Irish space scientist. Head of the planetary magnetospheres group at DIAS. Adjunct at University of Limerick and Trinity College Dublin https://xitter.cf/t.co/ZCEphkJ18e

Joined December 2011
Prof. Caitriona Jackman retweeted
The second meeting of the National Advisory Forum for Space Research took place this week at Maynooth University, during Irish Astronomy Week! The Forum brings together a broad range of stakeholders and expertise to discuss what’s next for Space R&I in Ireland.
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Prof. Caitriona Jackman retweeted
And lastly, congratulations to Professor Caitriona Jackman, of @DIASDunsink, for being awarded an Honorary Fellowship for her "outstanding service and leadership of planetary magnetospheric physics in Ireland, the UK, and internationally". 🥳 👏
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Prof. Caitriona Jackman retweeted
A spacecraft in flight changes the space about it. A new @DIASDunsink study shows that @ESA's Jupiter mission @ESA_JUICE has incurred extensive surface charging, a surrounding cloud of photoelectrons & a 65-m-long wake of ion-free space behind the spacecraft esa.int/Enabling_Support/Spa…
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The @DIASAstronomy Planetary Group celebrated a very successful workshop. Great to host so many international collaborators in Dublin
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Kicking off the Outer Planet Moon-Magnetosphere Interactions workshop, hosted by the Planetary group @DIASAstronomy #DIASMoons24
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Prof. Caitriona Jackman retweeted
OVATION model predicting significant aurora tonight over northern Europe, including Ireland. Forecast updates at magie.ie/aurora/ near-realtime geomagnetic conditions in Ireland at magie.ie/data/
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Prof. Caitriona Jackman retweeted
Wonderful to have @scienceirel and @IrishResearch staff @DIASDunsink today. We even got to see sunspots through the historic Grubb Telescope.
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Welcome to the latest member of the @DIASAstronomy Planetary Magnetospheres Group: Dr. Affelia Wibisono has joined us to work on planetary aurorae.. and will bring amazing public engagement experience to @DIASDunsink dias.ie/2024/03/04/dr-affeli… @AffeliaW
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Prof. Caitriona Jackman retweeted
Just a reminder of last week’s landmark visit of @esa @esascience Director @CGMundell to IE, organised by @DeptEnterprise @Entirl Delegate @PadraigDoolan @DIAS_Dublin @cm_jackman and @ucddublin @LorraineHanlon1 and incl. guests from @DeptofFHed @scienceirel, hosted @DIASDunsink
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Many thanks to colleagues @DIASDunsink @scienceirel @Entirl @DeptofFHed and scientists from universities across Ireland for the warm welcome to me & my @esascience team, inspiring conversations and ambition for the future. #Talent #Innovation #Technology #FrontiersOfScience
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Prof. Caitriona Jackman retweeted
We’re not the first to go to the moon but we’re definitely the cheapest… 👀 We interrupt your day with what is a very REAL photo Flight FR2970 (Tenerife to Edinburgh) captured from @DIASDunsink Observatory (Dublin) on Jan 18. 📷 @jeremyrigney
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Prof. Caitriona Jackman retweeted
"You're not an imposter, you're a trailblazer." Our guest editor Dr Nicola Fox @NASAScienceAA asks Prof Carole Mundell, Director of Science at the European Space Agency, what advice she would give her younger self. Listen back to Dr Fox's #R4Today guest edit on @BBCSounds

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The @DIASDunsink elf has been checking up on members of @DIASAstronomy to report back to the North Pole... And having some fun while doing it!
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Well that was a fun day of @DIASDunsink on tour @Allen_NS_ talking to Juniors, Seniors, 1st and 2nd class about space with the amazing @sadhbh_leahy. Wrestling our props off the naughty elf was the toughest part!
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Prof. Caitriona Jackman retweeted
Come join us at the third moon-magnetosphere workshop 13-17 May 2024 in Dublin! Registration is now open: indico.esa.int/event/482/ @DIAS_Dublin @DIASDunsink @DIASAstronomy
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Ben Affleck, Elon Musk, and @DIASDunsink all feature in my section on Space Hazards... (Second half of the programme). Catch up via the Newstalk Futureproof webpage if you missed it
Live @NewstalkFM: What will the world without humanity look like & how might that come to pass? @cm_jackman @DIAS_Dublin & @JerryClancy10 @DCUChemistry are talking meteor impacts & deadly fungal spores as part of this Futureproof special! #NTFM #Believeinscience #SFI @scienceirel
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I look forward to talking about how Space can end us all! Should be a very cheerful evening 😄
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In Oslo for the PhD defence of Pascal Sado on Machine learning for auroral classification. A full day of grilling over and now it's cake time!
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