Dr Cara Waters
Postdoctoral Research Associate
School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Queen Mary University of London
Research
space plasma physics, space physics, heliophysics, space weather, machine learning
Interests
I work at the intersection of machine learning, fundamental space plasma processes, and space weather, the impact of solar events on society.
Publications
Publications of specific relevance to the Centre for Theoretical Physics and Astronomy
2026
Magnetic Reconnection Energy Fluxes in the Near-Sun Heliospheric Current Sheet as Observed by Parker Solar Probe The Astrophysical Journal,
American Astronomical Society vol. 996 (2)
09-01-2026 2025
First Detection of Field‐Aligned Currents Using Engineering Magnetometers From the OneWeb Mega‐Constellation Space Weather,
American Geophysical Union (Agu) vol. 23 (10)
29-09-2025Bridging in Situ Satellite Measurements and Simulations of Magnetic Reconnection Using Recurrent Neural Networks Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics,
American Geophysical Union (Agu) vol. 130 (10)
28-09-2025 In Flight Performance of the MAGIC Magnetoresistive Magnetometer on the RadCube CubeSat Space Science Reviews,
Springer Nature vol. 221 (4)
14-05-2025 2024
Classifying Magnetic Reconnection Regions Using k‐Means Clustering: Applications to Energy Partition Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics,
American Geophysical Union (Agu) vol. 129 (10)
01-10-2024 Statistical Study of Energy Transport and Conversion in Electron Diffusion Regions at Earth's Dayside Magnetopause Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics,
American Geophysical Union (Agu) vol. 129 (10)
01-10-2024 2022
GC Insights: Space sector careers resources in the UK need a greater diversity of roles Geoscience Communication,
Copernicus Publications vol. 5 (2), 119-123.
29-04-2022
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