Physicist studying what drives the northern (and southern) lights, the Van Allen belts and space weather. Views are my own.
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ALT Image of Dr Catherine Elizabeth Regan, with text announcing they have won the IOP Award Jocelyn Bell Burnell Medal and Prize for exceptional leadership in the Eyes on Mars project, engaging scientists and inspiring high-impact research on Martian dust storms.
ALT Illustration of Smile in space, above the Earth. Two beams of light are seen pointing towards the Earth. The fiery Sun with its solar wind is visible on the left, while the Earth on the right has its protective magnetospheric bubble depicted in blue.
ALT Illustration of the Smile mission in space, orbiting the Earth. We see the turbulent Sun, the Earth and its magnetosphere, and the environment between the two and the interactions that happen.
ALT Illustration of Smile in space, created in hues of red. The graphic reads: Science & Exploration. Smile. Imaging Earth’s magnetic environment.
ALT Three people standing in front of contracts. The background wall is covered in ESA logos
ALT Sun (left) blows matter towards Earth (right). A spacecraft looks down at Earth's pole and at the surrounding magnetic field
ALT Rocket launch