Professor Karen Aplin
BSc. Hons, PhD, FInstP
Current positions
Professor of Space Science and Technology
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
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Research interests
I am an interdisciplinary physicist with expertise in innovative instrumentation as applied to problems in space and atmospheric science. I have a particular interest in electrical effects and measurements.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
SPRINT Space weather impact on Timing
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Dates
01/12/2021 to 31/03/2022
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Selected publications
03/03/2020Atmospheric Electricity at the Ice Giants
Space Science Reviews
First In Situ Observations of Gaseous Volcanic Plume Electrification
Geophysical Research Letters
Recent publications
05/08/2025Surface Material Dependence in Powder Triboelectric Charging
2025 Joint Conference on Electrostatics (ESA)
Cosmic ray energy spectrum in the atmosphere measured with a novel balloon-carried detector
Faraday cup measurements of triboelectrically charged granular material
Soft Matter
Ionising radiation from galactic cosmic rays in the troposphere and stratosphere measured with a superminiaturised scintillator detector
Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A
The Scaling of Triboelectric Charging Powder Drops for Industrial Applications
Journal of Electrostatics
Teaching
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