Dr Julia E. Stawarz is a member of the LGBTQ+ community and Royal Society University Research Fellow based in the Solar and Space Physics Group of the School of Engineering, Physics, & Mathematics at Northumbria University. She uses spacecraft measurements from the plasmas within our solar system – such as Earth’s magnetosphere and the solar wind – alongside numerical simulations to study the fundamental physics and interplay between plasma turbulence, magnetic reconnection, and other collisionless plasma phenomena. She is particularly interested in understanding how these phenomena shape the Sun-Earth system that we live within, as well as more broadly understanding the fundamental physics that is at play in many plasma environments throughout the Universe. She is closely involved with multiple international spacecraft mission, including as a Co-I of NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale and Science Study Team member for ESA’s proposed Plasma Observatory mission, and serves as an associate editor for the journal Physics of Plasmas.
Professional position
- Royal Society University Research Fellow (Associate Professor), School of Engineering, Physics, & Mathematics, University of Northumbria at Newcastle
