Sarah Matthews


Sarah Anna Matthews is a British physicist. She is professor and head of solar physics at University College London's Mullard Space Science Laboratory. She is also chairperson of UK Solar Physics.

Biography

Matthews graduated from the University of Glasgow in 1996, where she received her PhD on the study of solar flares under the supervision of John Campbell Brown. She first joined MSSL in 1996 to work on the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory mission, where she subsequently obtained a lectureship, followed by a readership and professorship, all within the solar physics group. She is also the Director Education and programme director for the MSc Space Science & Engineering at University College London.

Research interests

Matthews has a wide range of research interests within the field of solar physics. These include -