Our Sun like any star is ever changing.  Unlike all other stars it is within easy reach from a research point of view.  Peter Gallager has had a life long interest in the sun and its composition.  He has studied all aspects of the make-up of the sun including the spectacular coronal mass ejections and solar flares. 

This lecture will delve deep into the secrets of our nearest star, what we have already learned and the ongoing research into "Our Dynamic Sun".

Peter holds a BSc(HONS) in mathematics and experimental physics from University College Dublin, together with an MSc in optoelectronics and a PhD in solar astrophysics from Queen's University Belfast. After graduating, he continued his research in solar physics at Owens Valley Solar Array and Big Bear Solar Observatory in California. Peter then joined the SOHO and RHESSI teams at Goddard Space Flight Center in 2001.  http://hesperia.gsfc.nasa.gov/~ptg/gallagher.html

Peter gained a PhD in Astrophysics, Queen's University Belfast and the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in 1991.

He has a BSc (HONS) in Mathematics and Experimental Physics, University College Dublin (1995).     

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