Meet SERENE

Sean Elvidge
PROFESSOR IN SPACE ENVIRONMENT
Prof. Sean Elvidge

Sean is the Head of Group. He is interested in data assimilation models of the upper atmosphere, space weather statistics and policy.

              
SPACE ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME MANAGER
Hannah Chambers

Hannah is the overall Programme Manager for SERENE.

    
David Themens
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SPACE WEATHER & SPACE SYSTEMS
Dr. David Themens

David Themens is an Associate Professor of Space Weather and Space Systems and is the SERENE deputy head of group

         
LECTURER IN SPACE WEATHER & SPACE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
Dr. Alan Wood

Alan Wood is a Lecturer in Space Weather and Space Systems Engineering.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Dr. Oliver Allanson

Oliver Allanson is an Assistant Professor in Space Environment and Radiation Belt Modelling

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ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Dr. Ben Reid

Ben Reid is an Associate Professor in Space Environment Engineering in the SERENE group, and lead developer of the AIDA real-time ionosphere data assimilation model. 

 

         
PROJECT OFFICER
Emma Turner

Emma is the SERENE Project Officer, providing support across all of our projects. 

    
SENIOR RESEARCH SOFTWARE ENGINEER AND MANAGER
Dr James Tyrrell

James provides research software support to SERENE.

SENIOR RESEARCH SOFTWARE ENGINEER
Dr. Mohammad Afraz Ahmed

Afraz provides research IT support to SERENE.

SENIOR RESEARCH SOFTWARE ENGINEER
Dr. Warrick Ball

Warrick provides research IT support to SERENE.

RESEARCH FELLOW
Dr. Gareth Dorrian

Research Fellow working with the Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR) to investigate small scale ionospheric structures. 

    
RESEARCH FELLOW
Dr. Matthew Brown

Research Fellow focused on thermospheric modelling, satellite orbits and upper atmospheric climate change.

         
RESEARCH FELLOW
Luke Nugent

Research Fellow working on Networked Over-the-Horizon Radar

    
RESEARCH FELLOW
Dr Santiago Ozafrain

Research Fellow investigating radar signal processing techniques for bistatic Over-the-Horizon-Radar.

POSTGRADUATE RESEARCHER
Elizabeth George

Elizabeth is improving the modelling of thermospheric densiteis in order to better model satellite orbits and avoid collisions. 

POSTGRADUATE RESEARCHER
Ben Boyde

PhD student using the LOw Frequency ARray (LOFAR) to investigate ionospheric dynamics.

POSTGRADUATE RESEARCHER
Joshua Ruck

PhD student on the Networked Over-the-Horizon Radar project.

    
POSTGRADUATE RESEARCHER
Sophie Maguire

PhD student using the EISCAT radar systems to investigate large-scale ionospheric plasma structures and their effects on GNSS.

POSTGRADUATE RESEARCHER
Oliver Kirkpatrick

PhD student investigating radar signal processing techniques for bistatic Over-the-Horizon-Radar.

POSTGRADUATE RESEARCHER
Natalie Reeves

Advancing the state-of-the-art in physics-based ionosphere/thermosphere modelling

POSTGRADUATE RESEARCHER
Sam Boardman

PhD student investigating advanced theories for wave-particle interactions and nonlinear electron dynamics in the radiation belts.

POSTGRADUATE RESEARCHER
Jack Brown

 

POSTGRADUATE RESEARCHER
Emma-Claire Gurney

PhD student looking at the effects of climate change on the Earth's upper atmosphere.

Paul Cannon
PROFESSOR OF RADIO SCIENCE AND SYSTEMS
Prof. Paul Cannon OBE

Professor Paul Cannon, OBE, FREng is a leading figure in Radio Science and Space Weather.

HONORARY ACADEMIC STAFF
Dr. Matthew Angling

Matthew is the CTO at In-Space Missions.

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SENIOR RESEARCH SOFTWARE ENGINEER
Dr. Jenny Wong

SERENE Alumnus. Jenny provided research IT support to SERENE.

MRES & RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
Elizabeth Donegan-Lawley

SERENE Alumnus. Elizabeth used state-of-the-art machine learning techniques to develop a high-latitude ionospheric scintillation forecast models.

HONORARY RESEARCH FELLOW
Dr. Joeal Subash

SERENE alumnus, current Research Fellow in Physics and working with the group on Networked Over-the-Horizon Radar