Andrew Wright

Andrew Wright is a faculty member in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of St Andrews, UK, where he holds the position of Reader in Applied Mathematics. His research is centered on magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), with a focus on Alfvén waves, magnetic helicity, resonant absorption, and particle acceleration in solar and magnetospheric plasmas. He is an active researcher with numerous recent publications and leads and contributes to major STFC and Leverhulme Trust-funded projects.

His research interests span Alfvén waves, magnetospheric dynamics, resonant wave coupling, particle acceleration, and space weather modeling. He investigates how MHD waves propagate and interact in non-uniform media such as the solar corona and Earth's magnetosphere, contributing to our understanding of energy transfer and dissipation in space plasmas.

The recent publications highlight a strong focus on 3D MHD wave dynamics, particularly the coupling between fast and Alfvén waves in non-uniform media, resonant absorption in waveguides, and the excitation of field line resonances. His work combines theoretical modeling with computational simulations to explore wave behavior in realistic magnetic geometries.

Andrew Wright has been involved in significant research grants, including STFC-funded projects on solar and magnetospheric plasmas and a Leverhulme Trust project on synthesizing real and virtual space weather data. He has supervised research students and collaborated widely within the UK and international space physics community.

He is a member of the Solar and Magnetospheric MHD Theory Group at St Andrews and has given invited talks at international workshops, including on the theoretical foundations of 3D Alfvén resonances. He has also served as an external examiner for Mathematics at the University of Dundee.