc Space Science & Engineering at University College London.[3]
Research interests
Matthews has a wide range of research interests within the field of solar physics. These include -
- Storage and release of energy in magnetic fields within the solar atmosphere.
- Active region structure and evolution.
- Initiation and evolution of solar flares and coronal mass ejections.
- Formation mechanisms of sunquakes.
- Acceleration of solar energetic particles and space weather.
- Ground and space-based instrumentation for remote sensing observations.
Space missions
- Principal Investigator of the EUV Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) onboard the Hinode (satellite).
- Co-Investigator of EUV Imager (EUI) and EUV spectrometer (SPICE) onboard the Solar Orbiter spacecraft [4]
References
- UCL (2018-11-20). "Prof. Sarah Matthews". UCL Department of Space and Climate Physics. Retrieved 2020-05-11.
- "About UKSP | UK Solar Physics". Retrieved 2020-05-11.
- "Sarah Matthews". SOLARNET.
- Knapton, Sarah (2020-02-09). "How the British-built Solar Orbiter's mission of discovery will make a giant leap in our understanding of the Sun". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
- "RAS Awards 2020". Astronomy & Geophysics. 61 (1): 1.9–1.10. 2020-02-01. doi:10.1093/astrogeo/ataa004. ISSN 1366-8781.
- UCL (2020-01-15). "Prof. Sarah Matthews named James Dungey Lecturer in RAS 2020 Awards". UCL Department of Space and Climate Physics. Retrieved 2020-05-11.