Rate My Professor Tom Stallard

Professor Tom Stallard is Professor of Planetary Astronomy at Northumbria University within the School of Engineering, Physics and Mathematics. He completed a PhD in Planetary Astronomy at University College London in 2001 and served as a research associate at UCL until 2007. In 2007 he joined the University of Leicester as an RCUK academic fellow, was promoted to Associate Professor in 2012, and in 2021 became College of Science and Engineering Graduate Director of Postgraduate Research. He moved to Northumbria University in 2022 as Professor of Planetary Astronomy in the Solar and Space Physics group.

Tom Stallard utilises ground-based telescopes and spacecraft instruments to study the upper atmospheres and ionospheres of giant planets. His research examines the coupling between atmospheric and magnetospheric systems on planets including Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, with recent contributions involving observations from the James Webb Space Telescope. He has played roles in mission development, planning and data analysis. In 2019 he received the Chapman Medal. He holds qualifications including Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and UKCGE recognised research supervisor status. His work appears in peer-reviewed journals such as Geophysical Research Letters and the Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics.