Louis Richard

Postdoctoral Researcher at Swedish Institute of Space Physics

Louis Richard is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Swedish Institute of Space Physics. Previously, Louis was a PHD student at the same institute, focusing on Energy Conversion and Particle Acceleration at Turbulent Plasma Jet Fronts. Prior to that, Louis completed their Master's thesis at Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas, studying Plasma turbulence in the solar wind. Louis also did research internships at various institutions, including EPFL and École Polytechnique, where Louis focused on numerical studies related to fluid mechanics and hydraulic machines. Louis holds a Ph.D. in Space Plasma Physics from Uppsala University and a Master's degree in Fluid Mechanics from École Polytechnique.

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Uppsala, Sweden

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Swedish Institute of Space Physics

The Swedish Institute of Space Physics (Institutet för rymdfysik, IRF) is a governmental research institute with about 100 employees. Its primary task is to carry out basic research, education and associated observatory activities in space physics, space technology and atmospheric physics. IRF has employees in Kiruna, Umeå, Uppsala and Lund. The main office is located in Kiruna in northern Sweden (geographic coordinates 67.84° N, 20.41° E). IRF has satellite instruments orbiting the Earth and Mars and others on their way to Mercury. IRF also has responsibility for two instruments on a major European mission (JUICE) to Jupiter and its icy moons in 2022.


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Kiruna, Sweden

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51-200

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