Fellowship success for researcher following career break

Congratulations to Dr Erin Goldstraw who has been awarded a Daphne Jackson fellowship.

Dr Erin Goldstraw will take up her appointment with the School of Mathematics with joint supervision from the School of Physics and Astronomy.

She completed her MSc in Mathematical Physics at the School of Physics and Astronomy in 2014/15, graduating with Distinction and receiving a class medal.

Dr Erin Goldstraw’s research project aims to combine current knowledge between plasma turbulence, solar physics and fusion research in a way that is understandable and useful for all of these fields.

Daphne Jackson Fellowships enable talented scientists and researchers to retrain and return to research after a break of two or more years.

The Daphne Jackson Trust was established in 1992 in memory of Professor Daphne Jackson – the UK’s first female Professor of Physics.  Daphne devised a Fellowship scheme in the mid-1980s to support talented individuals wanting to return to research after a career break.