Mathew Owens

Mathew Owens is a British physicist and professor of space physics at the University of Reading in the UK.[1] He has made major contributions to the understanding of the solar wind and space weather.[2]

Early life and education

Owens grew up in Wrexham, Wales, before graduating with an MSci in Physics with Space Science from University College London. He was awarded a doctorate from Imperial College London in 2003 in the field of Space Weather.[1]

Research career

His first postdoctoral position was at the Center for Space Physics, Boston University where he was part of the Consortium in Space-weather Modelling (CISM) and worked with Prof Nancy Crooker[3][4] from 2004 to 2008. In 2008, he returned to Imperial College London as a senior research associate until joining the Department of Meteorology at the University of Reading in 2010.

Owens has published over 150 peer-reviewed articles[5] on a variety of topics including the heliospheric magnetic field,[6] the source of the slow solar wind, empirical and physics-based space-weather and reconstructions of long-term solar variability.[7]

His research has often been cited in the national and international press, including the BBC,[8] The Guardian,[9][10][11] The Independent,[12][13] New Scientist,[14] Scientific American,[15] and IFLScience.[16][17] Owens' work is also regularly highlighted in the main news journal of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), EOS.[18][19]

Owens is a Co-Investigator for the Solar Orbiter magnetometer instrument.[20] He leads an International Space Science Institute team focused on recalibrating the sunspot record.[21]

Awards and recognition
  • 2016: Editor for the journal Solar Physics[22]
  • 2013: The highly prestigious Philip Leverhulme prize for outstanding achievement in Astronomy and Astrophysics[23]
  • 2012: Royal Astronomical Society's Fowler Award[24]
  • 2012: Associate Editor for Journal for Geophysical Research (Space).

References
  1. "Dept of Meteorology - University of Reading". www.met.reading.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  2. "Professor Mathew Owens: Forecasting Space Weather".
  3. "BU Profs Brace for Storms from Outer Space | BU Today". Boston University. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  4. "CISM // People". www.bu.edu. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  5. "Mathew Owens - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  6. Owens, Mathew J.; Forsyth, Robert J. (2013-11-28). "The Heliospheric Magnetic Field". Living Reviews in Solar Physics. 10 (1): 5. doi:10.12942/lrsp-2013-5. ISSN 1614-4961.
  7. Owens, M. J.; Lockwood, M.; Riley, P. (2017-01-31). "Global solar wind variations over the last four centuries". Scientific Reports. 7 (1): 1–11. doi:10.1038/srep41548. ISSN 2045-2322. PMID 28139769.
  8. McGrath, Matt (2014-11-19). "Sun boosts UK lightning strikes". Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  9. Gray, Richard (2014-11-19). "Sun's magnetic field sparks lightning on Earth". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  10. Ravilious, Kate (2016-06-26). "Analysing the sound of thunderstorms". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  11. Nuccitelli, Dana (2018-01-09). "The 'imminent mini ice age' myth is back, and it's still wrong | Dana Nuccitelli". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  12. "Scientists riddle out the recipe for increased lightning strikes in". The Independent. 2014-11-19. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  13. "Weather forecasts from distant space would help keep Earth safe from catastrophic solar winds, study finds". The Independent. 2018-10-17. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  14. "Sleepy sun spreads slow solar wind". New Scientist. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  15. Intagliata, Christopher. "Sun's Magnetic Field Boosts Earth Lightning". Scientific American. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  16. "Solar Storms Are "Sneeze-like" When They Reach Earth". IFLScience. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  17. "Sun Might Enter Very Quiet Period, Limiting Northern Lights Shows To Just North Pole". IFLScience. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  18. "Sun's Magnetic Field Impacts Earth's Thunderstorms". Eos. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  19. "A Better Way to Predict Space Storms". Eos. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  20. "Solar Orbiter: Synergy between Observations and Theory | The Royal Astronomical Society". ras.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  21. "Recalibration of the Sunspot Number Series | ISSI Team led by Mathew Owens & Frederic Clette (UK)". Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  22. "Solar Physics". Springer. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  23. "Philip Leverhulme Prizes 2013 | The Leverhulme Trust". www.leverhulme.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  24. "University Scientist Wins Royal Astronomical Society Award". 2019-10-14.
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