Rate My Professor Tamara Rogers

Professor Tamara Rogers is Professor of Computational Astrophysics in the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics at Newcastle University. She earned her Ph.D. in Astronomy and Astrophysics from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 2006, with a thesis entitled 'Numerical Simulations of Convection, Overshoot and Waves in the Sun' supervised by Professor Gary Glatzmaier. She received her B.S. in Physics and Astronomy from the University of Arizona in 1999, graduating magna cum laude. Her professional career includes serving as Lecturer in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Newcastle University since 2015, Research Scientist at the Planetary Science Institute since 2015, Assistant Professor in the Department of Planetary Sciences at the University of Arizona from 2008 to 2015, and NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow at the High Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research from 2006 to 2008.

Rogers' research specializes in astrophysical fluid dynamics and magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), particularly the interiors of stars and giant planets. She conducts large-scale numerical simulations to study internal gravity waves, angular momentum transport, penetrative convection, toroidal field instabilities, and magnetic effects in solar tachoclines, massive stars, and hot Jupiter atmospheres. Key publications include 'Angular Momentum Transport in Stellar Interiors' (Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2019, with C. Aerts and S. Mathis), 'On the Chemical Mixing Induced by Internal Gravity Waves (IGW)' (Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2017, with J.N. McElwaine), 'Constraints on the magnetic field strength of HAT-P-7b and other hot giant exoplanets' (Nature Astronomy, 2017), 'Internal Gravity Waves in Massive Stars I: Angular Momentum Transport' (Astrophysical Journal, 2013, with D.N.C. Lin, J.N. McElwaine, and H.H.B. Lau), and 'On Limiting the Thickness of the Solar Tachocline' (Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2015). She has received the National Academy of Sciences-Kavli Frontiers of Science Fellowship (2011), NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship (2006-2008), National Physical Sciences Consortium Graduate Fellowship (1999-2005), and Phi Beta Kappa membership (1999). Rogers serves on Newcastle University's Equality and Diversity Committee and reviews for journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Astronomy & Astrophysics, and Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics.