Author

Rickard Lundin, obtained his PhD in Space Physics from the Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF). He was a Professor at IRF and the University of Umea from 1988 and Director at IRF in Kiruna from 1994 to 2003. He was Responsible for the design and development of particle spectrometers in his early career. He is the Principal Investigator (PI) for plasma spectrometers on 6 space probes orbiting Earth, Mars, and a comet. His present research focusses on planetary ion acceleration and outflow, caused by EUV and solar wind forcing, short (hours) to long term (Billon years) consequences of the variable solar forcing for the escape of matter from terrestrial planets. He has authored/co-authored around 340 publications in peer-reviewed journals.