Emma Bunce | |
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.jpg) Emma Bunce in 2016 | |
| 92nd President of the Royal Astronomical Society | |
| In office 26 June 2020 – May 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Mike Cruise |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Emma J. Bunce 1975 (age 48–49) |
| Education | Davison High School Worthing College |
| Alma mater | University of Leicester (MPhys, PhD) |
| Awards | |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Planetary science Planetary magnetospheres[1] |
| Institutions | University of Leicester |
| Thesis | Large-scale current systems in the Jovian magnetosphere (2001) |
| Doctoral advisor | Stan Cowley |
| Website | le |
Emma J. Bunce OBE (born 1975) is a British space physicist and Professor of Planetary Plasma Physics at the University of Leicester.[1] She holds a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award. Her research is on the magnetospheres of Saturn and Jupiter. She is principal investigator (PI) of the MIXS instrument on BepiColombo, was deputy lead on the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer proposal, and co-investigator on the Cassini–Huygens mission.
Bunce served as President of the Royal Astronomical Society from 26 June 2020[2] to May 2022.[3][4]
- ^ a b Emma Bunce publications indexed by Google Scholar
- ^ @RoyalAstroSoc (26 June 2020). "We are very excited to announce that Professor Emma Bunce has started her two year term as the new president of the Royal Astronomical Society!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Hollis, Morgan (10 May 2019). "Election results 2019: new RAS Council". ras.ac.uk. Royal Astronomical Society. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ "Election results 2021: New RAS Council".