Discovery Space - Cool Space Jobs Interview - Thursday 28 May 2009

Well, yesterday, I was greatly honoured to undertake an IM interview for the Discovery Channel Space Science (Discovery Space) thanks to my good friend and colleague, Dr. Ian O’Neill, who has become the new host there (I wait in anticipation of some great things happening at Discovery Space with Ian at the helm). This is his first interview at Discovery and I am very excited by its outcome. I have the transcript below (courtesy of Discovery Space) and it can also be found on Discovery Space here! Happy reading and please feel free to comment below…

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JENAM 2009 - The Official Opening

Today (Monday 20 April 2009) saw the first day of JENAM/MIST/UKSP for EWASS with an official opening at a little after 09:00h BST following the pre-conference social opening yesterday evening (Sunday 19 April 2009). The opening ceremony started with a short introduction by the University of Hertfordshire’s Vice Chancellor Prof. Tim Wilson. Prof. Andy Fabian OBE FRS, President of the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) then gave a brief summary of the RAS and commented on the current government’s support for science while introducing the next speaker (a parliamentary Minister).

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The Opening of JENAM 2009

So, I am again at another conference. This time however, it is one of a slightly different slant away from my main-stream space, solar, and heliospheric science relations to that of overall astronomy. Although, this conference does hold its fair share of such fields through a set of joint conference groups rolled into one. Yes, it’s none other than the Joint European National Astronomy Meeting (JENAM) here at the University of Hertfordshire, in England, GB. It’s actually on the de Havilland campus in Hatfield where everything is taking place. This also includes the British Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) National Astronomy Meeting (NAM), the United Kingdom Solar Physics (UKSP) meeting, and the Magnetosphere, Ionosphere and Solar-Terrestrial (MIST) meeting in which I am co-organiser of a joint session on heliospheres and astrospheres; and overall is part of the European Week of Astronomy and Space Science (EWASS) and the International Year of Astronomy (IYA) 2009…

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Today: www.spacephysicist.com Launches!

Hello and welcome to the launch of spacephysicist.com!

Today is the 8th of April 2009 and I am just starting out on my latest website project - website meets space blog! All the outline details are here and I am hoping to get things filled in over the coming few months. I currently work full time as a postdoctoral researcher in space, solar, and heliospheric science, and as a result I tend to be kept very busy with my research; particularly as there are a bunch of conferences coming up soon which I will be attending! Thus, please be patient, sign up to the RSS and/or E-Mail updates, and remember to keep coming back for more as it appears… I hope you enjoy your stay here at spacephysicist.com and please come back soon!

Today also marks my first astroengine.com guest article; the topic is “C.A.T. Scans of the Solar Wind” and an expanded version is here as the first full article on my new site titled “C.A.T. Scans of the Solar Wind” - An Overview. Please feel free to leave any comments…

Thank you!

Hello World!!!

I am a space, solar, and heliospheric science postdoctoral research fellow. Welsh, but I currently live in California, USA. I particularly enjoy good tea, coffee, wine, single malt whiskies (particularly peaty ones), and of course good ales and beers! Absolutely love travelling! Getting back into web stuff, so expect more here over the next few months whenever I get chance. Full launch coming soon now that the outline and backend are just about completed - come back for more shortly…