Dr Heli Hietala

Heli Hietala
MSc, PhD, docent, FHEA

Royal Society University Research Fellow | Senior Lecturer in Space Plasma Physics
Member of the SPCS EDI committee

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Queen Mary University of London
www.qmul.ac.uk/spcs/staff/academics/profiles/hhietala.html
Centre for Fundamental Physics
Centre for Experimental and Applied Physics
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Research

shock waves, particle acceleration, multi-spacecraft missions, heliophysics, space weather

Interests

How particles are energised in shock waves, magnetic reconnection, and other space plasma processes. Secondary structures formed in these processes and how they participate in the acceleration. Measuring the energisation with in situ spacecraft across the heliosphere (comparative planetary magnetospheres) and related space instrumentation (particle detectors). Impact of energetic particles on society (space weather) and sustainable use of space.