PhD: PLASMA PHYSICS
09/1994 – 08/1997
University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
- Thesis titled “Magnetohydrodynamic Models of Plasma Equilibria in SPHEX” (computer simulation of plasma configurations)
Publications:
D. M. Willett et al., Plasma Phys. Cont. Fus. 41, 595 (1999);
D. M. Willett et al., 24th Euro. Conf. on Cont. Fusion & Plasma Phys., Europhys Conf Abs. 21A, I, 389, Berchtesgaden (1997).
BSc (Hons) Class I: PHYSICS WITH ASTROPHYSICS
09/1990 – 07/1994
University of Kent at Canterbury
- Final Year Project: “Calibration of the Huygens Probe Penetrometer”
Publication: R. D. Lorenz et al., Meas. Sci. Tech. 5, 1033 (1994). - Prize: Faculty of Natural Sciences Award for the best first-year examination results.
- Study Year in Germany at the Philipps-University in Marburg.
BSc (not completed): ELECTRONICS AND PHYSICS
09/1984 – 07/1986
Loughborough University of Technology
A-LEVELS
09/1982 – 07/1984
Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School
- Physics: A, Mathematics: B, Chemistry: B, General Studies: A
O-LEVELS
09/1978 – 07/1982
Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School
- English Language: A, Mathematics: A, German: A, French: A, Latin: A, Physics: A, Chemistry: A, Biology: A, English Literature: C