People

In addition to the CPS members listed below, the current CPS Board members are:

Academic Staff


Name and Position Research Interests
Department
Email
Dr. Nick Achilleos Dr. Nick Achilleos, Lecturer
Modelling and observation of the ionospheres and magnetospheres of Jupiter and Saturn; Solar Wind - Atmosphere Interaction (non-magnetized planets);  Solar Wind - Magnetosphere Interaction (magnetized planets). Physics and Astronomy, UCL
nicholas.achilleos@ucl.ac.uk
Prof. Dario Alfe Prof. Dario Alfe, Professor of Physics
Condensed Matter Physics / Mineral Physics Earth Sciences, UCL
d.alfe@ucl.ac.uk
Dr. Anusuya Aruliah Dr. Anasuya Aruliah, Senior Lecturer
Thermosphere-ionosphere-magnetosphere interactions; 
Fabry-Perot Interferometers and all-sky interferometers;
Neutral wind dynamo;  Meso-scale structure and dynamics in the high-latitude upper atmosphere.
Physics and Astronomy, UCL a.aruliah@ucl.ac.uk
Prof. Alan Alyward Prof. Alan Aylward, Reader, Emeritus Professor of Atmospheric Physics (Terrestrial) thermospheric and ionospheric physics;
Incoherent Scatter Radar;
Planetary upper atmospheres and ionospheres; Modelling of terrestrial and planetary atmospheres.
Physics and Astronomy, UCL alan@apl.ucl.ac.uk
Dr. Paul Bown Prof. Paul Bown, Professor of Micropalaentology Various aspects of calcareous nannoplankton which have an abundant and long fossil record and are principally used in sediment dating/correlation and palaeoceanography, with more recent applications in palaeobiology, evolution and biomineralisation studies. Earth Sciences, UCL p.bown@ucl.ac.uk
Prof. Donald Braben Prof. Donald Braben, Honorary Professor
  Earth Sciences, UCL d.braben@ucl.ac.uk
Prof. Graziella Branduardi-Raymont Prof. Graziella Branduardi-Raymont, Professor of Space Astronomy
Planets; X-ray spectroscopy; Space missions; Instrumentation. Astrophysics, MSSL, UCL gbr@mssl.ucl.ac.uk
Dr. Charlie Bristow Dr. Charlie Bristow, Head of Dept. Earth & Planetary Sciences, Birkbeck Sedimentology Earth & Planetary Sciences, Birkbeck
c.bristow@ucl.ac.uk
Prof. John Brodholt Prof. John Brodholt, Professor of Mineral Physics
Geophysics and Mineral Physic. Earth Sciences, UCL j.brodholt@ucl.ac.uk
Prof. Andrew Coates Prof. Andrew Coates, Head of Planetary Science, MSSL Planetary magnetospheres; Plasma interaction with comets, Mars, Venus, Titan, Enceladus; Planetary surface imaging; Space weather.
Planetary Science, MSSL, UCL
ajc@mssl.ucl.ac.uk
Dr. Ian Crawford Prof. Ian Crawford, Professor of Planetary Science and Astrobiology Lunar Science; Planetary Exploration; Astrobiology.
Earth & Planetary Sciences, Birkbeck i.crawford@bbk.ac.uk
Dr. Francisco Diego Dr. Francisco Diego, Senior Research Fellow Public outreach; Optical instrumentation.
Physics and Astronomy, UCL fd@star.ucl.ac.uk
Prof. David Dobson Prof. David Dobson, Reader of Earth Materials
High-pressure experiments on deep Earth materials; Synthesis and properties of new Fe-alloy phases relevant to the core; Transport properties of mantle mineral rocks and minerals; Deep seismicity. Earth Sciences, UCL d.dobson@ucl.ac.uk
Prof. Hilary Downes Prof. Hilary Downes, Professor of Geochemistry Origin and evolution of the Earth’s continental lower crust and the lithospheric upper mantle. Earth & Planetary Sciences, Birkbeck h.downes@ucl.ac.uk
Prof. Andrew Fazakerley Prof. Andrew Fazakerley, Professor of Space Plasma Physics
Space Plasma Physics/Magnetospheric Physics; Investigating magnetospheric phenomena using co-ordinated multi-spacecraft datasets; Inter-experiment in-flight cross-calibration. Space Plasma Physics, MSSL, UCL anf@mssl.ucl.ac.uk
Dr. Kevin Fong Dr. Kevin Fong, Honorary Senior Lecturer in Physiology Extreme environment physiology; Long-duration human space flight; Aerospace medicine.
Centre for Anaethesia, UCL k.fong@ucl.ac.uk
  Dr. Steve Fossey, Research Fellow
Extrasolar planets;
Interstellar medium;
Molecular astrophysics;
Diffuse Interstellar Bands.
Physics and Astronomy, UCL sjf@ulo.ucl.ac.uk
Prof. Louise Harra

Prof. Louise Harra, Professor of Solar Physics


The trigger for solar flares and coronal mass ejections;
The formation of the solar wind; The Sun-Earth connection.
Solar Physics, MSSL, UCL lkh@mssl.ucl.ac.uk
Dr. Karen Hudson-Edwards Dr. Karen Hudson-Edwards, Reader in Environmental Geochemistry and Mineralogy Processes and products of the biogeochemical cycling of contaminants and nutrients in mine wastes, waters, dusts and contaminated land. Earth & Planetary Sciences, Birkbeck k.hudson-edwards@bbk.ac.uk
Dr. Adrian Jones Dr. Adrian P. Jones, Reader in Petrology
Igneous Petrology Earth Sciences, UCL
adrian.jones@ucl.ac.uk
Dr. Geraint Jones Dr. Geraint Jones, Lecturer
Planetary magnetospheres and interactions with rings and moons; Cometary science; Heliospheric physics.
Planetary Science, MSSL, UCL ghj@mssl.ucl.ac.uk
Dr. Nick Lane Dr. Nick Lane, Senior Lecturer Evolutionary biochemistry and bioenergetics. Genetics, Evolution & Environment, Div. of Biosciences, UCL
nick.lane@ucl.ac.uk
Dr. Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni Dr. Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni, Reader in Geophysics
Geophysics and Geodynamics: the connection between the dynamics of Earth's interior and their surface expression, including the influence of dynamics on surface deformation and topography. Earth Sciences, UCL c.lithgow-bertelloni@ucl.ac.uk
Prof. Steve Miller Prof. Steve Miller, Professor of Planetary Science and Science Communication Chemistry and dynamics of the atmospheres of the Jupiter, Saturn, Mars and Titan; Chemistry and dynamics of extra-solar planets; Using H3+ to investigate planetary atmospheres and the early Universe. Physics and Astronomy, UCL s.miller@ucl.ac.uk
Prof. Jan-Peter Muller Prof. Jan-Peter Muller, Professor of Image Understanding and remote Sensing, Head of Imaging Group, MSSL Life detection on other planets (in our solar system & beyond); Comparative morphology for understanding surface processes using 3D terrain;
Highly turbulent flow and how Giant Planets' banded structure and long-lived storms can persist; Sub-surface imaging systems from space.
Imaging, MSSL, UCL jpm@mssl.ucl.ac.uk
Prof. Christopher Owen Prof. Christopher Owen, Professor of Physics
Space plasma physics and Magnetospheric physics. Space Plasma Physics, MSSL, UCL
cjo@mssl.ucl.ac.uk
Prof. Kevin Pickering Prof. Kevin Pickering, Professor of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy Earth surface processes (particularly all aspects of deep-marine sedimentology, stratigraphy and tectonics); Surface processes on Venus; Global environmental issues; Stratigraphy, tectonics and sedimentation; Sediment geochemistry and clay mineralogy, particularly relating to deep-marine environments. Earth Sciences, UCL kt.pickering@ucl.ac.uk
Prof. David Price Prof. David Price, Vice Provost (Research) CMR; Earth History;
Earth's core; Earth's mantle;
Computational science; Flood basalts; Impacts; Mass extinction; Mineral physics;
Molecular dynamics; Quantum mechanics.
Earth Sciences, UCL
d.price@ucl.ac.uk
Dr. Gerald Roberts Dr. Gerald Roberts, Reader in Earthquake Geology The growth of active normal faults and how their slip-rates and growth control earthquake recurrence and seismic hazards. Earth & Planetary Sciences, Birkbeck gerald.roberts@ucl.ac.uk
Prof. Peter Sammonds Prof. Peter Sammonds, Professor of Geophysics Rock & Ice Physics: Mechanics of the Earth's crust and ice sheets by studying the fundamental physics and mechanics of geological materials; Impacts of climate change and natural hazards. Earth Sciences, UCL p.sammonds@ucl.ac.uk
Dr. Joanne Santini Dr. Joanne Santini, Senior Lecturer The study of microorganisms that metabolise toxic metals/semi-metals such as arsenic. Structural & Molecular Biology, Div. of Biosciences, UCL
j.santini@ucl.ac.uk
Prof. Alan Smith Prof. Alan Smith, Professor of Detector Physics, Head of Dept.
Space technologies; Systems engineering with an enterprise context;  Technology planning. MSSL as@mssl.ucl.ac.uk
Prof. Lars Stixrude Prof. Lars Stixrude, Professor of Geophysics Large-scale planetary processes through investigations of the fundamental atomic-scale physics of Earth- and planet-forming materials; Mineral physics; Earth and planetary liquids and fluids; Condensed matter physics; High pressure physics; Planetary structure and evolution. Earth Sciences, UCL l.stixrude@ucl.ac.uk
Dr. Ellen Stofan Dr. Ellen Stofan, Honorary Professor Geology of Venus, Mars, Titan, and Earth. Earth Sciences, UCL ellen@proxemy.com
Prof. Jonathan Tennyson Prof. Jonathan Tennyson, Professor of Physics
Theory of small molecules. In particular, computing spectra of these molecules (e.g. water) and colliding electrons (and occasionally positrons) with them, to investigate the astrophysical, atmospheric, plasma-related and other consequences of these processes. Physics and Astronomy, UCL j.tennyson@ucl.ac.uk
Dr. Giovanna Tinetti Dr. Giovanna Tinetti, Reader in Astrophysics Exoplanets characterisation;
Atmospheric and Planetary science; Radiative Transfer modelling.
Physics and Astronomy, UCL g.tinetti@ucl.ac.uk
Prof. Serena Viti Prof. Serena Viti, Professor of Astrophysics
Astrochemistry

Physics and Astronomy, UCL sv@star.ucl.ac.uk
Prof. Lidunka Vocadlo

Prof. Lidunka Vocadlo, Professor of Mineral Physics


Ab initio simulation of the thermoelastic, melting and dynamic properties of planetary forming materials; Cryogenic-high T /high P experiments on planetary-forming materials; Ab initio simulation of the high P/T properties of metals. Earth Sciences, UCL l.vocadlo@ucl.ac.uk 
Prof. John Ward Prof. John Ward, Professor of Molecular Microbiology The use of bacteria, enzymes and phages to develop new chemicals, pathways and active entities. Structural & Molecular Biology, Div. of Biosciences, UCL j.ward@ucl.ac.uk
Prof. Duncan Wingham Prof. Duncan Wingham, Head of Dept., Earth Sciences
The flow and mass exchange of the Earth's ice sheets through the use of ultra-precise measurements from Earth orbiting satellites.
Earth Sciences, UCL djw@cpom.ucl.ac.uk
Dr. Ian Wood Dr. Ian Wood, Senior Lecturer
Crystallography; X-ray and neutron powder diffraction; High pressure and high/low temperature diffraction experiments; Clay minerals;
Planetary ices.
Earth Sciences, UCL ian.wood@ucl.ac.uk
Prof. Roger Wotton Prof. Roger Wotton, Emeritus Professor of Biology The biology of organic matter in water bodies. Genetic, Evolution & Environment, Div. of Biosciences, UCL
r.wotton@ucl.ac.uk
Dr. Jeremy Yates Dr. Jeremy Yates, Senior Research Associate Star formation and photon-driven astrochemistry. Physics and Astronomy, UCL jyates@star.ucl.ac.uk

Research Staff


Name and Position Research Interests
Department
Email
Dr. Chris Arridge Dr. Chris Arridge, STFC Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Planetary magnetospheres; Robotic exploration of the solar system; Astrophysical magnetospheres.
Planetary Science, MSSL, UCL csa@mssl.ucl.ac.uk
Dr. Bob Barber Dr. Bob Barber, Research Associate
The optical properties of water; Water in comets. Physics and Astronomy, UCL rjb@star.ucl.ac.uk
Dr. Claire Cousins Dr. Claire Cousins, Leverhulme Fellow
Subglacial volcanoes as a habitat for life, applied to the search for life on Mars. Earth Sciences, UCL c.cousins@ucl.ac.uk
Dr. Lewis Dartnell Dr. Lewis Dartnell, Institute of Origins Fellow
Astrobiology
MSSL, UCL
l.dartnell@ucl.ac.uk
Dr. Joanna Fabbri Dr. Joanna Fabbri, CPS Scientific Officer
Europlanet RI NA1 Matrix
Physics and Astronomy, UCL jfabbri@star.ucl.ac.uk
Dr. Colin Forsyth Dr. Colin Forsyth, Research Associate
Space plasma physics; Magnetospheric physics; Auroral physics. Space Plasma Physics, MSSL, UCL cfo@mssl.ucl.ac.uk
Dr. A. Dominic Fortes Dr. A. Dominic Fortes, PPARC Research Fellow Icy satellites of the Gas Giant planets and their constituent ice and hydrate phases. Earth Sciences, UCL andrew.fortes@ucl.ac.uk
Dr. Andrew D. Griffiths Dr. Andrew D. Griffiths, Senior Research Associate
Project Manager for the ExoMars PanCam instrument; Imaging the Martian surface and atmospheric phenomena; Determining landing site morphology from stereo images; Determining the altitude distribution of water vapour in the Martian atmosphere via solar spectral line absorption measurements. Imaging, MSSL, UCL adg@mssl.ucl.ac.uk
Dr. Peter Grindrod Dr. Peter Grindrod, UKSA Aurora Research Fellow Surface-atmosphere exchange and the history of water on Mars. Earth Sciences, UCL p.grindrod@ucl.ac.uk
Dr. Patrick Guio Dr. Patrick Guio, Research Fellow
Space plasma physics - Nonlinear waves and turbulence; Incoherent scattering - Theory and observation (EISCAT); High-performance computing - Plasma and planetary modelling. Physics and Astronomy, UCL p.guio@ucl.ac.uk
  Dr. Terence Hackwill
Lunar Geology
Earth Sciences, UCL t.hackwill@ucl.ac.uk
Dr. Caitriona Jackman Dr. Caitriona Jackman, Research Fellow Solar wind - magnetosphere coupling; Magnetotail dynamics (Saturn, Mercury, Jupiter, Earth. Physics and Astronomy, UCL caitriona.jackman@ucl.ac.uk
  Dr. Licia Ray, Research Fellow
Comparative planetary magnetospheres (Jupiter and Saturn); Planetary auroral processes; Magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling; Magnetospheric dynamics;
Planetary ionospheres.
Physics and Astronomy, UCL licia.ray@ucl.ac.uk
Dr. Tim Spain Dr. Tim Spain, Research Associate
Planetary atmospheres
Physics and Astronomy, UCL tim@apl.ucl.ac.uk
Dr. Ingo Waldmann Dr. Ingo Waldmann, Research Associate High resolution atmospheric spectra of exoplanets; 
Modelling of planetary atmospheres; 
Photometry of transiting extrasolar planets;
Detecting extrasolar planets using radial velocity and microlensing techniques.
Physics and Astronomy, UCL
ingo@star.ucl.ac.uk
Ms. Annie Wellbrock Ms. Anne Wellbrock, Research Assistant
Titan's upper atmosphere and its interaction with Saturn's Magnetosphere. Planetary Science, MSSL, UCL aw2@mssl.ucl.ac.uk

Technical staff


Name and Position Research Interests
Department
Email
Ms. Lin Gilbert Ms. Lin Gilbert, Operations Software Specialist Cassini operations; Flight, operational and data analysis software. MSSL, UCL lkg@mssl.ucl.ac.uk
Mr. Craig Leff Mr. Craig Leff, PanCam Project Manager Project management; Mission operations; Mars exploration. MSSL, UCL cel@mssl.ucl.ac.uk
Dr. Gethyn Lewis Dr. Gethyn Lewis, Senior Research Associate and Cassini Operations Manager Spacecraft charging; Spacecraft photoelectron and potential corrections; CAPS-ELS instrument operations; Top-hat electrostatic analysers; Data visualisation software. Planetary Science, MSSL, UCL grl@mssl.ucl.ac.uk
  Dr. David Linder
Cassini operations.
MSSL, UCL drl@mssl.ucl.ac.uk
Dr. Neville Shane Dr. Neville Shane, Venus Express Operations Manager Venus Express operations support. MSSL, UCL nss@mssl.ucl.ac.uk

Postgraduate students


Name and Funding
Research Interests
Department
Email
Ms. Louise Alexander Ms. Louise Alexander
Lunar geochemistry Earth & Planetary Sciences, Birkbeck l.alexander@bbk.ac.uk
Mr. David Barnes Mr. David Barnes, Impact/RAL
  Physics and Astronomy, UCL david@star.ucl.ac.uk
Ms. Kim Birkett Ms. Kim Birkett, STFC The physics of comets
Planetary Science, MSSL, UCL ksb2@mssl.ucl.ac.uk
Ms. Camilla Danielski Ms. Camilla Danielski, Impact/Brazil
Exoplanets
Physics and Astronomy, UCL camilla@star.ucl.ac.uk
  Ms. Abigail Calzada-Diaz, STFC Source regions of lunar meteorites
Earth & Planetary Sciences, Birkbeck
acalza01@mail.bbk.ac.uk
  Ms. Lottie Davis, NERC
Biomarkers in alkaline lakes and application to Mars. Earth Sciences, UCL lottie.davis@ucl.ac.uk
  Ms. Jennifer Harris, Birkbeck
The identification of spectral signatures of life and habitable environments on planetary surfaces. Earth & Planetary Sciences, Birkbeck jennifer.harris@bbk.ac.uk
Mr. Morgan Hollis Mr. Morgan Hollis, Impact/Perren
Exoplanets; Spectroscopy and Atmospheric Modelling; Radial velocity and Bayesian techniques. Physics and Astronomy, UCL mdjh@star.ucl.ac.uk
Ms. Huma Irfan Ms. Huma Irfan, Self-funded
Planetary GIS, particularly Lunar GIS studies related to lunar digital elevation models and future lunar missions.
Earth & Planetary Sciences, Birkbeck 
h.irfan@bbk.ac.uk
Mr. Jamie Jasinski Mr. Jamie Jasinski, STFC Saturn's magnetosphere. Planetary Science, MSSL, UCL
jmj2@mssl.ucl.ac.uk
Mr. David Johnson Mr. David Johnson, Impact/Met Office
Atmospheric modelling;
Data assimilation  techniques;
Space weather;
Meteorolgy.
Physics and Astronomy, UCL djohnson@star.ucl.ac.uk
  Mr. Adam Martins, STFC
Hydrogen and Helium at conditions of Gas Giant interiors. Earth Sciences, UCL adam.martins.10@ucl.ac.uk
  Ms. Ceri Middleton, STFC Thermal and structural evolution of ice-rock bodies of the solar system. Earth Sciences, UCL ceri.middleton@ucl.ac.uk
Mr. Tom Nordheim Mr. Tom Nordheim, UCL GRS/ORS
Moon-magnetosphere interactions at Saturn and Jupiter; Space weathering effects on un-magnetised bodies; Modelling of cosmic ray interactions in neutral atmospheres; Planetary robotics. Planetary Science, MSSL, UCL tan2@mssl.ucl.ac.uk
  Ms. Lucy Norman, Origins
Geofluids, Geology and Astrobiology of Titan. Earth Sciences, UCL lucy.norman.09@ucl.ac.uk
  Mr. Nathan Pilkington, STFC Magnetospheric physics
Physics and Astronomy, UCL n.pilkington.12@ucl.ac.uk
Mr. Will Poole Mr. Wil Poole Mars:South Polar Cap landforms; Surface roughness. Earth: Glaciers; Polar Caps; Surface roughness.
Imaging, MSSL, UCL wdp2@mssl.ucl.ac.uk
Mr. Yudish Ramanjooloo Mr. Yudish Ramanjooloo, STFC Comets and their interaction with the Solar Wind. Planetary Science, MSSL, UCL yr2@mssl.ucl.ac.uk
Ms. Amy Ronksley Ms. Amy Ronksley, NERC Coupling of upper and lower atmosphere;
SCANDI, FPIs and EISCAT radars;
Meteorology and space weather.
Physics and Astronomy, UCL a.ronksley@ucl.ac.uk
Ms. Aidan Ross Ms. Aidan Ross, NERC CASE with NHM Carbon rich ureilite meteorites and early earth processes. Earth Sciences, UCL aidan.ross@ucl.ac.uk
  Ms. Gillian Sclater, Self-funded Physics of dissociating clathrates in cryovolcanic vents: application to Titan and Enceladus. Earth Sciences, UCL g.sclater@ucl.ac.uk
  Mr. Joshua Snape, STFC Lunar meteorites and lunar regolith. Earth Sciences, UCL j.snape@ucl.ac.uk
Mr. Marcell Tessenyi Mr. Marcell Tessenyi, STFC Exoplanets
Physics and Astronomy, UCL m.tessenyi@ucl.ac.uk
  Ms. Elizabeth Wann, STFC The composition of the Core of terrestrial planets: the role of nickel and light elements. Earth Sciences, UCL elizabeth.wann.11@ucl.ac.uk
Mr. Dayle Woodhams Mr. Dayle Woodhams, NERC Sun-Earth connections and climate change; 
Atmospheric physics;
Plasma density structures in the high latitude ionosphere.
Physics and Astronomy, UCL dayle@star.ucl.ac.uk
Mr. Japheth Yates Mr. Japheth Yates, STFC Exoplanets;
Super Earths;
Atmosphere-magnetosphere coupling;
Planetary Atmospheres.
Physics and Astronomy, UCL japheth.yates.09@ucl.ac.uk

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