Marina Galand

Interest:

• Energy deposition in planetary atmospheres.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Université Joseph Fourier (Grenoble I) (1993 — 1996)

Key Teaching/Administrative Activity:

• Lecturer, Magnetism (Year 1) [2022-present]
• Lecturer, Space Physics (Year 4) [2018-2022]
• Lecturer, Vector Calculus (Year 1) [2014-2018]
• Academic Coordinator, Physics Exchange Programme [2011-2014]
• Lecturer, Atmospheric Physics (Year 4) [2009-2013]

Instrument Involvement in Space Missions:

• Unit Co-PI for the Dust Field Plasma (DFP) /Magnetometer on B2, ESA/Comet Interceptor.
• Co-I, Radio and Plasma Wave Investigation (RPWI), ESA / JUpiter ICy Moon Explorer (JUICE).
• Co-I, UltraViolet Spectrograph (UVS), ESA / JUpiter ICy Moon Explorer (JUICE).
• Co-I, Rosetta Plasma Consortium (RPC), ESA/Rosetta.
• Coordinator for RPC Enhanced Archiving Activities, ESA/Rosetta.
• Associate Scientist, Rosetta Orbiter Spectrometer for Ion and Neutral Analysis (Rosina), ESA/Rosetta
• Team Associate, Radio and Plasma Wave Science (RPWS), Cassini-Huygens.
• Supporting Investigator, ESA/Venus Express.
• Co-I, Lightning and Airglow Camera (LAC), JAXA/Akatsuki [formerly known as Planet-C and Venus Climate Orbiter (VCO)]

Award and Prize:

• James Dungey Lecture, Royal Astronomical Society (RAS), 2023.
• Faculty of Natural Sciences Prize for Excellence in Personal Tutoring & Pastoral Support, Imperial College London, 2019.
• Holweck IoP-SFP Medal & Prize, Institute of Physics / Société Française de Physique, 2018.
• Shortlisted for Best Tutoring, Imperial College Student Academic Choice Award (SACA), 2018.
• Shortlisted for Best Teaching for Undergraduates, Imperial College Student Academic Choice Award (SACA), 2017.
• Faculty of Natural Sciences Prize for Excellence in Teaching, Imperial College London, 2015.
• Elsie Widdowson Fellowship award, Imperial College London, 2008-2009.
• Zeldovich Medal, Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), 2006.
• Research Associateship Award, National Research Council (NRC), 1998-2000.
• Advanced Study Program Postdoctoral Fellowship, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), 1996-1998.