Irish space scientist. Head of the planetary magnetospheres group at DIAS. Adjunct at University of Limerick and Trinity College Dublin dias.ie/planetary
Joined December 2011
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Prof. Caitriona Jackman retweeted
7 Mar 2025
The second meeting of the National Advisory Forum for Space Research took place this week at Maynooth University, during Irish Astronomy Week! The Forum brings together a broad range of stakeholders and expertise to discuss what’s next for Space R&I in Ireland.
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Prof. Caitriona Jackman retweeted
10 Jan 2025
And lastly, congratulations to Professor Caitriona Jackman, of @DIASDunsink, for being awarded an Honorary Fellowship for her "outstanding service and leadership of planetary magnetospheric physics in Ireland, the UK, and internationally".
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ALT Professor Caitriona Jackman on a starry background alongside text that reads: 'Honorary Fellowship (Geophysics)'.
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Prof. Caitriona Jackman retweeted
26 Sep 2024
A spacecraft in flight changes the space about it.
A new @DIASDunsink study shows that @ESA's Jupiter mission @ESA_JUICE has incurred extensive surface charging, a surrounding cloud of photoelectrons & a 65-m-long wake of ion-free space behind the spacecraft esa.int/Enabling_Support/Spa…
ALT Diagram of Juice interaction with space
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19 May 2024
The @DIASAstronomy Planetary Group celebrated a very successful workshop. Great to host so many international collaborators in Dublin
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Prof. Caitriona Jackman retweeted
15 May 2024
Huge news 🚨Out of print volumes from the UA Press Space Science Series are now free online!
See Planetary come into its own as the solar system unfolds.
open.uapress.arizona.edu/pro…
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13 May 2024
Kicking off the Outer Planet Moon-Magnetosphere Interactions workshop, hosted by the Planetary group @DIASAstronomy #DIASMoons24
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Prof. Caitriona Jackman retweeted
10 May 2024
OVATION model predicting significant aurora tonight over northern Europe, including Ireland. Forecast updates at magie.ie/aurora/ near-realtime geomagnetic conditions in Ireland at magie.ie/data/
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Prof. Caitriona Jackman retweeted
9 Apr 2024
Wonderful to have @scienceirel and @IrishResearch staff @DIASDunsink today. We even got to see sunspots through the historic Grubb Telescope.
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4 Mar 2024
Welcome to the latest member of the @DIASAstronomy Planetary Magnetospheres Group: Dr. Affelia Wibisono has joined us to work on planetary aurorae.. and will bring amazing public engagement experience to @DIASDunsink dias.ie/2024/03/04/dr-affeli… @AffeliaW
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Prof. Caitriona Jackman retweeted
14 Feb 2024
Just a reminder of last week’s landmark visit of @esa @esascience Director @CGMundell to IE, organised by @DeptEnterprise @Entirl Delegate @PadraigDoolan @DIAS_Dublin @cm_jackman and @ucddublin @LorraineHanlon1 and incl. guests from @DeptofFHed @scienceirel, hosted @DIASDunsink
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Prof. Caitriona Jackman retweeted
7 Feb 2024
Many thanks to colleagues @DIASDunsink @scienceirel @Entirl @DeptofFHed and scientists from universities across Ireland for the warm welcome to me & my @esascience team, inspiring conversations and ambition for the future. #Talent #Innovation #Technology #FrontiersOfScience
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We’re not the first to go to the moon but we’re definitely the cheapest… 👀
We interrupt your day with what is a very REAL photo
Flight FR2970 (Tenerife to Edinburgh) captured from @DIASDunsink Observatory (Dublin) on Jan 18.
📷 @jeremyrigney
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Prof. Caitriona Jackman retweeted
23 Dec 2023
"You're not an imposter, you're a trailblazer."
Our guest editor Dr Nicola Fox @NASAScienceAA asks Prof Carole Mundell, Director of Science at the European Space Agency, what advice she would give her younger self.
Listen back to Dr Fox's #R4Today guest edit on @BBCSounds
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15 Dec 2023
The @DIASDunsink elf has been checking up on members of @DIASAstronomy to report back to the North Pole... And having some fun while doing it!
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4 Dec 2023
Well that was a fun day of @DIASDunsink on tour @Allen_NS_ talking to Juniors, Seniors, 1st and 2nd class about space with the amazing @sadhbh_leahy. Wrestling our props off the naughty elf was the toughest part!
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Prof. Caitriona Jackman retweeted
22 Nov 2023
Come join us at the third moon-magnetosphere workshop 13-17 May 2024 in Dublin!
Registration is now open: indico.esa.int/event/482/
@DIAS_Dublin @DIASDunsink @DIASAstronomy
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19 Nov 2023
Ben Affleck, Elon Musk, and @DIASDunsink all feature in my section on Space Hazards... (Second half of the programme). Catch up via the Newstalk Futureproof webpage if you missed it
19 Nov 2023
Live @NewstalkFM: What will the world without humanity look like & how might that come to pass? @cm_jackman @DIAS_Dublin & @JerryClancy10 @DCUChemistry are talking meteor impacts & deadly fungal spores as part of this Futureproof special! #NTFM #Believeinscience #SFI @scienceirel
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14 Nov 2023
I look forward to talking about how Space can end us all! Should be a very cheerful evening 😄
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10 Nov 2023
In Oslo for the PhD defence of Pascal Sado on Machine learning for auroral classification. A full day of grilling over and now it's cake time!
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