Dr Hannah wins RAS Fowler Prize
Published: 21 January 2013
Dr Iain Hannah, a postdoctoral researcher in Physics and Astronomy has been awarded the 2013 Fowler prize by the Royal Astronomical Society.
Dr Iain Hannah, a postdoctoral researcher in Physics and Astronomy has been awarded the 2013 Fowler prize by the Royal Astronomical Society. The prestigious award is given to outstanding individuals who have made a particularly noteworthy contribution to the astronomical and geophysical sciences at an early stage of their research career.
The Royal Astronomical Society paid tribute to his work, stating that: “Dr Hannah has already made an international impact on our understanding of solar hard X-ray emission on a variety of scales. In particular he has led pioneering studies on the energetics of solar microflares through the interpretation of observations from the RHESSI satellite.
His work displays exceptional breadth, given that he also carried out observational studies of plasma heating of plasmas and the acceleration of electrons in solar flares, as well as computational modelling of these systems.
As part of his research, he developed sophisticated techniques for analysis of small-scale hard-X-ray emission, including automated analysis of 25,000 microflare events, and a new ultra-sensitive mode of RHESSI ‘quiet-Sun’ observing.”
School of Physics and Astronomy: http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/physics/news/headline_256769_en.html
First published: 21 January 2013
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