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Louise Harra


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Louise Harra is a British physicist, born in Lurgan, Northern Ireland. She graduated from Queen's University, Belfast with a BSc (Hons) in Applied Maths and Physics and a PhD in Physics. She is professor of solar physics at University College London's Mullard Space Science Laboratory.

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Research interests

Harra's research interests include:

  • Trigger for solar flares and coronal mass ejections
  • Formation of the solar wind
  • Sun-Earth connection

    • Space missions

    Harra has been involved in a number of space missions in her career. These include:

  • The Japanese/US/UK space mission Yohkoh, Instrument Scientist based in Japan.
  • The JAXA/NASA/UK/ESA mission Hinode, Prinicpal Investigator of the EUV Imaging Spectrometer.
  • The ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter mission, co-Principal Investigator for the EUV Imager.

    • Media

    Harra has given radio and TV interviews. These include:

  • 2014 Radio 4, 'In our time' interview with Melvyn Bragg
  • 2014 Australian Broadcasting Cooperation Science Show with Robyn Williams

    • Awards

  • 2016: Daiwa-Adrian prize for UK-Japan research.
  • 2015: RAS group achievement award for the Hinode EIS instrument.
  • 2014: The Sir Arthur C Clarke Award, Space Achievement (Academic Study/Research) for her leadership in the UK and internationally of the exploitation of data from the Japanese Hinode spacecraft and her leadership of the upcoming EUI telescope on Solar Orbiter..
  • 2014: The Royal Astronomical Society's Chapman Medal, for single investigations of outstanding merit in solar-terrestrial physics, including geomagnetism and aeronomy.

    • References

    Louise Harra Wikipedia
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