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Christopher Chen
@chkchen.bsky.social
Reader in Space Plasma Physics at @qmspaceplasma.bsky.social @qmul.ac.uk ∙ UKRI Future Leaders Fellow @ukri.org #UKRIFLF ∙ NASA #ParkerSolarProbe science team

https://www.qmul.ac.uk/spcs/staff/academics/profiles/christopherchen.html
Our @agu.org session on "Turbulence, magnetic reconnection, and non-thermal particles in space plasmas" is open for abstract submissions. Deadline: 30 July 2025 (23:59 EDT/03:59 UTC). #AGU25 #AGU2025 agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/pr...
July 15, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Reposted by Christopher Chen
New paper in @physrevx.bsky.social from Jack McIntyre @qmspaceplasma.bsky.social, providing evidence from #ParkerSolarProbe for the existence of the helicity barrier in the solar wind, which may alter how turbulence heats space and astrophysical plasmas journals.aps.org/prx/abstract...
Evidence for the Helicity Barrier from Measurements of the Turbulence Transition Range in the Solar Wind
Data from NASA's Parker Solar Probe reveal that a barrier to the transfer of energy often forms in the solar wind, limiting energy reaching small scales and helping explain why solar wind protons are ...
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July 8, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Reposted by Christopher Chen
New paper from Pauline Simon, studying ensemble averaging for solar wind forecasting, including a new method to improve predictions of the spectral (multi-scale) nature of the solar wind, with @chkchen.bsky.social, @mathewjowens.bsky.social, C. Sishtla agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
Analog Ensemble Forecasts of Solar Wind Parameters: Quantification of the Predictability and Time‐Domain Spectral Performance
The analog ensemble (AnEn) method can forecast mesoscale structures of solar wind velocity and magnetic field for resolutions higher than 1 hr AnEn forecasts can be more time-accurate than persis...
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July 8, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Our deadline for expressions of interest in fellowships (STFC Ernest Rutherford, Royal Society URF, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowships) at QMUL is 8 July this year. Please get in touch if interested. www.qmul.ac.uk/spcs/astro/a...
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June 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
If anyone's interested in applying for a MSCA Fellowship in @qmspaceplasma.bsky.social please let me know asap (to meet our internal deadlines) marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/post...
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June 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Congratulations to @flokoller.bsky.social for being awarded a MSCA Fellowship to continue working in the @qmspaceplasma.bsky.social group www.qmul.ac.uk/spcs/news-an...
Dr Florian Koller Awarded Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship to work in the QMUL Astronomy Unit
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June 2, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Shiladittya Mondal presents his work on near-Sun electron scale turbulence at the Parker Four conference
May 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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We are offering summer internship placements for undergraduate students this year, including various topics in space plasma physics. Application deadline 27 March. More details here: www.qmul.ac.uk/spcs/astro/t...
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March 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A postdoc position is available to join my UKRI #UKRIFLF project. Deadline 20 April 2025, start date flexible but available immediately. Enquiries welcome. More info and application: qmul-jobs.tal.net/vx/mobile-0/...
March 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The next round of UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships is open. If anyone is interested in applying at @qmspaceplasma.bsky.social, please get in touch. Our internal deadline is 17 March, so make sure to get in touch well before then to discuss an application. #UKRIFLF www.ukri.org/opportunity/...
Future Leaders Fellowships: round 10
Apply for funding to support ambitious research and innovation across UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)’s remit. You must be an early career researcher or innovator who is either:
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February 27, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Today I asked my class to produce an aesthetically pleasing image of trajectories by using their knowledge of particle motion in electromagnetic fields combined with their collective artistic sensibility. Here’s the result! (using spacephysics.ucla.edu)
February 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Congratulations to Dr Jack McIntyre for a successful PhD viva. Bottle number two is now in the collection!
January 20, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Reposted by Christopher Chen
Congratulations to Dr Jack McIntyre who passed his PhD viva today, examined by Dr Lorenzo Matteini and Dr Heli Hietala, and supervised by @chkchen.bsky.social
January 20, 2025 at 9:39 PM