DrLorenzo Matteini
Associate Professor in Space Plasma Physics
Department of Physics - Faculty of Natural Sciences
Orcid identifier0000-0002-6276-7771 (opens in a new tab)
- Associate Professor in Space Plasma PhysicsDepartment of Physics - Faculty of Natural Sciences
- Blackett Laboratory, South Kensington Campus, United Kingdom
RESEARCH
Overview
Research Areas:
Heliospheric Physics
Kinetic plasma instabilities
Wave-particle interactions
Wave-wave interactions and turbulence
Magnetic reconnection
SW/comets interactions
Methodology:
Numerical simulations (hybrid, kinetic)
Data Analysis
Involvement in space missions:
Co-I of MAG instrument on ESA Solar Orbiter
Co-I of RPW instrument on ESA Solar Orbiter
International Collaborations
- University of Florence, Italy (S. Landi, A. Verdini, E. Papini)
- Observatoire de Paris, France (M. Maksimovic, O. Alexandrova, F. Pantellini)
- Astronomical Institute, Prague (P. Hellinger, S. Stverak)
- Queen Mary University London (D. Burgess, C. Chen)
- MSSL/UCL, London (D. Verscharen, S. Opie)
- Northumbria Univ. (J. Stawarz, L. Franci)
- IAPS/ASI, Rome (R. Bruno, R. D'Amicis, D. Perrone)
- UCLA, US (M. Velli)
- SSL Berkely (S. Bale)
- Texas Univ., Austin (A. Tenerani)
International projects
Past funded collaboration projects:
EU FP7: Solar and Heliospheric Collisionless Kinetics (SHOCK) http://project-shock.eu/home/
ISSI teams, Bern
- Non-Equilibrium Processes in the Solar Corona and their Connection to the Solar Wind (2012-13)
- Ion kinetic instabilities in the Solar Wind (2022-2023)
- Solar sources and evolution of the Alfvénic slow wind (2023-2024)
- Evolution of Turbulence in the Expanding Solar Wind (2024-2025)
Research Areas:
Heliospheric Physics
Kinetic plasma instabilities
Wave-particle interactions
Wave-wave interactions and turbulence
Magnetic reconnection
SW/comets interactions
Methodology:
Numerical simulations (hybrid, kinetic)
Data Analysis
Involvement in space missions:
Co-I of MAG instrument on ESA Solar Orbiter
Co-I of RPW instrument on ESA Solar Orbiter
International Collaborations
- University of Florence, Italy (S. Landi, A. Verdini, E. Papini)
- Observatoire de Paris, France (M. Maksimovic, O. Alexandrova, F. Pantellini)
- Astronomical Institute, Prague (P. Hellinger, S. Stverak)
- Queen Mary University London (D. Burgess, C. Chen)
- MSSL/UCL, London (D. Verscharen, S. Opie)
- Northumbria Univ. (J. Stawarz, L. Franci)
- IAPS/ASI, Rome (R. Bruno, R. D'Amicis, D. Perrone)
- UCLA, US (M. Velli)
- SSL Berkely (S. Bale)
- Texas Univ., Austin (A. Tenerani)
International projects
Past funded collaboration projects:
EU FP7: Solar and Heliospheric Collisionless Kinetics (SHOCK) http://project-shock.eu/home/
ISSI teams, Bern
- Non-Equilibrium Processes in the Solar Corona and their Connection to the Solar Wind (2012-13)
- Ion kinetic instabilities in the Solar Wind (2022-2023)
- Solar sources and evolution of the Alfvénic slow wind (2023-2024)
- Evolution of Turbulence in the Expanding Solar Wind (2024-2025)