Trinity College Dublin

Prof. Peter T. Gallagher, MInstP, FRAS FTCD

Head of Solar Physics & Space Weather Reseach Group
Astrophysics Research Group
School of Physics
Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin
Dublin 2
Ireland

Tel: +353 1 608 1300
Fax: +353 1 283 7275
Email: peter.gallagher@tcd.ie
Skype: petertgallagher
Twitter: @petertgallagher

Publications

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Positions

Nov 2015 - Present	Professor in Physics, Trinity College Dublin
Sep 2015 - Present	Associate Dean of Research, Trinity College Dublin
Jan 2011 - Nov 2015	Associate Professor in Physics, Trinity College Dublin
Jan 2006 - Dec 2010	Lecturer in Astrophysics, Trinity College Dublin
Sep 2004 - Jan 2006	Lecturer in Space Science, University College Dublin
Oct 2001 - Dec 2004	Scientist/Senior Scientist for RHESSI and SOHO/CDS, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
Sep 1999 - Sep 2001	Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Owens Valley Solar Array & Big Bear Solar Observatory/New Jersey Institute of Technology.

Education

Sep 1996 - Sep 1999	PhD (Astrophysics), Queen's University Belfast and the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory.
Sep 1995 - Sep 1996	MSc (Opto-electronics and Optical Information Processing), Queen's University Belfast and the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias.
Sep 1991 - Sep 1995	BSc (Physics & Mathematics), University College Dublin.

Professional Activities

Member of ESA Space Science Advisory Committee (2017-).
Head of the Irish Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) consortium (2011-).
Board Member of National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT) (2015-).
Co-Investigator for Solar-Telescope Imaging X-rays (STIX) on ESA's Solar Orbiter (2012-).
Advisor/Leonardo of Science Gallery (2014-).
Chair of Astronomical Sciences Group of Ireland (ASGI) (2010-2012).
Vice-Chair of Royal Irish Academy Astronomy and Space Sciences Committee (2010-2014).
Member of ESA Solar System Working Group (SSWG; 2007-2009).
Member of UK STFC Solar Post-Launch Support Committee (2006-).
Co-Investigator for SWAP instrument on PROBA2.
Regular reviewer for Astronomy & Astrophysics, The Astrophysical Journal and Solar Physics.
Regular member of NASA proposal review panels.
Team Member for SOHO and RHESSI spacecrafts.

Professional Affiliations

Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society (FRAS).
Member of the Institute of Physics (MInstP).
Member of the Astronomical Sciences Group of Ireland.

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