Experience

Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research¶

Postdoctoral Researcher [September 2024 - present]

Doctoral Researcher [September 2020 - September 2024]

Instrument Scientist on the PHI instrument on Solar Orbiter.
Developed the on ground data reduction pipeline for the magnetograph instrument on the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft and produce magnetic field maps. In operation since 2021 with over a million raw frames processed into L2 data products.
Cross-calibrated these magnetic field maps with those from a similar Earth-based magnetograph.
Numerically simulated the solar surface to investigate different viewing angles and spatial resolutions on the inference of its magnetic field.
Coordinated Solar Orbiter observation campaigns}, liaising with instrument teams and ESA to acquire high impact scientific data.
Authored and co-authored 20+ scientific articles with 170+ citations.

Post-Alpbach Summer School [November 2022]

Selected to contribute to the Trajectory Analysis Team
Further developed a scientific space plasma physics mission to Venus to investigate its induced magnetosphere

FFG (Austrian Research Promotion Agency)

ISSI (International Space Science Institute)

Alpbach Summer School [July 2022]

Developed a scientific space mission concept to investigate Transient Luminous Effects and Terrestrial Gamma Ray Flashes
Presented the scientific section at the final presentation ceremony
Our team's concept won the prize for the 'Most Feasible Space Mission Concept'

Summer Research Student [July 2019 - February 2020]

Developed Fortran methods to cheaply generate turbulence in astrophysical plasmas
Advisors: Prof. Dr. Huirong Yan, Dr. Kirit Makwana
Received extension to further develop the work beyond the 8 week summer program