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Space & Astrophysical Plasmas research group at Queen Mary University of London. Part of the Astronomy Unit, Department of Physics and Astronomy, @qmulspcs.bsky.social, @qmulse.bsky.social, @qmul.ac.uk. www.space-plasma.qmul.ac.uk/space-p…

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Christopher Chen @chkchen.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
A postdoc position is available on my STFC-funded research project. Deadline 28 August 2026, start date flexible but available immediately. Enquiries welcome. More info and application: qmul-jobs.tal.net/vx/candidate...
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Christopher Chen @chkchen.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Our @agu.org session on "Exploring turbulence, magnetic reconnection, and non-thermal particle distributions in space plasmas" is open for abstract submissions. Deadline: 5 August 2026 (23:59 EDT/03:59 UTC). #AGU26 #AGU2026 agu.confex.com/agu/agu26/pr...
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Exploring Turbulence, Magnetic Reconnection, and Non-Thermal Particle Distributions in Space Plasmas
This session welcomes contributions from observational, numerical, analytical, and laboratory studies that explore turbulence, waves, magnetic reconnection, and non-thermal particles in the heliospher...
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Christopher Chen @chkchen.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
A 1-year postdoc position is available on my UKRI #UKRIFLF project. Deadline 23 June 2026, start date flexible but available immediately. Enquiries welcome. More info and application: qmul-jobs.tal.net/vx/mobile-0/...
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Postdoctoral Research Associate - QMUL Jobs
ID: 9805. Title: Postdoctoral Research Associate. Application Deadline:
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QMUL Space & Astrophysical Plasma Physics @qmspaceplasma.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
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A talk with scientists across Europe: building the future of European heliophysics together
“Heliophysics studies the Sun, its sphere of influence, and how it affects the bodies in the solar system.” – this holistic approach to understanding our space environment is at the heart of the Europ...
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Christopher Chen @chkchen.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Our @agu.org session on "Turbulence, magnetic reconnection, and non-thermal particles in space plasmas" is open for abstract submissions. Deadline: 30 July 2025 (23:59 EDT/03:59 UTC). #AGU25 #AGU2025 agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/pr...
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QMUL Space & Astrophysical Plasma Physics @qmspaceplasma.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
New paper in @physrevx.bsky.social from Jack McIntyre @qmspaceplasma.bsky.social, providing evidence from #ParkerSolarProbe for the existence of the helicity barrier in the solar wind, which may alter how turbulence heats space and astrophysical plasmas journals.aps.org/prx/abstract...
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Evidence for the Helicity Barrier from Measurements of the Turbulence Transition Range in the Solar Wind
Data from NASA's Parker Solar Probe reveal that a barrier to the transfer of energy often forms in the solar wind, limiting energy reaching small scales and helping explain why solar wind protons are ...
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QMUL Space & Astrophysical Plasma Physics @qmspaceplasma.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
New paper from Pauline Simon, studying ensemble averaging for solar wind forecasting, including a new method to improve predictions of the spectral (multi-scale) nature of the solar wind, with @chkchen.bsky.social, @mathewjowens.bsky.social, C. Sishtla agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
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Analog Ensemble Forecasts of Solar Wind Parameters: Quantification of the Predictability and Time‐Domain Spectral Performance
The analog ensemble (AnEn) method can forecast mesoscale structures of solar wind velocity and magnetic field for resolutions higher than 1 hr AnEn forecasts can be more time-accurate than persis...
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Christopher Chen @chkchen.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Our deadline for expressions of interest in fellowships (STFC Ernest Rutherford, Royal Society URF, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowships) at QMUL is 8 July this year. Please get in touch if interested. www.qmul.ac.uk/spcs/astro/a...
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Christopher Chen @chkchen.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
If anyone's interested in applying for a MSCA Fellowship in @qmspaceplasma.bsky.social please let me know asap (to meet our internal deadlines) marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/post...
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Postdoctoral Fellowships
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Florian Koller @flokoller.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
I'm excited to share that I was awarded the the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship! Starting this October, I will work on plasma shocks in the heliosphere at QMUL. Looking forward to new endeavors!
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QMUL Space & Astrophysical Plasma Physics @qmspaceplasma.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Congratulations to @flokoller.bsky.social for being awarded a MSCA Fellowship to continue working in the @qmspaceplasma.bsky.social group www.qmul.ac.uk/spcs/news-an...
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Dr Florian Koller Awarded Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship to work in the QMUL Astronomy Unit
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QMUL Space & Astrophysical Plasma Physics @qmspaceplasma.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Shiladittya Mondal presents his work on near-Sun electron scale turbulence at the Parker Four conference
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QMUL Space & Astrophysical Plasma Physics @qmspaceplasma.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
We are offering summer internship placements for undergraduate students this year, including various topics in space plasma physics. Application deadline 27 March. More details here: www.qmul.ac.uk/spcs/astro/t...
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Christopher Chen @chkchen.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
A postdoc position is available to join my UKRI #UKRIFLF project. Deadline 20 April 2025, start date flexible but available immediately. Enquiries welcome. More info and application: qmul-jobs.tal.net/vx/mobile-0/...
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Christopher Chen @chkchen.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
The next round of UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships is open. If anyone is interested in applying at @qmspaceplasma.bsky.social, please get in touch. Our internal deadline is 17 March, so make sure to get in touch well before then to discuss an application. #UKRIFLF www.ukri.org/opportunity/...
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Future Leaders Fellowships: round 10
Apply for funding to support ambitious research and innovation across UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)’s remit. You must be an early career researcher or innovator who is either:
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QMUL Space & Astrophysical Plasma Physics @qmspaceplasma.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
New paper from Pauline Simon, published in Physical Review E, on how pressure anisotropy affects turbulent cascade rates, studied through numerical simulations journals.aps.org/pre/abstract...
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Impact of pressure anisotropy on the cascade rate of Hall magnetohydrodynamic turbulence with biadiabatic ions
The impact of ion pressure anisotropy on the energy cascade rate of Hall-MHD turbulence with biadiabatic ions and isothermal electrons is evaluated in three-dimensional direct numerical simulations, u...
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Christopher Chen @chkchen.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Congratulations to Dr Jack McIntyre for a successful PhD viva. Bottle number two is now in the collection!
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QMUL Space & Astrophysical Plasma Physics @qmspaceplasma.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Congratulations to Dr Jack McIntyre who passed his PhD viva today, examined by Dr Lorenzo Matteini and Dr Heli Hietala, and supervised by @chkchen.bsky.social
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QMUL Space & Astrophysical Plasma Physics @qmspaceplasma.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
New paper on electron acceleration at collisionless shocks published today in @naturecomms.bsky.social. Authors include Martin Lindberg from @qmspaceplasma.bsky.social, with the study led by @savvasraptis.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Revealing an unexpectedly low electron injection threshold via reinforced shock acceleration - Nature Communications
The mechanisms resulting in particle acceleration to relativistic energies in space plasmas are an open question. Here, the authors show a reinforced shock acceleration model which enables electrons t...
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QMUL Space & Astrophysical Plasma Physics @qmspaceplasma.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Hello. We are the Space & Astrophysical Plasma Physics group at QMUL. We'll be posting updates about research in our group, general space plasma news, and related items.
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