Staff Lead researcher DW Doctor Daniel Whiter Lecturer Research interests Earth's aurora Auroral acceleration and structuring mechanisms Connect with Daniel Email: d.whiter@soton.ac.uk Other researchers RF Professor Robert Fear Professor Research interests Magnetic reconnection Large-scale solar wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling Connect with Robert Email: r.c.fear@soton.ac.uk Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups Astronomy Group We aim to understand the nature of cosmic objects and the life cycle of stars including the impact of surrounding galaxies.