Profile
Ms Megan Maunder
Postgraduate
Background:
I am a final year PhD Student in the Centre for Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, Solar-Terrestrial Plasmas and Space Weather. Under the supervision of Dr Claire Foullon, I am in receipt of an STFC funded Studentship for a 'Multi-Spacecraft Investigation of Solar and Heliospheric Plasmas'. My second supervisor is Professor Andrew Hillier.
I graduated from the University of Exeter in 2018 with an MSci Mathematics (Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics) and a College Commendation. My master's project was titled 'STEREO Investigation of High-Latitude Coronal Mass Ejections', which applied stereoscopic triangulation methods to remote-sensing data from NASA's twin-STEREO spacecraft.
My research interests include solar and heliospheric plasmas and Space Weather, with a particular interest in Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs). I work with both in-situ and remote sensing data using multi-spacecraft observations and methods to examine CMEs, their properties, and evolution.
Royal Astronomical Society:
I became a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in October 2018. I am the Advocacy Team Lead for the RAS Early Career Network Committee, providing support, networking, and advice for early career Fellows. Our
events have included:
- RAS ECN Poster Competition
- RAS ECN Finding Your First Post-Doctoral Role
- RAS ECN Careers Lunch at the National Astronomy Meeting 2021
- RAS COVID Survey
The ECN's latest publication: Hear it Through the Grapevine.
I am also a member of the Royal Astronomical Society's Membership Committee.
Post-Graduate Teaching Assosciate:
I have been a Post-Graduate Teaching Associate at the University since 2018. I completed the Learning and Teaching in Higher Educationt (LTHE) Level 1 & 2 programmes at Exeter in 2018/19 and have worked on the following modules:
- NSC1002 Mathematics and Computing: Integrative Tools for Natural Sciences (2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21)
- MTH2003 Differential Equations (2019/2020, 2020/21)
- MTH3007 Fluid Dynamics (2019/2020)
- MTH3008 Partial Differential Equations (2018/19, 2019/2020, 2020/21)
Additionally, I have supported undergraduate mathematics students in their final year BSc and MMath projects.