Congratulations to Samuel Fielding who successfully defended his PhD thesis: “Improving the forecasting of ground effects of space weather using machine learning and satellite data.”
The panel of examiners unanimously confirmed that thesis was a significant contribution in the field of space-weather on Earth.
A special thank you note goes out to Sam’s supervisors, Prof Kathy Whaler (Edinburgh), Dr Gemma Richards (BGS), Dr Ciaran Beggan (BGS), Dr Phil Livermore (Leeds), Dr Sohan Seth (Edinburgh) and Prof Anton Ziolkowski (Edinburgh), and both examiners, Prof Jim Wild (Lancaster) and Prof Andrew Curtis (Edinburgh).
SENSE would like to take this opportunity to thank our funder the Natural Environment Research Council, Sam’s CASE partner institutions Met Office and the British Geological Survey, SENSE wider community, and Sam’s family and friends, for their invaluable support and input into his PhD journey.
From all of us at SENSE – congratulations! Wishing you all the very best in your future career.