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CV: Senior Postdoctoral Research Associate
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I am a scientist and engineer with an established career in ionospheric radio propagation research. I have degrees in Physics and Astronautics & Space Engineering and a PhD in the ionospheric impacts on HF radio direction finding at auroral and polar latitudes. My Master’s thesis was on the impact of lightning-induced electron precipitation on the phase and amplitude of VLF transmissions due to transient modifications of the Earth-ionosphere waveguide. For 14 years at QinetiQ, I provided research and advice for the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) and ESA on the effects of the ionosphere on radio systems including HF and UHF radars, space-based radar, UHF satcoms, HF/MF digital broadcasting, VLF communications, and GPS and Galileo navigation systems.
From 2010-2013, at Sheffield University, I evaluated ionospheric impacts on the future ESA BIOMASS satellite mission – a polarimetric, interferometric synthetic aperture radar (SAR). I provided the ionospheric simulation and correction software modules for the BIOMASS end-to-end radar simulator. I also taught a 4th-year course on Signal Processing and ran Maths tutorials for students. In May 2013 I moved to Lancaster University to develop physics-based ionospheric models of HF absorption for aircraft communications.
I have written ionospheric refraction, scattering and radiation source models and have processed and interpreted measurements from a variety of radio systems. I have deployed ionosondes and experimental antenna arrays and managed several radio propagation field trials at QinetiQ. I have project management training and experience and I’ve co-written several successful proposals for research funding.
I am a scientist with an established reputation, regularly contributing to international conferences and workshops. I publish and peer-reviews work in international journals and I have enjoyed successful collaborations with radio propagation scientists worldwide.
Education
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1993–1996 |
PhD |
Ionospheric Effects on HF Radio Direction Finding Systems |
University of Leicester, UK |
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1992–1993 |
MSc |
Astronautics and Space Engineering |
University of Cranfield, UK |
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1989–1992 |
BSc (Hons) |
Physics (2:1) |
University of Durham, UK |
Employment history
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May 2013 - |
University of Lancaster, UK Space Plasma Environment and Radio Systems group, Department of Physics |
Senior Postdoctoral Research Associate |
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2010 - 2013 |
University of Sheffield, UK School of Mathematics and Statistics |
Research Associate |
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1996- 2010 |
QinetiQ (formerly the UK Defence Evaluation & Research Agency) |
Higher Scientific Officer, Senior Scientific Officer, and Senior Scientist |
Awards and Prizes
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Winner |
Best paper prize |
International Ionospheric Effects Symposium, Alexandria, USA, 2011 |
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Runner-up |
Doug Bertram Award for Scientific Innovation |
QinetiQ, 2007. |
IT skills
MATLAB Advanced (6 years, including GUI development, signal and image processing)
IDL Advanced (17 years, physical model development and GUI design)
C Intermediate (6 years, models, data processing and some RF hardware control)
FORTRAN Intermediate (5 years, physical model development)
C++ Basic
Perl Basic
MySql Basic
Linux / Unix Intermediate (7 years – including some administration of user accounts)
MS Windows Advanced (17 years)
Teaching Experience
In 2012-13 I taught a 20-hour lecture course on Signal Processing to 4th year undergraduates at Sheffield University. (I also set and marked the exam paper.)
From 2010-2013, I was a lead demonstrator for undergraduate tutorials in mathematics (2 hours per week).
Publications
60 publications and 43 technical reports.
Professional memberships
Chartered Physicist (CPhys)
Member of the UK Institute of Physics (MInstP)
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