Marina Galand

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Marina Galand is an atmospheric physicist and lecturer at Imperial College London. She is the 2018 recipient of the Holweck Prize for her "outstanding contribution to space physics by studying in a comprehensive and original manner the effects of energy sources on planetary atmospheres throughout the Solar System and beyond".[1]

Education

Galand grew up in France and studied at the Université Joseph Fourier in Grenoble.[2] There she completed a PhD in 1996 entitled "Transport des protons dans l'ionosphère aurorale".[3][4] Galand completed two postdoctoral fellowships in Boulder, Colorado, in the Space Environment Centre (NOAA) and High Altitude Observatory (NCAR).[5] She joined Boston University as a Research Associate in 2000.[5]

Research

In 2005, Galand joined Imperial College London as a lecturer in the Space and Atmospheric Physics Group.[6][7] She became a Reader in 2016.[8]

Galand develops kinetic and fluid models to predict and interpret the observations from space probes, including Rosetta, Cassini-Huygens, and Venus Express.[9][10] She used data from the recent Rosetta mission to comet 67P to fully determine the ion composition and make-up of cometary plasma around the nucleus.[11][12] At the end of the 20-year Cassini mission, Galand expressed her excitement for the data, "...we are deeply excited by the dataset which Cassini has been returning over the past weeks due to its uniqueness (e.g., first ever in situ gas and plasma measurements in the upper atmosphere of a giant planet). This dataset is filled with unanticipated findings".[13]

Today she is a co-investigator for the plasma and UV instruments for the European Space Agency JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) 2022 mission, which will target the moon Ganymede.[14]

Awards and fellowships

Public engagement

Galand is involved with activities to increase the public's interest in space science. She participated to “A Comet Revealed” at the Royal Society Summer Exhibition in 2016 and “Catch A Comet” in 2014.[22][23][24] Her research group has also run stands at the Imperial College Festival, which recently celebrated the finale of the Cassini spacecraft.[25]

References

  1. ^ "Holweck Prize 2018 awarded to Marina Galand - Société Française de Physique". www.sfpnet.fr (in French). Retrieved 2017-12-31.
  2. ^ "Marina Galand - Reader at Imperial College London". Linked In. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
  3. ^ Marina, Galand (1996-01-01). Transport des protons dans l'ionosphère aurorale. Thèse de Doctorat en Terre, Océan, Espace (These de doctorat).
  4. ^ "Marina Galand". www.sp.ph.ic.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
  5. ^ a b "Marina Galand experience". www.bu.edu. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
  6. ^ "Space and Atmospheric Physics | Research groups | Imperial College London". www.imperial.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
  7. ^ "Publications - Dr Marina Galand". www.imperial.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
  8. ^ "2016 ACADEMIC PROMOTIONS ROUND" (PDF). Imperial College London. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
  9. ^ "Home - Dr Marina Galand". www.imperial.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
  10. ^ "Space Physicist Galand wins the Fernand Holweck Medal and Prize". Imperial College London. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
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  12. ^ "Plasma Environment of Comet 67P after Rosetta | ISSI Team led by Marina Galand (UK)". www.issibern.ch. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
  13. ^ "expert reaction to Cassini grand finale | Science Media Centre". www.sciencemediacentre.org. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
  14. Bibcode:2017EGUGA..19..573C
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  15. ^ a b "Honours and Memberships - Dr Marina Galand". www.imperial.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
  16. ^ "Zeldovich Medals / Astronomy / Scientific prizes and awards - CIRS". www.cirs.info. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
  17. ^ "Imperial College London - Double win for Imperial College London in international space science awards". www.imperial.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
  18. ^ "SACAs 2017". Imperial College Union. 2017-05-16. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
  19. ^ "Fernand Holweck Medal and Prize for 2018 goes to Marina Galand". www.iop.org. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
  20. ^ "Holweck medal recipients". www.iop.org. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
  21. ^ Simion @Yonescat, Florin. "Royal Astronomical Society unveils 2023 award winners". The Royal Astronomical Society. Retrieved 2023-01-15.
  22. ^ "The comet revealed: Rosetta and Philae at Comet 67P". royalsociety.org. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
  23. ^ "A Comet Revealed". cometrevealed.tumblr.com. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
  24. ^ "Scientists showcase comet-chasing mission at major science exhibition". www.myscience.uk. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
  25. ^ Dunning, Hayley. "Imperial hosts two-day celebration of Cassini mission success". Imperial College London. Retrieved 2017-12-31.
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