Robbie Ridgway

Robbie is a second-year PhD student working with Nathan, James, and Hugo. Robbie is using the Met Office UM to study the effects of star-planet interactions, particularly the influence of stellar flares and coronal mass ejections on the evolution and composition of terrestrial exoplanetary atmospheres and their effects on climate. He completed a BSc in Astrophysics at the University of Calgary, Canada. Before coming to Exeter, Robbie finished a MSc in Space Physics at the University of Calgary, Canada, under the supervision of Dr. Brian Jackel, looking at the use of satellite magnetometers to remotely determine the density structure of plasma in the dayside terrestrial magnetosphere.