CV of Gordon Petrie, University of Athens

Work Experience:

10/1992-07/1996 BSc (Hons) Mathematics, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
10/1996-09/1997 MSc Mathematics of Nonlinear Models, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
09/1997-09/2000 PhD Solar Magnetohydrodynamics, Department of Mathematics, University of St Andrews, Scotland
10/2000-01/2001 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of St Andrews, Scotland
02/2001-09/2001 EU Research Training Network (PLATON) Postdoc, University of Crete, Greece
09/2001-10/2003 EU Research Training Network (PLATON) Postdoc, University of Athens, Greece
10/2003-10/2005 HAO Postdoctoral Fellowship, HAO/NCAR, Boulder CO, USA

Journal publications:

`Self-consistent three-dimensional steady state solutions of the MHD equations with field-aligned incompressible flow', G. J. D. Petrie and T. Neukirch, Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, 91, 269-302 (1999)
`The Green's function method for a special class of linear three-dimensional magnetohydrostatic equilibria', G. J. D. Petrie and T. Neukirch, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 356, 735-746 (2000)
`Systematic construction of exact 2-D MHD equilibria with steady, compressible flow in Cartesian geometry and uniform gravity', G. J. D. Petrie, N. Vlahakis and K. Tsinganos, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 382, 1081-1092 (2002)
`An investigation of the topology and structure of constant-alpha force-free fields', G. J. D. Petrie and R. M. Lothian, Astronomy and Astrophysics,
`2D MHD modelling of compressible and heated coronal loops obtained via nonlinear separation of variables and compared to TRACE and SoHO observations', G. J. D. Petrie, C. Gontikakis, H.C. Dara, K. Tsinganos and M.J. Aschwanden, submitted to A&A
`2D MHD modelling of compressible heated/cooled solar prominences obtained via nonlinear separation of variables', in preparation




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Conferences

UK National Astronomy Meeting, University of St Andrews, UK, April 1998 Oral Contribution: `Stationary Flows in 3D Structures in the Solar Atmosphere'
UK MHD Meeting, University of Leeds, UK, May 1998 Oral Contribution: `Stationary Flows in 3D Structures in the Solar Atmosphere'
EU Summer School `Dynamical MHD Phenomena in Solar and Astrophysical Plasmas', Heraklion, Crete, June 1998 Oral Contribution: `Stationary Flows in 3D Structures in the Solar Atmosphere'
ASPE Conference, Potsdam, Germany, September 1998 Paper in JOSO proceedings 1999: `Stationary Flows in 3D Structures in the Solar Atmosphere'
UK MHD Meeting, University of Glasgow, UK, May 1999 Oral contribution: `A self-consistent Green's function method for non-force-free 3D magnetohydrostatic equilibria: theory and application to coronal magnetic structures'
UK National Astronomy Meeting, Guernsey, UK, August 1999 Oral contribution: `A self-consistent Green's function method for 3D MHS equilibria'
9th European Solar Physics Meeting `Magnetic Fields and and Solar Processes', Florence, Italy, September 1999 Poster contribution: `A self-consistent Green's function method for non-force-free 3D magnetohydrostatic equilibria: theory and application to coronal magnetic structures' Paper in ESA SP-448 `Magnetic Fields and Solar Processes'
5th Hellenic Astronomical Conference, Fodele, Crete 20/21 Sept 2001 Oral contribution: `Systematic construction of exact 2-D MHD equilibria with steady, compressible flow in Cartesian geometry and uniform gravity' Paper to appear in proceedings
PLATON annual meeting / 2nd PLATON workshop on Heating and Winds, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven 14/15 Jan 2002 Oral contribution: `Systematic construction of exact 2-D MHD equilibria with steady, compressible flow in Cartesian geometry and uniform gravity'
Euroconference and IAU Colloquium `Magnetic Coupling of the Solar Atmosphere' Santorini, Greece 11-15 June 2002 Oral contribution: `Exact 2D MHD modelling of coronal loops observed with TRACE and CDS including compressible flow and heating' Poster contribution: `An investigation of the topology and structure of constant-alpha force-free fields' Both papers appeared in ESA SP-505 `Magnetic Coupling of the Solar Atmosphere'
10th European Solar Physics Meeting `Solar Variability: From Core to Outer Frontiers', Prague 9-14 Sept 2002 Oral contribution: `Exact 2D MHD modelling of coronal loops observed with TRACE and CDS including compressible flow and heating' Poster contribution: `An investigation of the topology and structure of constant-alpha force-free fields' Both papers appeared in ESA SP-505 `Solar Variability: From Core to Outer Frontiers'
Workshop on Theoretical Plasma Physics `The Flowing Universe: Dynamics of Astrophysical Flows', International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste 11-22 Nov 2002 Oral contribution: `Exact 2D MHD modelling of coronal loops observed with TRACE and CDS including compressible flow and heating'
3rd PLATON Annual Meeting and PLATON Mid-term Review Meeting, Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain, 22/23 Jan 2003 (Annual Meeting) and 24 Jan 2003 (Mid-Term Review Meeting) Oral contributions: `Exact 2D MHD modelling of coronal loops observed with TRACE and CDS including compressible flow and heating' (Annual Meeting), Young Researcher's Research Summary 01/2001-01/2003 and `Summary of PLATON Young Researchers' Experiences' (Mid-Term Review Meeting)

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