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I graduated from Durham University with an MMath in 2013. After about in a year in industry working on a geometry system which underlies computer aided design software, I began a PhD at the University of Reading in 2015. As part of the space weather group inside the Meteorology depatrment, the focus of this work was to understand and predict the driving of magnetosphere-scale ULF waves by the solar wind in order to use in space weather models. I stayed on at Reading as a post-doctoral researcher in order to further this work and in 2020 joined Northumbria as a Vice-Chancellor's Fellow. In addition to continuing the various directions of my research, this provides me with the opportunity to develop my teaching and research proposal writing skills.
Due to my mixed backgrounds in space physics, meteorology, maths and geometry, I have a wide range of interests. I am still interested in the prediction of ULF waves and the resulting radial diffusion in Earth's radiation belts. However, I am also investigating a variety of techniques drawn from other fields, such as machine learning/artificial intelligence, optimisation and stochastic/probabilistic approaches to this problem, and how geometric structures combined with data assimilation can be used to efficiently model geomagnetic phenomena that underpin the co-ordinate systems used in space weather prediction.
For more information about me and my work, please visit my personal page. On this site you will also be able to find current PhD opportunities and more about how I supervise students.
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PhD, University of Reading
Award Date: 18 Jul 2019
Mathematics, MMath, Durham University
Award Date: 28 Jun 2013
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Automatic Encoding of Unlabeled Two Dimensional Data Enabling Similarity Searches: Electron Diffusion Regions and Auroral Arcs
Smith, A. W., Rae, J., Stawarz, J., Sun, W. J., Bentley, S. & Koul, A., Jan 2024, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics. 129, 1, 14 p., e2023JA032096.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Dataset: Ensemble results comparing L-dependent radial diffusion
Bentley, S. N., 13 Aug 2024, Genève, Switzerland : Zenodo.Research output: Other contribution
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rad-diff-POP: Code to read in the data from the paper: "Two methods to analyse radial diffusion ensembles: the peril of space- and time- dependent diffusion"
Bentley, S. N., Stout, J. & Thompson, R., 17 Aug 2024Research output: Non-textual form › Software
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Space Weather Forecasts of Ground Level Space Weather in the UK: Evaluating Performance and Limitations
Smith, A., Rae, J., Forsyth, C., Coxon, J., Walach, M-T., Lao, C. J., Bloomfield, D. S., Reddy, S. A., Coughlan, M. K., Keesee, A. & Bentley, S., 12 Nov 2024, In: Space Weather. 22, 11, 25 p., e2024SW003973.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Two methods to analyse radial diffusion ensembles: the peril of space- and time- dependent diffusion
Bentley, S. N., Stout, J., Thompson, R., Ratliff, D. J. & Watt, C. E. J., 4 Sept 2024, (Submitted) Ithaca, US: Cornell University, p. 1-27, 27 p.Research output: Working paper › Preprint
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