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Konstantin Kim
Konstantin Kim – likes the friendly working environment at IRF Kim Konstantin, 26 years old, has been a PhD student at IRF at the office in Uppsala for two years, working within the Space plasma physics research programme. Education and degree: B.Sc in Engineering Physics from Bauman Moscow State Technical University and M.Sc in Applied Mathematics…
Meet IRF’s employees!
IRF has just over 100 employees from all corners of the world with different backgrounds. At IRF, every person is respected and diversity and equality pervade the daily work. Our head office is in Kiruna with operations also in Umeå, Uppsala and Lund. Feel free to meet IRF’s employees via the headings below. Richard Johansson,…
Richard Johansson
Richard Johansson – appreciates the flexible work Richard Johansson, 35 years old, has been a PhD student at the head office in Kiruna for five months, working within the Solar terrestrial and atmospheric research programme. Education and degree: M.Sc in Space- and Atmospheric Physics from Luleå University of Technology. What is the focus of your research…
New Study Reveals Breakthrough Findings on Magnetic Reconnection and Turbulence in Near-Earth Space
Louis Richard of The Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF) has just released a new article in Physical Review Letters, unveiling a remarkable discovery in near-Earth space. The study focuses on the rapid development of turbulence with the largest-ever energy conversion rate, observed through in-situ monitoring of plasma jets generated by magnetic reconnection. Magnetic reconnection…
Scientific article in Eos about last years sounding rocket experiment
In March 2023 a sounding rocket experiment set off a spectacular nighttime light show over Scandinavia as it produced new insights into ionospheric behavior near an aurora. A scientific article has now being published in Eos by the IRF scientists Tima Sergienko, Yoshihiro Yokoyama, Urban Brändström, Masatoshi Yamauchi and Anders Tjulin (EISCAT). Eos is a science…
Victoria Cripps
Victoria Cripps – enjoys variety in the work Victoria Cripps, 38 years old, has been a research engineer at IRF in Uppsala for ten years, working within the research program Space plasma physics. Education and degree: Masters of Engineering (MEng), University of Leicester, UK. Tell us about your duties and possible areas of responsibility. –…
Máté Kerényi
Máté Kerényi – enjoys the relaxed atmosphere at IRF Máté Kerényi, 35 years old, has been a research engineer at the head office in Kiruna for eight years, working within the research program Solar System Physics and Space Technology. Education and degree: Bachelor of Science (BSc) in transport technology from the Budapest University of Technology…
Meet IRF’s employees
Meet IRF’s employees IRF has just over 100 employees from all corners of the world with different backgrounds. At IRF, every person is respected and diversity and equality pervade the daily work. Our head office is in Kiruna with operations also in Umeå, Uppsala and Lund. Feel free to meet IRF’s employees via the headings…