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Sandra C. Chapman CPhysis FInstP FRAS a British astrophysicist who is Professor of Astrophysics and Director of the Centre for Fusion, Space and Astrophysics at the University of Warwick. Her research considers nonlinear physics and planetary magnetospheres. She was awarded the 2022 Royal Astronomical Society Chapman Medal.

Early life and education

Chapman studied physics at Imperial College London, where she was awarded an Exhibition Scholarship. ^[1] She was diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy during her undergraduate degree. ^[2] She remained at Imperial for her doctoral research, which considered the release of lithium in the near Earth plasma environment. ^[3] After earning her doctorate, Chapman worked at Kyoto University, the Harvard Radcliffe Institute and the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems.^{[ citation needed]}

Research and career

Chapman joined the University of Warwick in 1995. In 2000 she became the first woman to become a professor of astrophysics at the University of Warwick. ^[2]

Chapman studies the dynamical interactions of planetary magnetospheres. She has shown that they release energy in unpredictable intervals, and behave as multi-scale, coupled systems. Her research on magnetic storms informed the strategy of the Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission. ^[4] Alongside her scientific research, Chapman is an artist, and in 2003 held a NESTA fellowship ^[5] to create art with the British Antarctic Survey. ^{[6] [7] [8]}

To perform her investigations, Chapman makes use of non-linear physics. ^[9] She has applied her understanding to the aurora, ^[10] to quantify the risk of extreme space weather ^{[11] [12]} and to better understand solar activity. ^[13] In 2017, she was awarded a Fulbright Program Fellowship to spend a year at Boston University and identify ways to protect the planet from space weather. ^[14]

In 2022, Chapman was awarded the Royal Astronomical Society Chapman Medal. ^[15]

Awards and honours

• 1993 EGS Young Scientists' Medal ^[16]
• 1994 COSPAR Zeldovich Medal ^[17]
• 2014 James Dungey Lecture ^{[18] [19]}
• 2017 Fulbright-Lloyd's of London Scholar ^[20]
• 2020 American Geophysical Union Ed Lorenz Lecture ^[21]
• 2021 Lloyd's of London Science of Risk Prize ^[22]
• 2022 Royal Astronomical Society Chapman Medal ^{[15] [23]}

Selected publications

• H. Karimabadi; V. Roytershteyn; M. Wan; et al. (January 2013). "Coherent structures, intermittent turbulence, and dissipation in high-temperature plasmas". Physics of Plasmas. 20 (1): 012303. doi: 10.1063/1.4773205. ISSN  1070-664X. Wikidata  Q60707157.
• K H Kiyani; S C Chapman; Yu V Khotyaintsev; M W Dunlop; F Sahraoui (14 August 2009). "Global scale-invariant dissipation in collisionless plasma turbulence". Physical Review Letters. 103 (7): 075006. arXiv: 0906.2830. doi: 10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.103.075006. ISSN  0031-9007. PMID  19792654. Wikidata  Q60707278.
• X. Litaudon; S. Abduallev; M. Abhangi; et al. (15 June 2017). "Overview of the JET results in support to ITER". Nuclear Fusion. 57 (10): 102001. doi: 10.1088/1741-4326/AA5E28. ISSN  0029-5515. Wikidata  Q57645458.

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