Gareth Dorrian, Author at Singularity Hub

Post Doctoral Research Associate in Space Science, Nottingham Trent University

I graduated from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, in 2002 with a BSc in physics with planetary and space physics. I then went on to complete a master's degree in space science, at University College London. Finally I graduated with a PhD from Aberystwyth University (name changed between undergrad and PhD). I studied large-scale structure in the solar wind as my thesis topic.

Since then I have held research positions in the fields of solar physics, space science, and geomagnetism. Currently I study the interaction between the ionosphere and the neutral atmosphere.

From This Author

NASA Wants to Send Humans to Venus. Here’s Why That’s a Brilliant Idea

Gareth Dorrian and Ian Whittaker - Oct 26, 2018

Popular science fiction of the early 20th century depicted Venus as some kind of wonderland of pleasantly warm temperatures, forests, swamps and even dinosaurs. In 1950, the Hayden Planetarium at the American Natural History...

Five Reasons to Forget Mars for Now and Return to the Moon

Ian Whittaker and Gareth Dorrian - Aug 24, 2018

Hopes of colonizing Mars rest on the premise that we could terraform the red planet, making it habitable for humans with a breathable atmosphere and clement temperatures. However, a recent study cast doubt on...