Juliet Clare Pickering

Professor Juliet Clare Pickering is a leading Experimental Physicist at the Department of Physics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London. With expertise in Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy, she bridges Astrophysics and Atmospheric Physics using Fourier Transform Spectroscopy to advance understanding of stellar composition, Earth's radiation balance, and climate change.

• Education:
  • Undergraduate in Physics, Wadham College, Oxford
  • PhD in Physics, Imperial College London (1994)

Her Laboratory Astrophysics research focuses on experimental measurements of atomic and molecular spectra, producing critical data for astronomical studies of stars, exoplanet formation, and Galactic evolution. In Atmospheric Physics, she leads airborne campaigns using the TAFTS radiometer to study water vapor and cirrus clouds' role in climate dynamics.

Recent publications highlight her work on Ni II, Co II, and Mn II spectra (2022), Fe II data for the Gaia-ESO Survey, and Fourier Transform Spectrometry in analytical glow discharges. She has also contributed to international collaborations at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and Lund University.

Scientific Awards

• Royal Society University Research Fellowship (1998-2002)

Prof. Pickering mentors PhD students in her Spectroscopy Laboratory and collaborates with the Space, Plasma and Climate Physics Community. Her lab's open-access datasets support global research via international databases and journals.