Juliet Pickering

Laboratory Astrophysics: I am an experimental physicist interested in using spectroscopy (the study of light split into its component wavelengths, its spectrum) as a tool in a range of applications. We carry out experiments in our Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy Laboratory (AMSG) measuring new accurate spectra of atoms and molecules, and the resulting new atomic and molecular data are then used by astronomers around the world to understand stars, Galactic evolution, exoplanet formation, and much more. Atmospheric Physics: In our Atmospheric Physics research, campaigns on board aircraft, from 1000 ft to 10 km up in Earth’s atmosphere, with our unique far infra red radiometer instrument (TAFTS) have helped understand the role of water vapour and clouds, particularly cirrus, in the Earth Radiation Balance and climate change.