Newcastle University

Qualifications

BSc, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Newcastle (1998)
PhD, Applied Mathematics, Newcastle (2001)

Previous Positions

Research Associate, School of Mathematics & Statistics, Newcastle University, (2004 to 2006)
Research Fellow, Max Planck Institut fuer Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany, (2002 to 2004)

Memberships

Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society

Research Interests

Galactic magnetic fields
The interstellar medium
Cosmic rays
Interpretation of radio telescope observations
LOFAR Magnetism Key Science Project

Postgraduate Supervision

Co-supervisor of PhD students:
Andrew Smith
Fred Gent

Esteem Indicators

Invited review talks at the following conferences:
"Theory and observations of extra-galactic magnetic fields", Paris, France, 2010
"The dynamic Interstellar Medium", Naramata, Canada, 2010
"Pearls '09: spiral arm substructure in nearby galaxies", STScI, Baltimore, USA, 2009
"Cosmological magnetic fields", Ascona, Switzerland, 2009

Funding

Leverhulme Trust Research Project "Quantitative Morphology of interstellar gas in the Milky Way" (2011-2014) Royal Society International Joint Project "The origin and observational signatures of cosmic magnetic fields" (2011-2012)

STFC Visitors Grant (2008-2011)

Travel grants from the Royal Society (2007, 2010), STFC (2010)

Nuffield Scholarships for Undergraduate Research Students (2007, 2009)

Undergraduate Teaching

MAS 2105 Solving Differential Equations (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)
MAS 3110 Instabilities (2007)
MAS 3118 Instabilities & Turbulence (2009, 2010, 2011)
MAS 3109 Project Module (2010)
MMath Final Year Project Supervision (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011). Projects on: Supernova Remnants; Bird Flocks; Automated counting of bird populations.

• Wolleben M, Fletcher A, Landecker T, Carretti E, Dickey JM, Gaensler B, Haverkorn M, McClure-Griffiths N, Reich W, Taylor RA. Antisymmetry in the Faraday Rotation sky caused by a nearby magnetized bubble. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 2010, 724(1), L48-L52.
• Berkhuijsen EM, Fletcher A. Density probability distribution functions of diffuse gas in the Milky Way. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters 2008, 390(1), L19-L23.
• Tabatabaei FS, Krause M, Fletcher A, Beck R. High-resolution radio continuum survey of M 33. III Magnetic fields. Astronomy and Astrophysics 2008, 490(3), 1005-1017.
• Fletcher A, Shukurov A. Depolarization canals and interstellar turbulence. In: Sky Polarisation at Far-Infrared to Radio Wavelengths: The Galactic Screen Before the Cosmic Microwave Background. 2007, Orsay, France: EDP Sciences.
• Patrikeev I, Fletcher A, Stepanov R, Beck R, Berkhuijsen EM, Frick P, Horellou C. Analysis of spiral arms using anisotropic wavelets: Gas, dust and magnetic fields in M 51. Astronomy and Astrophysics 2006, 458(2), 441-452.
• Fletcher A, Shukurov A. Canals in Milky Way radio polarization maps. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2006, 371(1), L21-L25.
• Beck R, Fletcher A, Shukurov A, Snodin A, Sokoloff DD, Ehle M, Moss D, Shoutenkov V. Magnetic fields in barred galaxies IV. NGC 1097 and NGC 1365. Astronomy and Astrophysics 2005, 444(3), 739-765.
• Fletcher A, Berkhuijsen EM, Beck R, Shukurov A. The magnetic field of M 31 from multi-wavelength radio polarization observations. Astronomy and Astrophysics 2004, 414(1), 53-67.
• Fletcher A, Shukurov A. Hydrostatic equilibrium in a magnetized, warped Galactic disc. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2001, 325(1), 312-320.
• Moss D, Shukurov A, Sokoloff D, Beck R, Fletcher A. Magnetic fields in barred galaxies. II. Dynamo models. Astronomy and Astrophysics 2001, 380(1), 55-71.
• Mizeva IA, Sokoloff DD, Fletcher A, Frick PG, Shukurov A. Contour-Crossing Statistics for Small Scale Structure on Radio Polarized Intensity Maps of the Interstellar Medium. Astronomy Reports 2009, 53(10), 879-885.
• Fletcher A, Korpi M, Shukurov A. Dynamically dominant magnetic fields in the diffuse interstellar medium. In: Cosmic Magnetic Fields: from Planets, to Stars and Galaxies. 2009, Puerto Santiago, Tenerife, Spain: Cambridge University Press.
• Beck R, Ehle M, Fletcher A, Harnett J, Shoutenkov V, Shukurov A, Sokoloff D. Magnetic fields and mass inflow in central regions of barred galaxies. In: The Evolution of Starbursts: the 331st Wilhelm and Else Heraeus seminar. 2005, Bad Honnef, Germany: American Institute of Physics.
• Fletcher A, Beck R, Berkhuijsen EM, Shukurov A. The regular magnetic fields of M31 and M33, from radio polarization observations. In: The Interstellar Medium in M31 and M33: Proceedings 232. WE-Heraeus Seminar. 2000, Bad Honnef, Aachen, Germany: Shaker Verlag.
• Fletcher A, Shukurov A. The role of magnetic fields in Galactic hydrostatic equilibrium. In: Plasma Turbulence and Energetic Particles in Astrophysics: proceedings of the International Conference. 1999, Kraków, Poland: Astronomical Observatory of the Jagiellonian University.
• Houde M, Fletcher A, Beck R, Hildebrand RH, Vaillancourt JE, Stil JM. Characterizing Magnetized Turbulence in M51. The Astrophysical Journal 2013, 766(1), 49-53.
• Gent FA, Shukurov A, Sarson GR, Fletcher A, Mantere MJ. The supernova-regulated ISM - II. The mean magnetic field. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters 2013, 430(1), L40-L44.
• Fletcher A, Beck R, Shukurov A, Berkhuijsen EM, Horellou C. Magnetic fields and spiral arms in the galaxy M51. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2011, 412(4), 2396-2416.
• Fletcher A. Magnetic Fields in Nearby Galaxies. In: Dynamic Interstellar Medium: A Celebration of the Canadian Galactic Plane Survey. 2010, Naramata, Canada: Astronomical Society of the Pacific.