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Emma J. Bunce OBE (born 1975) is a British space physicist and Professor of Planetary Plasma Physics at the University of Leicester .[1] She holds a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award . Her research is on the magnetospheres of Saturn and Jupiter . She is principal investigator (PI ) of the MIXS instrument on BepiColombo , was deputy lead on the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer proposal, and co-investigator on the Cassini–Huygens mission.
Bunce served as President of the Royal Astronomical Society from 26 June 2020[2] to May 2022.[3] [4]
Early life and education [ edit ]
Bunce grew up in Worthing .[5] In 1989 she watched the Horizon documentary on Neptune with images taken by Voyager 2 and was inspired to become a space scientist.[6]
She was educated at Davison High School (a C of E girls school) and Worthing College (a sixth form college ), where she graduated in 1994.[5] She studied physics with space science at the University of Leicester and earned her Master of Physics (MPhys) degree in 1998.[5]
In 1998 Bunce began her doctoral training with Stan Cowley , investigating the magnetosphere of Jupiter .[5] Her thesis, Large-scale current systems in the Jovian Magnetosphere , looked at the radial current systems of the middle magnetosphere of Jupiter.[7] She used data from Pioneer 10 , Pioneer 11 , Voyager 1 , Voyager 2 and Ulysses .[8] The interaction between Jupiter and the surrounding plasma environment is influenced by the magnetic field. On Jupiter, the plasma is mainly produced in the volcanic moon Io .[8]
Research and career [ edit ]
After her graduate studies, Bunce worked as a postdoctoral researcher investigating the Kronian magnetosphere of Saturn in preparation for Cassini–Huygens .[8] In 2003 Bunce was awarded a Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council fellowship to study the magnetosphere of Saturn .[5] She continued to study Jupiter's polar auroral emissions.[9] [10] She was appointed to the faculty at the University of Leicester in 2005.[5]
Bunce was part of the Cassini–Huygens magnetometer team.[11] She was the first to analyse the UV aurorae of Saturn using the Hubble Space Telescope .[12] [13] The magnetosphere of Saturn rotates rapidly and plasma is produced via sputter of the icy moons.[5] She monitored the magnetospheric currents of Saturn in situ , identifying that there was a connection between the auroral oval and upward-directed field-aligned currents that flow near open and closed field lines.[13] She observed the interaction of the solar wind with the magnetosphere of Saturn .[14] In 2009 she was elected to the Royal Astronomical Society Council[15] and delivered the society's Harold Jeffreys Lecture .[14] She discussed her work Jupiter-like aurorae found on saturn .[16]
She was promoted to reader in 2009 and professor in 2013.[5] She organised a celebration of ten years of Cassini–Huygens in 2014.[17] She is the Principal Investigator of the Mercury Imaging X-ray Spectrometer (MIXS) instrument.[18] [19] [20] [21] MIXS was built in Leicester , launched in 2015 and will travel to Mercury.[22] [23] She delivered the 2016 National Space Academy keynote lecture.[24] She is the principal investigator of the Mercury Imaging X-ray Spectrometer instrument on the European Space Agency BepiColombo mission (to Mercury) and deputy lead on the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer .[25] BepiColombo will help to explain some of the mysteries of Mercury, including finding volatile sulphur and potassium.[26] [27] She contributed to the book Mathematical Methods for the Physical Sciences: A University Level Introduction in 2018.[28]
Bunce was elected President of the Royal Astronomical Society in 2019; she began her term on 26 June 2020[2] and served two years.[3]
Public engagement [ edit ]
Emma Bunce in 2016 with Stan Cowley
Bunce has delivered several popular science lectures.[11] [29] [30] She has written for The Conversation .[31]
She spoke at the New Scientist Live event in 2018.[32]
She was a guest on the BBC Radio 4 programme The Life Scientific in June 2020.[33]
Honours and awards [ edit ]
Bunce was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2024 New Year Honours for services to astronomy and science education.[34] [35]
Her other awards and honours include:
References [ edit ]
^ a b c Hollis, Morgan (10 May 2019). "Election results 2019: new RAS Council" . ras.ac.uk . Royal Astronomical Society. Retrieved 14 October 2019 .
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^ a b c d e f g h tk74. "Professor Emma Bunce — University of Leicester" . www2.le.ac.uk . Retrieved 15 September 2018 . {{cite web }}
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^ Knapton, Sarah (5 July 2016). "Nasa spacecraft Juno's arrival at Jupiter prompts British scientists' celebration: 'We're all feeling very relieved' " . The Telegraph . ISSN 0307-1235 . Retrieved 15 September 2018 .
^ Bunce, Emma J. (2001). Large-scale current systems in the Jovian magnetosphere . le.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Leicester. hdl :2381/30647 . OCLC 505259820 . EThOS uk.bl.ethos.696997 . Archived from the original on 16 September 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018 .
^ a b c d Anon (2002). "The RAS - Blackwell Prize 2002" . www.ras.org.uk . Retrieved 15 September 2018 .
^ T., Clarke, John; Denis, Grodent; H., Cowley, Stan W.; J., Bunce, Emma; Philippe, Zarka; P., Connerney, John E.; Takehiko, Satoh (2004). "Jupiter's aurora". Jupiter. The Planet, Satellites and Magnetosphere . 1 : 639. Bibcode :2004jpsm.book..639C . {{cite journal }}
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^ Bunce, E. J. (2004). "Jovian cusp processes: Implications for the polar aurora" . Journal of Geophysical Research . 109 (A9): A09S13. Bibcode :2004JGRA..109.9S13B . doi :10.1029/2003ja010280 . ISSN 0148-0227 .
^ a b "Royal Astronomical Society" . www.ras.org.uk . Retrieved 15 September 2018 .
^ Massey, Robert. "Cassini makes simultaneous measurements of Saturn's nightside aurora and electric current system" . www.ras.org.uk . Retrieved 15 September 2018 .
^ a b c "Citation for the 2018 RAS Chapman Medal" (PDF) . RAS . 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018 .
^ a b c Jim, Wild (2009). "RAS Awards 2009" . Astronomy & Geophysics . 50 (1 ): 1.34. Bibcode :2009A&G....50a..34. . doi :10.1111/j.1468-4004.2009.50134.x . ISSN 1366-8781 .
^ Elliott, David. "RAS Council 2009 Elections Results" . www.ras.org.uk . Retrieved 15 September 2018 .
^ Stallard, Tom; Miller, Steve; Melin, Henrik; Lystrup, Makenzie; Cowley, Stan W. H.; Bunce, Emma J.; Achilleos, Nicholas; Dougherty, Michele (2008). "Jovian-like aurorae on Saturn". Nature . 453 (7198): 1083–1085. Bibcode :2008Natur.453.1083S . doi :10.1038/nature07077 . ISSN 0028-0836 . PMID 18563160 . S2CID 4413780 .
^ "Royal Astronomical Society" . www.ras.org.uk . Retrieved 15 September 2018 .
^ "MIXS" . www.mps.mpg.de . Retrieved 15 September 2018 .
^ "Mercury Planetary Orbiter Instruments" . sci.esa.int . Retrieved 15 September 2018 .
^ nb101. "SMILE — University of Leicester" . www2.le.ac.uk . Retrieved 15 September 2018 . {{cite web }}
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^ "UK-built tech brings Europe's Mercury mission closer to launch" . gov.uk . Retrieved 15 September 2018 .
^ "Five Mercury Mysteries for BepiColombo" . The National Space Centre . Retrieved 15 September 2018 .
^ "Have you got a licence for that rocket?" . Astronomy & Geophysics . 56 (4 ): 4.7.5–4.7. 22 July 2015. doi :10.1093/astrogeo/atv114 . ISSN 1366-8781 .
^ "National Space Academy - Professor Emma Bunce" . nationalspaceacademy.org . Retrieved 15 September 2018 .
^ "The Derby and District Astronomical Society" (PDF) . Derby Astronomy . 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2018 .
^ Amos, Jonathan (6 July 2017). "Mercury mission ready for 'pizza oven' " . BBC News . Retrieved 15 September 2018 .
^ esa. "Mercury Planetary Orbiter" . European Space Agency . Retrieved 15 September 2018 .
^ Derek, Raine (2018). Mathematical Methods for the Physical Sciences . [S.l.]: The Pantaneto Press. ISBN 978-0992941185 . OCLC 1032575166 .
^ Switzerland, Marc Türler, Dept. of Astronomy, University of Geneva. "EWASS 2018" . eas.unige.ch . Retrieved 15 September 2018 . {{cite web }}
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^ "Widgety" . www.widgety.co.uk . Retrieved 15 September 2018 .
^ "Emma Bunce" . The Conversation . 11 July 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2018 .
^ "Emma Bunce" . New Scientist Live 2018 . Archived from the original on 16 September 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018 .
^ Al-Khalili, Jim (2020). "Emma Bunce on the gas giants" . bbc.co.uk . BBC . Retrieved 9 June 2020 .
^ "No. 64269" . The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 2023. p. N12.
^ "Awards for New Year 2024" (PDF) . gov.uk . Retrieved 29 December 2023 .
^ "Grant winners" . Times Higher Education (THE) (in Simplified Chinese). 23 February 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2018 .
^ a b "University of Leicester - Star Prize for University Physicist" . www.le.ac.uk . Retrieved 15 September 2018 .
^ "Once a physicist...Lord Browne of Madingley" . Physics World . 17 (11 ): 50. 2004. doi :10.1088/2058-7058/17/11/47 . ISSN 2058-7058 .
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