Emma Bunce
Emma Bunce | |
|---|---|
Emma Bunce in 2016 | |
| 92nd President of the Royal Astronomical Society | |
| In office 26 June 2020 – May 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Mike Cruise |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Emma J. Bunce 1975 (age 50–51) |
| Scientific career | |
| Education | Davison High School Worthing College |
| Alma mater | University of Leicester (MPhys, PhD) |
| Awards | |
| Fields | Planetary science Planetary magnetospheres |
| Institutions | University of Leicester |
| Thesis | Large-scale current systems in the Jovian magnetosphere (2001) |
| Doctoral advisor | Stan Cowley |
| Website | le |
Emma J. Bunce OBE (born 1975) is a British space physicist and Professor of Planetary Plasma Physics in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Leicester. She holds a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award. Her research is on the magnetospheres of Saturn and Jupiter. She is principal investigator (PI) of the MIXS instrument on BepiColombo, was deputy lead on the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer proposal, and co-investigator on the Cassini–Huygens mission.
Bunce served as President of the Royal Astronomical Society from 26 June 2020 to May 2022.