Richard Morton
Professor at Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolRichard Morton is a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow and Professor at Northumbria University with 11 years of academic research experience focused on how the Sun’s atmosphere is powered. Trained to a PhD level in Applied Mathematics from the University of Sheffield, he combines mathematical modeling, astrophysics and advanced data analysis with practical coding in Python, IDL and Matlab. His work bridges theoretical plasma physics and observational data, and he is actively exploring statistical learning and deep learning to extract new physical insight. A steady progression through research fellowships to a chaired academic role speaks to sustained funding success and leadership in solar physics. Notably, he brings a rare blend of rigorous applied mathematics and hands-on computational practice to probe fundamental questions about solar atmospheric heating.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Applied Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Applied Mathematics at The University of Sheffield
Github Skills (22)
astronomy10
core-library10
python9
astrophysics9
astropy9
solar9
science9
sun9
fourier-transform8
spectral7
blackhole6
github-copilot5
time-series5
sublime-text5
idl4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Richardjmorton/NUWT
Mar 2016 - Jan 2019
Contributions:3 releases, 14 commits, 13 pushes in 2 years 10 months
Richardjmorton/colab
Jul 2020 - Apr 2024
Contributions:37 pushes in 3 years 10 months
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