Area: Physics of the Earth

Research group: Grupo UCM de astrofísica instrumental y extragaláctica

Email: shanepos@ucm.es

Personal web: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3968-3051

I am a radio astronomer that works on understanding the properties of magnetic fields that pervade the Universe. One of the goals of my work is to uncover the origin of cosmic magnetic fields. In order to do this, the properties of magnetic fields in different cosmic environments (e.g. in galaxies and the intergalactic medium) need to be measured and understood. I also investigate how magnetic fields can launch relativistic jets of plasma from supermassive black holes and how these jets impact their environments on large scales. I received my PhD from University College Cork, Ireland in 2010. I am the co-PI of the LOFAR Magnetism Key Science Project (MKSP; https://lofar-mksp.com/) and an executive member of the Polarization Survey of the Universe's Magnetism (POSSUM; https://askap.org/possum/).