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Lyndsay Fletcher

Lyndsay Fletcher (born 1968) FRSE is a Scottish astrophysicist at the University of Glasgow[1] who specialises in solar flares.[2]

Lyndsay Fletcher
FRSE
Born (1968-12-03) 3 December 1968 (age 55)[citation needed]
EducationBellahouston Academy
Alma materUniversity of Glasgow (BSc, PhD)
AwardsRAS Harold Jeffreys Lecturer 2011
Scientific career
Fieldsastrophysics
solar physics
solar flares
InstitutionsUniversity of Glasgow
European Space Agency
Utrecht University
Lockheed Martin
ThesisH impact polarization as a solar and astrophysical particle diagnostic (1993)
Websitewww.gla.ac.uk/schools/physics/staff/lyndsayfletcher and https://www.astro.gla.ac.uk/?p=123

Early life and education

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Fletcher attended Bellahouston Academy in Glasgow, and credits her high school physics teacher there with her enjoyment of physics.[3] She studied physics and astronomy at the University of Glasgow and graduated in 1989.[4][5] She remained there for her graduate studies, earning a PhD in 1993.[4][5]

Research and career

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In 1993 Fletcher joined Utrecht University as a postdoctoral researcher.[5] She was then appointed a research fellow at the European Space Agency (ESA) in Noordwijk in 1996, where she remained for two years working on the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory.[5]

In 1998 she joined Lockheed Martin in Palo Alto, California, using the Yohkoh and TRACE satellites to study flares and plasma jets from the sun.[3][6][7][8][9] She returned to Glasgow in 2000, becoming a lecturer later that year and a Professor in 2014.[2] She is an authority on solar flares,[10][11] notably espousing the role of Alfvénic transport of energy.[12] In 2015 she was appointed the President of the International Astronomical Union Commission E2 on Solar Activity.[13] Between 2014 and 2016 she led the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) project F-CHROMA, which included the citizen science project F-HUNTERS.[14][15] She co-edited the book Solar and Stellar Flares, in 2017.[1][16]

Public service

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Fletcher was a member of the Royal Astronomical Society council from 2006 to 2009.[17] In 2011 she became the Geophysics Secretary, and in 2017 the Senior Secretary.[17] Fletcher has campaigned for diversity in physics[18] and supports the Institute of Physics Juno campaign.[19][20] She was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) in 2017.[21][22] She serves on the Science Working group for the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope. She is an advisor for the Rosseland Centre for Solar Physics at the University of Oslo and for the Kiepenheuer Institute for Solar Physics.[23] Fletcher has spoken at the Edinburgh International Science Festival, Glasgow Science Centre, British Astronomical Association and the Institute of Physics in Scotland.[24]

Awards and honours

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Her awards and honours include:

References

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  1. ^ a b Lyndsay Fletcher publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b "Prof Lyndsay Fletcher". University of Glasgow. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Lyndsay Fletcher". multiverse.ssl.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Professor Lyndsay Fletcher CV" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 September 2015.
  5. ^ a b c d "Merseyside Astronomy Day 21st March 2009: Lyndsay Fletcher". astro.ljmu.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  6. ^ Anon (2018). "Lyndsay Fletcher - Solar Guides - Sun|trek". suntrek.org. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  7. ^ "Lyndsay Fletcher". solar.bnsc.rl.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  8. ^ "Lyndsay Fletcher Bio". passporttoknowledge.com. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  9. ^ Alexander, David; Fletcher, Lyndsay (1999). "High-resolution Observations of Plasma Jets in the Solar Corona". Solar Physics. 190 (1/2): 167–184. Bibcode:1999SoPh..190..167A. doi:10.1023/a:1005213826793. ISSN 0038-0938. S2CID 117001613.
  10. ^ Anon (2018). "Living with a Star with Professor Lyndsay Fletcher at Glasgow Science Centre, Glasgow South Side | What's On Glasgow". whatsonglasgow.co.uk. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  11. ^ Fletcher, Lyndsay; Dennis, Brian R.; Hudson, Hugh S.; Krucker, Sam; Phillips, Ken; Veronig, Astrid; Battaglia, Marina; Bone, Laura; Caspi, Amir (2011). "An Observational Overview of Solar Flares". Space Science Reviews. 159 (1–4): 19–106. arXiv:1109.5932. Bibcode:2011SSRv..159...19F. doi:10.1007/s11214-010-9701-8. ISSN 0038-6308. S2CID 21203102.
  12. ^ Fletcher, Lyndsay; Hudson, Hugh (2008). "Impulsive Phase Flare Energy Transport by Large-Scale Alfvén Waves and the Electron Acceleration Problem". Astrophysical Journal. 675 (2): 1645. arXiv:0712.3452. Bibcode:2008ApJ...675.1645F. doi:10.1086/527044. S2CID 55835420.
  13. ^ "Lyndsay Fletcher". iau.org. International Astronomical Union. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  14. ^ "People - F-CHROMA". fchroma.org. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  15. ^ Fletcher, Lyndsay; Berlicki, Arkadiusz; Awasthi, Arun Kumar; Gronkiewicz, Dominik (2016). "Recruiting flare hunters for citizen science". Astronomy & Geophysics. 57 (6): 6.21–6.23. Bibcode:2016A&G....57f6.21F. doi:10.1093/astrogeo/atw220. ISSN 1366-8781.
  16. ^ Fletcher, Lyndsay (2017). Solar and Stellar Flares - Observations, Simulations, and Synergies. Springer. ISBN 9789402409345.
  17. ^ a b "Prof. Lyndsay Fletcher - Senior Secretary". ras.ac.uk. Royal Astronomical Society. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  18. ^ "Prof Lyndsay Fletcher - insight by PhySoc". www.st-andrews.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  19. ^ "Course: Project Juno". my.supa.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  20. ^ Anon (2018). "Champions extol the virtues of Juno". iop.org. London: Institute of Physics. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  21. ^ Fletcher, Lyndsay (2016), "Solar Flares and Superflares", youtube.com, retrieved 26 September 2018
  22. ^ a b "Professor Lyndsay Fletcher FRSE". rse.org.uk. Edinburgh: Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  23. ^ "Prof. Lyndsay Fletcher". academia-net.org. Academia Net. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  24. ^ "Cosmic Threats to Earth Public Lecture Event" (PDF). Institute of Physics. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  25. ^ "Elite shortlist shines a light on inspiring work across the country". heraldscotland.com. 6 September 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  26. ^ "University of Glasgow - University news - Suffrage Science awards for Glasgow physicists". www.gla.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  27. ^ "News". hesperia.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  28. ^ Anon (2011). "Dr Lyndsay Fletcher: Harold Jeffreys Lecture". Astronomy & Geophysics. 52 (1). doi:10.1111/j.1468-4004.2011.52145_11.x. ISSN 1468-4004.
  29. ^ Clarke, David (2013). Reflections on the Astronomy of Glasgow. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 9780748678921.
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