Newcastle University

Roles and Responsibilities

Exams database, membership of School Teaching and Learning Committee and Staff-Student Committee

Qualifications

BA, Mathematics, University of Cambridge (1999)
PhD, Applied Mathematics, University of Cambridge (2003)

Previous Positions

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge (2003 to 2007)

Memberships

Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Research Interests

Astrophysical fluid dynamics, magnetohydrodynamics and dynamo theory

Postgraduate Supervision

Matthew Buckley, Laura Cole 

Current Research Grants

EPSRC Grant: "Dynamos in rotating compressible convection" (EP/H006842/1) (PI)

Undergraduate Teaching

MAS1143 Problem-Solving Techniques (Semester 1, 2011-2012)
MAS3118 Instabilities and Turbulence (Semester 2, 2011-2012)

MMath projects: Kathryn Garside, Samuel Hunter, Rozelle McLeod

• Favier B, Bushby PJ. Small-scale dynamo action in rotating compressible convection. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 2012, 690, 262-287.
• Bushby PJ, Favier B, Proctor MRE, Weiss NO. Convectively-driven dynamo action in the quiet Sun. Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics 2012. In Press.
• Favier B, Bushby PJ. Dynamos in rotating compressible convection. In: 13th European Turbulence Conference (ETC13). 2011, Warsaw, Poland: IOP Science.
• Houghton SM, Bushby PJ. Localised plumes in three-dimensional compressible magnetoconvection. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2011, 412(1), 555-560.
• Bushby PJ, Proctor MRE, Weiss NO. The influence of stratification upon small-scale convectively-driven dynamos. In: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union: IAU Symposium on ''Astrophysical Dynamics: From Stars to Galaxies. 2011, Nice, France: Cambridge University Press.
• Bushby PJ, Proctor MRE, Weiss NO. Small-scale dynamo action in compressible convection. In: Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows (ASTRONUM). 2010, Chamonix, France: ASP: San Francisco.
• Bushby PJ, Proctor MRE. The influence of alpha-effect fluctuations and the shear-current effect upon the behaviour of solar mean-field dynamo models. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2010,409 4 1611-1618.
• Proctor M, Richardson K, Bushby P. Effects of fluctuation on mean-field α-Ω dynamos. Magnetohydrodynamics 2009, (2), 145-154.
• Silvers LJ, Bushby PJ, Proctor MRE. Interactions between magnetohydrodynamic shear instabilities and convective flows in the solar interior. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2009, 400(1), 337-345.
• Bushby PJ, Houghton SM, Proctor MRE, Weiss NO. Convective intensification of magnetic fields in the quiet Sun. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2008, 387(2), 698-706.
• Bushby PJ. Magnetic fields in the solar photosphere. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A 2008, 366(1884), 4465-4476.
• Bushby PJ, Tobias SM. On predicting the solar cycle using mean-field models. Astrophysical Journal 2007, 661(2), 1289-1296.
• Bushby PJ. Super-equipartition fields in simulations of photospheric magnetoconvection. In: Convection in Astrophysics, Proceedings of IAU Symposium #239. 2006, Prague, Czech Republic: Cambridge University Press.
• Bushby PJ. Zonal flows and grand minima in a solar dynamo model. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2006, 371(2), 772-780.
• Bushby PJ, Houghton SM. Spatially intermittent fields in photospheric magnetoconvection. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2005, 362(1), 313-320.
• Bushby PJ. Zonal flows in a mean-field solar dynamo model. Astronomische Nachrichten 2005, 326(3-4), 218-222.
• Bushby P, Mason J. Understanding the solar dynamo. Astronomy & Geophysics 2004,45 4 7-13.
• Bushby PJ. Modelling dynamos in rapidly rotating late-type stars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2003, 342(1), L15–L19.
• Bushby PJ. Strong asymmetry in stellar dynamos. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2003, 338(3), 655-664.