Dr Nathan Case
Senior Research AssociateProfile
Nathan is a space physicist who studies the interaction between the solar wind and Earth's magnetic field - known as the magnetosphere. Nathan earned his PhD in Space Physics at Lancaster University, before moving to NASA Goddard to work on the Aurorasaurus project. He returned to Lancaster to continue his research into the dynamics of Earth's magnetosphere.
Nathan is a keen science communicator, frequently undertaking outreach activities and appearing in the media on aurora and space related topics. He is also one of the team running AuroraWatch UK.
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Research Overview
Nathan currently studies the dynamics of the Earth's magnetosphere, a magnetic "bubble" created by the interaction between the Earth's magnetic field and the solar wind. He is specifically interested in how the interlinked solar wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere system evolves over time.
Past research has included working on the Aurorasaurus citizen science project, collecting observations of the aurora (northern lights) from citizen scientists and using them for scientific study. Nathan's background was investigating the solar wind, from its journey in interplanetary space to its arrival at Earth, and the effects it has on the location of the Earth's magnetopause (the outer edge of the magnetosphere).
Measuring the effects of space weather: developing a new generation of magnetometer
01/07/2019 → 30/05/2020
Research
Shetland Magnetometer for AuroraWatch UK
15/05/2017 → …
Other
Dedicated auroral all-sky camera for AuroraWatch UK
01/01/2016 → 01/01/2017
Other
Plasma environments in the solar system
01/04/2015 → 31/08/2018
Research
Aurorasaurus
03/11/2014 → …
Other
AuroraWatch UK
01/04/2003 → …
Other
AGU Fall Meeting 2019
Participation in conference
Public Lecture - When Citizen Scientists met "STEVE"
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Invited Seminar - University of Southampton
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Light Up Lancaster
Festival/Exhibition/Concert
Invited Speaker: An analysis of magnetic reconnection events and their associated auroral enhancements
Invited talk
Invited Speaker: Balancing Engagement with Other Job Aspects
Invited talk
Proms Plus Talk
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Invited Speaker: Towards a sustainable Research Staff Association
Invited talk
Lancaster University Research Staff Association (External organisation)
Membership of committee
National Astronomy Meeting 2019
Participation in conference
AGU Fall Meeting 2017
Participation in conference
Lancaster Community Day
Festival/Exhibition/Concert
AGU Fall Meeting 2016
Participation in conference
Max Planck Inst Solar Syst Res, Max Planck Society
Visiting an external academic institution
Invited Speaker: Using citizen science to study the aurora
Invited talk
Spring MIST 2016
Participation in conference
Autumn MIST
Participation in conference
Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2011
Festival/Exhibition/Concert
NASA Heliophysics Peer Award
Prize (including medals and awards)
NASA Group Achievement Award
Prize (including medals and awards)
NASA Exceptional Achievement Award for Science
Prize (including medals and awards)
- Space and Planetary Physics