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Sarah Matthews
Born
Sarah Anna Matthews
NationalityBritish
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy
Solar Physics
InstitutionsUniversity College London
Mullard Space Science Laboratory (1996–present)

Sarah Anna Matthews is a British physicist. She is professor and head of solar physicsatUniversity College London's Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL).[1] She is also chairperson of UK Solar Physics.[2]

Biography[edit]

Born in London, Matthews graduated from the University of Glasgow with a first class honours BSc in 1992, and remained in Glasgow to undertake a PhD in the study of solar flares under the supervision of John Campbell Brown. After being awarded her doctorate in 1996, she joined MSSL to work on the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory mission. She has remained a member of the Laboratory's solar physics group ever since, advancing from a lectureship and a readership to her current professorial chair. She is also the Director of Education and the programme director of the MSc course in Space Science and Engineering at MSSL's parent institution, University College London.[3]

Research interests[edit]

Matthews has a wide range of research interests within the field of solar physics. These include -

Space missions[edit]

Awards[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ UCL (20 November 2018). "Prof. Sarah Matthews". UCL Department of Space and Climate Physics. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  • ^ "About UKSP | UK Solar Physics". Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  • ^ "Sarah Matthews". SOLARNET.
  • ^ Knapton, Sarah (9 February 2020). "How the British-built Solar Orbiter's mission of discovery will make a giant leap in our understanding of the Sun". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  • ^ RAS staff (1 February 2020). "RAS Awards 2020". Astronomy & Geophysics. 61 (1): 1.9–1.10. Bibcode:2020A&G....61a.1.9R. doi:10.1093/astrogeo/ataa004. ISSN 1366-8781.
  • ^ UCL (15 January 2020). "Prof. Sarah Matthews named James Dungey Lecturer in RAS 2020 Awards". UCL Department of Space and Climate Physics. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
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