Summary
Interests: Instrumentation for Space and Planetary physics.
- Member of the Space & Atmospheric Physics Group
- Member of Imperial Space Lab
- Head of the Imperial Space Magnetometer Laboratory
Undergraduate Teaching
- Year 1 'Basic Electronics' course (within the 'Oscillations and Waves' module)
- Year 1 'Advanced Electronics' (option course)
- Year 1 Lab
- Supervisor for year 1, 3 and 4 projects
External appointments
- Member of the European Space Agency (ESA) Space Science Advisory Committee (SSAC)
- Member of the UK Space Agency (UKSA) Science Programme Advisory Committee (SPAC)
- Principal Investigator for the magnetometer instruments on the ESA Cluster and Double-Star missions
- Principal Investigator within the Rosetta Plasma Consortium [to 2018]
- Co-PI for the ESA BepiColombo magnetometer
- Science team Co-I for the Comet Interceptor mission
Selected Publications
Journal Articles
Goetz C, Koenders C, Richter I, et al. , 2016, First detection of a diamagnetic cavity at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol:588, ISSN:1432-0746
Odelstad E, Eriksson AI, Edberg NJT, et al. , 2015, Evolution of the plasma environment of comet 67P from spacecraft potential measurements by the Rosetta Langmuir probe instrument, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol:42, ISSN:1944-8007, Pages:10126-10134
Richter I, Koenders C, Auster H-U, et al. , 2015, Observation of a new type of low frequency waves at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, Annales Geophysicae, Vol:33, ISSN:1432-0576, Pages:1031-1036
Auster H-U, Apathy I, Berghofer G, et al. , 2015, The nonmagnetic nucleus of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, Science, Vol:349, ISSN:0036-8075
Balikhin MA, Shprits YY, Walker SN, et al. , 2015, Observations of discrete harmonics emerging from equatorial noise, Nature Communications, Vol:6, ISSN:2041-1723
Nilsson H, Wieser GS, Behar E, et al. , 2015, Evolution of the ion environment of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko - Observations between 3.6 and 2.0 AU, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol:583, ISSN:0004-6361
Carr CM, Edberg NJT, Eriksson AI, et al. , 2015, Spatial distribution of low-energy plasma around 2 comet 67P/CG from Rosetta measurements, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol:42, ISSN:1944-8007, Pages:4263-4269
Nilsson H, Wieser GS, Behar E, et al. , 2015, Birth of a comet magnetosphere: A spring of water ions, Science, Vol:347, ISSN:0036-8075
Alconcel LNS, Fox P, Brown P, et al. , 2014, An initial investigation of the long-term trends in the fluxgate magnetometer (FGM) calibration parameters on the four Cluster spacecraft, Geoscientific Instrumentation Methods and Data Systems, Vol:3, ISSN:2193-0856, Pages:95-109
Nakamura R, Plaschke F, Teubenbacher R, et al. , 2014, Interinstrument calibration using magnetic field data from the flux-gate magnetometer (FGM) and electron drift instrument (EDI) onboard Cluster, Geoscientific Instrumentation Methods and Data Systems, Vol:3, ISSN:2193-0856, Pages:1-11
Pudney MA, Carr CM, Schwartz SJ, et al. , 2013, Near-magnetic-field scaling for verification of spacecraft equipment, Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems, Vol:2, ISSN:2193-0864, Pages:249-255
Shi QQ, Zong Q-G, Fu SY, et al. , 2013, Solar wind entry into the high-latitude terrestrial magnetosphere during geomagnetically quiet times, Nature Communications, Vol:4, ISSN:2041-1723
Pudney MA, Carr CM, Schwartz SJ, et al. , 2012, Automatic parameterization for magnetometer zero offset determination, Geoscientific Instrumentation Methods and Data Systems, Vol:1, ISSN:2193-0856, Pages:103-109
Li LY, Cao JB, Zhou GC, et al. , 2011, Multiple responses of magnetotail to the enhancement and fluctuation of solar wind dynamic pressure and the southward turning of interplanetary magnetic field, Journal of Geophysical Research-space Physics, Vol:116, ISSN:2169-9380
Zhang TL, Delva M, Baumjohann W, et al. , 2007, Little or no solar wind enters Venus' atmosphere at solar minimum, Nature, Vol:450, ISSN:0028-0836, Pages:654-656
Carr C, Brown P, Zhang TL, et al. , 2006, The Double Star magnetic field investigation: Overview of instrument performance and initial results, Advances in Space Research, Vol:38, ISSN:0273-1177, Pages:1828-1833
Conference
Carr C, Brown P, Zhang TL, et al. , 2006, The Double Star magnetic field investigation: Overview of instrument performance and initial results, 35th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, Pages:1828-1833, ISSN:0273-1177