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Professor James McLaughlin

Professor

Department: Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering

I graduated from Durham University in 2002 with a MSci (joint honours) Mathematics and Physics degree. I then moved to the University of St Andrews for my PhD studies in Applied Mathematics and Solar Physics. After successfully defending my thesis entitled “Magnetohydrodynamic wave propagation in the neighbourhood of magnetic null points", I accepted a research scientist position at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, USA. Later, I returned to the University of St Andrews as a Research Fellow funded by the Leverhulme Trust. In 2010, I was appointed Senior Lecturer at Northumbria University and became a Reader in February 2014.

I am a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society (FRAS) and a Member of the Institute of Physics (MInstP).

 

 

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  • Estimating the Poynting flux of Alfvenic waves in polar coronal holes across Solar Cycle 24, Morton, R., Weberg, M., Balodhi, N., McLaughlin, J. 24 Mar 2025, In: Astrophysical Journal
  • Modeling the Effects of a Light Bridge on Properties of Magnetohydrodynamic Waves in Solar Pores, Schiavo, L., Gordovskyy, M., Browning, P., de Souza e Almeida Silva, S., Verth, G., Ballai, I., Shelyag, S., Ruzheinikov, S., McLaughlin, J., Fedun, V. 1 Nov 2024, In: The Astrophysical Journal
  • Self-similar Solutions of Oscillatory Reconnection: Parameter Study of Magnetic Field Strength and Background Temperature, Schiavo, L., Botha, G., McLaughlin, J. 1 Nov 2024, In: The Astrophysical Journal
  • The Effect of Resistivity on the Periodicity of Oscillatory Reconnection, Talbot, J., McLaughlin, J., Botha, G., Hancock, M. 15 Apr 2024, In: The Astrophysical Journal
  • Oscillatory Reconnection as a Plasma Diagnostic in the Solar Corona, Karampelas, K., McLaughlin, J., Botha, G., Régnier, S. 1 Feb 2023, In: The Astrophysical Journal
  • Spectral and Imaging Diagnostics of Spatially Extended Turbulent Electron Acceleration and Transport in Solar Flares, Stores, M., Jeffrey, N., McLaughlin, J. 29 Mar 2023, In: The Astrophysical Journal
  • Novel Data Analysis Techniques in Coronal Seismology, Anfinogentov, S., Antolin, P., Inglis, A., Kolotkov, D., Kupriyanova, E., McLaughlin, J., Nisticò, G., Pascoe, D., Prasad, S., Yuan, D. 1 Apr 2022, In: Space Science Reviews
  • Observations of Instability-driven Nanojets in Coronal Loops, Sukarmadji, R., Antolin, P., McLaughlin, J. 1 Aug 2022, In: The Astrophysical Journal
  • Oscillatory Reconnection of a 2D X-point in a hot coronal plasma, Karampelas, K., McLaughlin, J., Botha, G., Regnier, S. 1 Feb 2022, In: Astrophysical Journal
  • The Independence of Oscillatory Reconnection Periodicity from the Initial Pulse, Karampelas, K., McLaughlin, J., Botha, G., Régnier, S. 11 Jul 2022, In: The Astrophysical Journal

  • Ryan Smith Oscillatory Reconnection: the physics of time-dependent, wave-generating reconnection Start Date: 01/10/2023
  • Jordan Talbot A Numerical Investigation into the Dynamics of Oscillatory Reconnection Start Date: 01/06/2021

  • Mathematical Sciences PhD September 01 2002
  • Mathematical Physics MSc September 01 1998
  • Education Affiliate American Astronomical Society (AAS) 2006
  • Member American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2006
  • Fellow Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) 2002
  • Associate Member Institute of Physics (IOP) 1998


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