CV

You can download my full CV here and access my ORCID here.

I am a DIAS Research Fellow in Astrophysics at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. My research focuses on the moons of the outer planets of our solar system. I am fascinated by these moons, because it is thought that some of these moons harbour underground oceans where the conditions might be right to support life. My goal is to advance our understanding of these moons and their habitability. I do this by studying how they interact with the magnetospheres (“magnetic bubbles”) that surround their planets. My key tools are analysing data from particle detectors on spacecraft and developing scientific computer models. I am involved in the European Space Agency’s JUpiter ICy moon Explorer (JUICE), which carries a suite of particle detectors: the Particle Environment Package (PEP).

Previously I was based at the Space and Planetary Science Center, Khalifa University (Abu Dhabi, UAE) and at the European Space Agency (ESTEC, Noordwijk, the Netherlands). I received my PhD from the Technical University of Braunschweig for work conducted at the Max Planck Institute of Solar System Research (Göttingen, Germany) and the Swedish Institute of Space Physics (Kiruna). Prior to that I spent two years as a student researcher at the Swedish Institute of Space Physics (Kiruna). I have a MSc degree in Aerospace Engineering from Delft University of Technology.