Name: Dr Sophie Murray
Title: Research Fellow
E-Mail: sophie.murray@dias.ie
Address: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Astronomy and Astrophysics Section, 31 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2, D02 XF86, Ireland
Personal Website: drsophiemurray.com
Biographical sketch: Sophie’s research interests are focused on better understanding the solar source of space weather events in order to improve predictions of their impact on Earth. After completing a PhD in solar physics at Trinity College Dublin, she worked at the Met Office, the UK’s national meteorological service. Collaborating with scientists, forecasters, policy makers, and end users, she transitioned basic science to operational space weather forecasting products. Sophie has experience in a range of space weather disciplines, from solar flare forecasting, to solar wind propagation, and thermospheric modelling. Now a Research Fellow at Trinity College Dublin and DIAS, Sophie is currently developing solar eruption warning and prediction tools using state-of-the-art techniques established by the terrestrial weather community. She leads a number of international space weather forecasting coordination activities, and is also heavily involved in public engagement and outreach.
ORCID: 0000-0002-9378-5315
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Last Updated: 1st September 2020 by Anne Grace
Dr Sophie Murray
Title: Research Fellow
E-Mail: sophie.murray@dias.ie
Address: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Astronomy and Astrophysics Section, 31 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2, D02 XF86, Ireland
Personal Website: drsophiemurray.com
Biographical sketch: Sophie’s research interests are focused on better understanding the solar source of space weather events in order to improve predictions of their impact on Earth. After completing a PhD in solar physics at Trinity College Dublin, she worked at the Met Office, the UK’s national meteorological service. Collaborating with scientists, forecasters, policy makers, and end users, she transitioned basic science to operational space weather forecasting products. Sophie has experience in a range of space weather disciplines, from solar flare forecasting, to solar wind propagation, and thermospheric modelling. Now a Research Fellow at Trinity College Dublin and DIAS, Sophie is currently developing solar eruption warning and prediction tools using state-of-the-art techniques established by the terrestrial weather community. She leads a number of international space weather forecasting coordination activities, and is also heavily involved in public engagement and outreach.
ORCID: 0000-0002-9378-5315
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The @IrishResearch Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowships call is now OPEN! Deadline for applications 19 November. Also includes a Social Enterprise Impact Fellowship in partnership with @deptRCD research.ie/funding/goipd/… #LoveIrishResearch #LovePostdocs Retweeted by DIAS Astronomy & Astrophysics
.@petertgallagher says SETI might be a "moon-landing moment for the next generation" - having worked with undergraduate interns Aoife Brennan and Charlie Giese this summer we very much agree: lofar.ie/astrolands-int… youtu.be/yv3ZH6C55H8?t=… youtube.com/watch?v=yv3ZH6… twitter.com/I_LOFAR/status… Retweeted by DIAS Astronomy & Astrophysics
Join us tomorrow for a virtual @CultureNight! @petertgallagher will tour the observatory, then hear all about star formation with Simon Purser, planets in our solar system with @cm_jackman, and nebulae with @jm_astro! Register here: dias.ie/dunsinkculture… Retweeted by DIAS Astronomy & Astrophysics
Excited to be a part of #RASPoster2020 showcasing the work I've been doing as part of my PhD! @IrishResearch @tcdastro @DIASAstronomy Check it out on ras.ac.uk/poster-contest… Retweeted by DIAS Astronomy & Astrophysics
This is a cover image from @AandA_journal May 2019, from paper led by @DIASAstronomy PhD student @sam_green93 using @pion_code to study the Bubble Nebula: doi.org/10.1051/0004-6… aanda.org/articles/aa/ab… twitter.com/ichec/status/1… Retweeted by DIAS Astronomy & Astrophysics
Congratulations @jm_astro and team @DIAS_Dublin on joining the @EuroCC_project Academic Flagship. We are looking forward to working with you on 3D Simulations of Nebulae Around Massive Stars! 🔭📰 zcu.io/iRo9 Retweeted by DIAS Astronomy & Astrophysics
Register now for the free RIA 2020 Hamilton Lecture by Fields Medallist Prof Terence Tao on 'The cosmic distance ladder' online on 16 October at 4pm. Participants are encouraged to submit questions in advance bit.ly/riaTTao Supported by @ibec_irl #MathsWeek #STEM #Maths Retweeted by DIAS Astronomy & Astrophysics
Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Programme now open for applications. We do research on solar physics, space weather, star formation, high energy astrophysics, computational astrophysics and planetary magnetospheres dias.ie/cp-geophysics/… research.ie/funding/goipg/
58 of us listening to @cm_jackman this afternoon discussing some of the challenges (and opportunities) posed by solar system data sets. #planetaryscience #MachineLearning #remotelearning @scienceirel @ICTSkillnet @SkillnetIreland Retweeted by DIAS Astronomy & Astrophysics
I'm excited to speak at this Foundations of Data Science CRT event tomorrow - a lecture covering key aspects of Machine Learning in our Solar System, then a 2-hour fully interactive workshop where students can classify some ionospheric data twitter.com/data_science_i… Retweeted by DIAS Astronomy & Astrophysics
Great news - our Festival partners @DIAS_Dublin have released more tickets for their talks at #HistFest2020 twitter.com/DIAS_Dublin/st… Retweeted by DIAS Astronomy & Astrophysics
Looking forward to all the high-energy talks in this session, including by @IrishResearch postdoc @davit_zargaryan and just-finished-his-undergraduate-studies @j_alexander_98 from our group! #DIASdiscovers twitter.com/cfar_dcu/statu… Retweeted by DIAS Astronomy & Astrophysics
On this sunny Friday morning in #inam2020 we start closer to home with "Solar physics and solar system dynamics". Invited talk is on "Space weather at the gas giants" by @cm_jackman Chaired by @petertgallagher . @dcufsh @dcumaths @dcuphysics Retweeted by DIAS Astronomy & Astrophysics
Great to see three @DIASAstronomy members giving talks in the #INAM2020 Star Formation and Stellar Evolution session this afternoon. Lots more in tomorrow’s sessions too- we are looking forward to it!
Robert Brose, new @IrishResearch postdoc in our group @DIASAstronomy, is about to talk at #INAM2020 about some results from his PhD @desy @unipotsdam during the past few years. Retweeted by DIAS Astronomy & Astrophysics
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We're delighted that @DIASAstronomy have some fantastic talks in #Histfest2020, including the world-renowned Jocelyn Bell Burnell dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/events/the-las… Great to work with @petertgallagher again! 2/2 Retweeted by DIAS Astronomy & Astrophysics
The DIAS led discovery on the formation of new stars, receives lots of media attention today. irishtimes.com/news/ireland/i… independent.ie/irish-news/iri… Retweeted by DIAS Astronomy & Astrophysics
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