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Dr Patrick Antolin

Associate Professor

Department: Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering

Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

I am an Associate Professor at Northumbria University. My PhDs are in Solar Physics from Kyoto University (2009, focus on numerical simulations) and the University of Oslo (2012, focus on solar observations). My fields of expertise are magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), waves and instabilities. My research focuses on solar atmospheric phenomena and in particular:

Coronal heating by MHD waves and associated dynamic instabilities
Coronal cooling processes (coronal rain and prominences), thermal instabilities and non-equilibrium.

I an expert in numerical modelling (incl. parallel computing), forward modelling (the synthesis of observational diagnostics from numerical simulations) and solar observations (with both, space-based and ground-based observatories).

Career trajectory

I have a double BSc from Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia), in Mathematics (2003) and Physics (2004). I obtained a scholarship from the Japanese government (Mombukagakusho) for postgraduate studies in Japan, which I carried out at Kyoto University under the supervision of Prof. Kazunari Shibata (2004 - 2009). I obtained my MSc in 2006 and PhD in 2009 (thesis title: “Predicting observational signatures of coronal heating by Alfvén waves and nanoflares”).

In parallel with my Japanese PhD I started a collaboration with the University of Oslo (at the Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics), which led to a second PhD under the supervision of Prof. Mats Carlsson (2012, thesis title: “Implications for coronal heating and magnetic field topology from coronal rain observations”).

My post-doc / PI experience, in chronological order is as follows:

CmPA @ KU Leuven (Belgium; Supervisor: Tom Van Doorsselaere), 11/2011 - 04/2013
JSPS Postdoctoral research Fellow (PI) at Dept of Earth and Planetary Sciences @ University of Tokyo (Host Professor: Takaaki Yokoyama), 04/2013 - 07/2013
Hinode Science Center @ NAOJ (Japan; Supervisor: Dr. Yukio Katsukawa), 09/2013 - 12/2015
School of Mathematics and Statistics @ University of St Andrews (Scotland, UK; Supervisor: Prof. Ineke De Moortel), 01/2016 - 05/2018
STFC ER Fellow, University of St Andrews, 06/2018 - 07/2019
STFC ER Fellow and proleptic senior lecturer, Northumbria University, 08/2019 - 08/2022
STFC ER Fellow and Assistant Professor, Northumbria University, 09/2022 - 05/2023
Associate Professor, Northumbria University, 09/2023 - present

Key Publications

Non-equilibrium thermodynamics in the solar atmosphere and interior, Belov, S., Kolotkov, D., Antolin, P., Broomhall, A. 1 Apr 2025, In: Astronomy and Geophysics
The coronal power spectrum from MHD mode conversion above sunspots, Miriyala, H., Morton, R., Khomenko, E., Antolin, P., Botha, G. 1 Feb 2025, In: Astrophysical Journal
Can we rely on EUV emission to identify coronal waveguides?, Kohutova, P., Antolin, P., Szydlarski, M., Poirier, N. Oct 2024, In: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Decomposing the AIA 304 Å Channel into Its Cool and Hot Components, Antolin, P., Auchère, F., Winch, E., Soubrié, E., Oliver, R. 2 Jul 2024, In: Solar Physics
Effects of coronal rain on decayless kink oscillations of coronal loops, Shrivastav, A., Pant, V., Antolin, P. Sep 2024, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics
From Chromospheric Evaporation to Coronal Rain: An Investigation of the Mass and Energy Cycle of a Flare, Şahin, S., Antolin, P. 1 Aug 2024, In: The Astrophysical Journal
Liquid sunshine: drizzle, showers & torrential rain on the Sun, Şahin, S., Antolin, P. 1 Apr 2024, In: Astronomy and Geophysics
The Lorentz Force at Work: Multiphase Magnetohydrodynamics throughout a Flare Lifespan, Ruan, W., Keppens, R., Yan, L., Antolin, P. 1 Jun 2024, In: The Astrophysical Journal
Transverse MHD Waves as Signatures of Braiding-induced Magnetic Reconnection in Coronal Loops, Sukarmadji, R., Antolin, P. 20 Jan 2024, In: Astrophysical Journal Letters
Damping of coronal oscillations in self-consistent 3D radiative magnetohydrodynamics simulations of the solar atmosphere, Kohutova, P., Antolin, P., Szydlarski, M., Carlsson, M. 1 Aug 2023, In: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Professional Activity

Invited talk: The Delicate Coronal Mass Limit 2021
Examination: Litentiate thesis - S. Sollerman 2021
Organising a conference, workshop, ...: COSPAR 2021 session D2.3/E3.3 2021
Invited talk: Invited talk "On the lookout for TWIKH rolls in the solar atmosphere with the help of forward modelling" 2020
Membership of board: National Science Foundation (US) (External organisation) 2020
Membership of committee: Solar Orbiter/EUI Consortium (External organisation) 2020
Examination: PhD Jury - Gabriel Pelouze 2019
Examination: PhD Jury - K. Karampelas 2019
Organising a conference, workshop, ...: COSPAR 2018 D2.2/E3.2 Session 2018
Other: The Cool Alter-Ego of the Hot Solar Corona 2018

PGR Supervision

Samuel Hor Liquid sunshine - Modelling of coronal rain in the quiescent and flaring solar corona Start Date: 01/10/2024
Luke McMullan Machine Learning Approach to the Detection of Coronal Rain in the Solar Corona Start Date: 19/09/2022