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Professor Michail Mathioudakis

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Professor Michail Mathioudakis

Professor Michail Mathioudakis

School of Mathematics and Physics

Professor Mathioudakis research interests are in the areas of solar and stellar astrophysics. More specifically he is interested in the observational signatures of chromospheric and coronal heating both in terms of MHD waves and flare phenomena.

He has authored/co-authored more than 160 publications in the refereed literature. His research has attracted funding from a number of sources including the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council, the Royal Society, NASA, the Leverhulme Trust, the Daphne Jackson Trust, the British Council, the European Office of the US Airforce Research Division and the European Union (FP7 & H2020)

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  • M.Mathioudakis@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 1339

Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in the field of

  • Solar physics and cool star research
  • Spectropolarimetry of small-scale structures in the solar atmosphere
  • Radiative hydrodynamic simulations of solar and stellar flares

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Public outreach & key achievements

  • https://www.irishnews.com/news/2018/04/20/news/new-solar-telescope-to-shine-fresh-light-on-mysteries-of-the-sun-1308518/
  • https://newatlas.com/dkist-worlds-biggest-solar-telescope-2019/36088/
  • https://stfc.ukri.org/files/innovations-club-newsletters/inn-newsletter-issue-53/

Research students

PhD Title Understanding the Physical Processes of Type-II While-light Flares
Name Ondrej Prochazka
Country Czech Republic
Year of Study  2015 - 2018
   
PhD Title  Flare induced Sunquakes
Name Sean Quinn
Country UK
Year of Study  2017 - 2020
   
PhD Title  Small-scale Horizontal Fields in the Solar Atmosphere
Name Ryan Campbell
Country UK
Year of Study  2018 - 2021

 


Alumni: Where are they now

PhD Title Coronal and Transition Observations of the Sun and Cool Stars
Name Dr David Williams
Country Spain
Year of Study  1998 - 2002
Current Position Instrument Operations Scientist for the Solar Orbiter, European Space Agency
   
PhD Title  Oscillatory Phenomena is Solar and Stellar Atmospheres
Name Dr Shaun Bloomfield
Country UK
Year of Study  2001 - 2005
Current Position Reader in Extreme Environments, Northumbria University
   
PhD Title  Multi-wavelength Observations of Chromospheric Evaporation in the Solar Atmosphere
Name Dr Ryan Milligan
Country UK
Year of Study  2002 - 2006
Current Position Ernest Rutherford Fellow, University of Glasgow

 

 


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