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Robert T Wicks
Northumbria University, University College London, University of Warwick, Imperial College London, University of Maryland Foundation
Research areas: Physics and Astronomy · Astronomy and Astrophysics · Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics · Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics · Magnetic confinement fusion research
0000-0002-0622-5302
Employment
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Northumbria University Professor2023 - Present
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Northumbria University Associate Professor2020 - 2023
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University College London Lecturer2015 - 2020
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University of Maryland Foundation Research Associate2014 - 2015
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NASA Goddard Space Flight Center NPP Fellow2012 - 2014
- 2008 - 2012
Education
- 2005 - 2008
- 2001 - 2005
Projects & Funding
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Plasma thermodynamics of the inner heliosphere with Solar Orbiter and Parker Solar Probe Science and Technology Facilities Council2022 - 2026
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Intermittency and Ion Heating in Reduced Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences2015 - 2019
Publications (85)
- A New Methodology for Inferring the Plasma Conditions in Solar Flare Energetic Electron Source Regions from In Situ Electron Energy Spectra Save
- ALIGN Save
- ALIGN: Laboratory Characterisation of 976 nm Beacon and 1550 nm Data Lasers for CubeSat Free-Space Optical Inter-Satellite Links Save
- Characterisation of amplified laser beam profiles subject to changing EDFA pump currents in CubeSats Save
- Pointing, Acquisition, and Tracking (PAT) for Optical Satellite Communications: Recent Trends and the ALIGN UK Mission’s PAT Mechanism Save
- Evidence for a Link between Turbulence and the Generation of Ion Cyclotron Waves via the Helicity Barrier Effect in the Solar Wind Save
- Severe Space Weather Impacts on UK Critical National Infrastructure Save
- Turbulent Energy Conversion Associated With Kinetic Microinstabilities in Earth's Magnetosheath Save
- Overview of Space-Based Laser Communication Missions and Payloads: Insights from the Autonomous Laser Inter-Satellite Gigabit Network (ALIGN) Save
- Design and control of a steering mirror for a freespace optical communications CubeSat for gigabit inter-satellite links Save
- Steering Mirror System with Closed-Loop Feedback for Free-Space Optical Communication Terminals Save
- Observation of Alfvén Ion Cyclotron Waves in ICME Magnetic Clouds at 1 au Save
- The Radial Variation of the Solar Wind Turbulence Spectra near the Kinetic Break Scale from Parker Solar Probe Measurements Save
- A Case for Electron-Astrophysics Save
- Thermal Energy Budget of Electrons in the Inner Heliosphere: Parker Solar Probe Observations Save
- STELLA—Potential European contributions to a NASA-led interstellar probe Save
- Energy Transport during 3D Small-scale Reconnection Driven by Anisotropic Plasma Turbulence Save
- Revolutionizing Our Understanding of Particle Energization in Space Plasmas Using On-Board Wave-Particle Correlator Instrumentation Save
- Radial Evolution of Thermal and Suprathermal Electron Populations in the Slow Solar Wind from 0.13 to 0.5 au: Parker Solar Probe Observations Save
- The Kinetic Expansion of Solar-wind Electrons: Transport Theory and Predictions for the Very Inner Heliosphere Save