Dr. Jonathan Nichols
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Located in Leicester and willing to travel approximately 60 Miles.
CV Summary:
I graduated from the University of Leicester in 1997 with a first class MPhys degree in Physics with Space Science and Technology, and went on to obtain a PhD from the University of Leicester in 2004 with a theoretical thesis on the dynamics of Jupiter's magnetosphere and auroras.
From 2004-2006, I held a postdoctoral research associate (PDRA) position at the University of Leicester before leaving for Boston University, Massachusetts, where I held a PDRA post until 2008, working on a large Hubble Space Telescope program of observations of Jupiter's and Saturn's ultraviolet (UV) auroras.
After returning to a PDRA post at the University of Leicester in 2008, I was awarded a five-year Science and Technology Facilities Council Advanced Fellowship in 2011, and I continue to work with Hubble Space Telescope data, having been awarded time to observe Jupiter, Saturn, Ganymede, and exoplanet WASP-12b.
I was appointed to a lectureship in 2013 and a readership in 2016.
Lecture Topics:
The NASA Juno mission to Jupiter
Alien auroras: the search for auroras from exoplanets Lots in Space: space science and auroras Lots in Space KS2
Target Audience:
All audiences from children to professionals
Distance Willing to Travel:
60 miles.
Facilities Required:
Projector, preferably sound
Expenses - Fees Required:
Travel Expenses
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