# R. T. James McAteer 

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| **Major     | **Solar Physics Research. IDL Software |              |
| Performance | Development**                          |              |
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| **E         | **National Research Council Research   | Apr. 2004 -  |
| xperience** | Associate, NASA/GSFC**                 | Present      |
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|             | ## Quantification of the complexity    |              |
|             |  of solar active region magnetic field |              |
|             |  using MDI onboard SoHO; development o |              |
|             | f fractal, multifractal, and multiscal |              |
|             | ar algorithms to predict solar flares. |              |
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|             | Study of turbulence in the solar       |              |
|             | atmosphere.                            |              |
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|             | Multiscale identification of magnetic  |              |
|             | neutral lines.                         |              |
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|             | Multifractal analysis of Hard-X ray    |              |
|             | data from RHESSI                       |              |
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|             | Analysis of spatial distribution of    |              |
|             | oscillatory power in the chromosphere; |              |
|             | interpretation of wave modes and their |              |
|             | relationship to magnetic field from    |              |
|             | SoHO-MDI and ground based (NSO-ASP)    |              |
|             | data.                                  |              |
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|             | Development of mathematical techniques |              |
|             | from Python and Matlab into IDL.       |              |
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|             | Web curator for Solarmonitor.org,      |              |
|             | involving data mining, interpretation  |              |
|             | and displaying of large inhomogeneous  |              |
|             | datasets                               |              |
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|             | Max Millennium Chief Observer for      |              |
|             | flare predictions.                     |              |
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|             | Planning and co-ordination of SoHO-CDS |              |
|             | and NSO-RDI observations.              |              |
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|             | Funding and supervision of research    |              |
|             | students.                              |              |
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|             | **Leverhulme Trust PDRA, Queen's       | Nov.         |
|             | University Belfast**                   | 2003--Mar.   |
|             |                                        | 2004         |
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|             | ## Observation and                     |              |
|             |  analysis of high cadence coronal data |              |
|             |  taken during the 2001 and 1999 solar  |              |
|             | eclipses; interpretation of wave modes |              |
|             |  and energy content using co-temporal  |              |
|             | and co-spatial SoHO-CDS spectral data. |              |
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|             | Multi-wavelength observations and      |              |
|             | analysis of oscillations in quiet-Sun  |              |
|             | network regions.                       |              |
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|             | ## Development of RD                   |              |
|             | I, a high-cadence dual imaging system. |              |
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|             | ## Analysis of high-cadence            |              |
|             |  optical RDI data; detection of acoust |              |
|             | ic wave modes in a solar flare ribbon. |              |
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|             | Automated multi-wavelength wavelet     |              |
|             | analysis of TRACE ultraviolet pass     |              |
|             | band data.                             |              |
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| **          | **Ph.D. Physics**                      | Oct. 2000 -- |
| Education** |                                        | Oct. 2003    |
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|             | Astrophysics and Planetary Science     |              |
|             | Division, School of Mathematics and    |              |
|             | Physics, Queen's University Belfast,   |              |
|             | UK                                     |              |
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|             | Thesis Title: "*Low frequency          |              |
|             | Oscillations of the Solar              |              |
|             | Atmosphere."*                          |              |
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|             | **M. Sci. (Hons. First Class) Physics  | Oct. 1996 -- |
|             | with Astrophysics**                    | Jun. 2000    |
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|             | Astrophysics and Planetary Science     |              |
|             | Division, School of Mathematics and    |              |
|             | Physics, Queen's University Belfast,   |              |
|             | UK                                     |              |
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| **Honors    | National Research Council Research     | Mar. 2004 -  |
| and         | Associateship.                         | Feb. 2006    |
| Awards**    |                                        |              |
|             | *Awarded by NRC for funding of 'The    |              |
|             | Relationship between Active Region     |              |
|             | Complexity and Solar Flare             |              |
|             | Productivity.'*                        |              |
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|             | Research Assistantship, NASA/GSFC      | July 2002 -  |
|             |                                        | Sep. 2002    |
|             | *Funded collaboration grant for        |              |
|             | research at Goddard Space Flight       | Oct. 2000 -  |
|             | Center*                                | Oct. 2003    |
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|             | Co-operative Award in Science and      |              |
|             | Technology postgraduate scholarship.   |              |
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|             | *Awarded by Queen's University Belfast |              |
|             | for funding of doctorate.*             |              |
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|             | Institute of Physics A-level Award     | Oct. 1996    |
|             | Medal, IOP.                            |              |
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|             | *Awarded for best performance in       |              |
|             | Physics A-level.*                      |              |
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| **Me        | Member of Solar Physics Division of the American       |
| mberships** | Astronomical Society                                   |
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|             | Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society.              |
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|             | Associate member of the Institute of Physics.          |
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| **Computer  | Expert in IDL, MATLAB, Python.                         |
| Languages** |                                                        |
|             | Expert in HTML, Latex.                                 |
| **Services  |                                                        |
| to the      | Regular referee for Solar Physics, Astronomy &         |
| A           | Astrophysics                                           |
| strophysics |                                                        |
| Community** | Member of Local Organizing Committee and Scientific    |
|             | Organizing Committee for the Solar Image Processing    |
|             | Workshop II.                                           |
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|             | Max Millennium Chief Observer.                         |
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|             | Solarmonitor.org web curator.                          |
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