Professor James McLaughlin

Professor

Department: Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering

I graduated from Durham University in 2002 with a MSci (joint honours) Mathematics and Physics degree. I then moved to the University of St Andrews for my PhD studies in Applied Mathematics and Solar Physics. After successfully defending my thesis entitled “Magnetohydrodynamic wave propagation in the neighbourhood of magnetic null points", I accepted a research scientist position at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, USA. Later, I returned to the University of St Andrews as a Research Fellow funded by the Leverhulme Trust. In 2010, I was appointed Senior Lecturer at Northumbria University and became a Reader in February 2014.

I am a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society (FRAS) and a Member of the Institute of Physics (MInstP).

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Key Publications

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Modeling the Effects of a Light Bridge on Properties of Magnetohydrodynamic Waves in Solar Pores, Schiavo, L., Gordovskyy, M., Browning, P., de Souza e Almeida Silva, S., Verth, G., Ballai, I., Shelyag, S., Ruzheinikov, S., McLaughlin, J., Fedun, V. 1 Nov 2024, In: The Astrophysical Journal
Self-similar Solutions of Oscillatory Reconnection: Parameter Study of Magnetic Field Strength and Background Temperature, Schiavo, L., Botha, G., McLaughlin, J. 1 Nov 2024, In: The Astrophysical Journal
The Effect of Resistivity on the Periodicity of Oscillatory Reconnection, Talbot, J., McLaughlin, J., Botha, G., Hancock, M. 15 Apr 2024, In: The Astrophysical Journal
Oscillatory Reconnection as a Plasma Diagnostic in the Solar Corona, Karampelas, K., McLaughlin, J., Botha, G., Régnier, S. 1 Feb 2023, In: The Astrophysical Journal
Spectral and Imaging Diagnostics of Spatially Extended Turbulent Electron Acceleration and Transport in Solar Flares, Stores, M., Jeffrey, N., McLaughlin, J. 29 Mar 2023, In: The Astrophysical Journal
Novel Data Analysis Techniques in Coronal Seismology, Anfinogentov, S., Antolin, P., Inglis, A., Kolotkov, D., Kupriyanova, E., McLaughlin, J., Nisticò, G., Pascoe, D., Prasad, S., Yuan, D. 1 Apr 2022, In: Space Science Reviews
Observations of Instability-driven Nanojets in Coronal Loops, Sukarmadji, R., Antolin, P., McLaughlin, J. 1 Aug 2022, In: The Astrophysical Journal
Oscillatory Reconnection of a 2D X-point in a hot coronal plasma, Karampelas, K., McLaughlin, J., Botha, G., Regnier, S. 1 Feb 2022, In: Astrophysical Journal
The Independence of Oscillatory Reconnection Periodicity from the Initial Pulse, Karampelas, K., McLaughlin, J., Botha, G., Régnier, S. 11 Jul 2022, In: The Astrophysical Journal
A Statistical Study of Propagating MHD Kink Waves in the Quiescent Corona, Tiwari, A., Morton, R., McLaughlin, J. 1 Oct 2021, In: The Astrophysical Journal

Current and Recent Projects

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STFC Consolidated Grant for the Solar and Space Physics Group at Northumbria University, McLaughlin, J. (Principal Investigator), Science and Technologies Facilities Council, 01/04/23 - 31/03/26, £1,289,803.00

PGR Supervision

Jordan Talbot A Numerical Investigation into the Dynamics of Oscillatory Reconnection Start Date: 01/06/2021
Jonathan Thurgood Magnetohydrodynamic Wave Behaviour in the Vicinity of Proper and Improper Magnetic Null Points Start Date: 13/09/2010 End Date: 12/06/2014
Ryan Smith Oscillatory Reconnection: the physics of time-dependent, wave-generating reconnection Start Date: 01/10/2023
Ajay Tiwari Propagating kink waves in the solar corona Start Date: 01/03/2017 End Date: 17/12/2020

Qualifications

Mathematical Sciences PhD September 01 2002
Mathematical Physics MSc September 01 1998
Education Affiliate American Astronomical Society (AAS) 2006
Member American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2006
Fellow Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) 2002
Associate Member Institute of Physics (IOP) 1998

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