Professor Manuel Grande

Director for Partnerships
Photograph of Professor Manuel Grande.

Contact

Email: m.grande@aber.ac.uk
Office: 220, Physical Sciences Building, Penglais Campus
Phone: (0)1970 622 624
Fax: (0)1970 622 826

Teaching Areas

  • PH17610 - Making Light Work
  • PH18010 - Astronomy 
  • PH28410 - Space Exploration 
  • PH34000 - Advanced Techniques
  • PH35710 - Mission Planning 
  • PH39320 - Ionised Atmospheres and Space Plasma  
  • PHM4720 - Advanced Planetary Exploration
  • PHM4810 - Advanced Topics in Solar System Physics 
  • PHM8710 - Computational Modelling and Visualisation

Research

  • Principal Investigator of C1XS on Chandrayaan-1, D-CIXS on SMART-1
  • Co-PI of the SIXS solar monitor on the BepiColombo Mercury Planetary Orbiter
  • Co-PI of RAPID on Cluster
  • Co-I on Cassini, Mars Express, Venus Express, Selene, BepiColombo, Huygens, Rosetta, Polar, Cluster, IMAGE, CRRES and others

At present Manuel's main research interests are the study of planetary surfaces and their interaction their plasma environment principally using data from the Chandrayaan-1, Venus Express and Cassini missions, and also terrestrial geomagnetic storms and substorms, as well as Lunar and Martian exploration.

 

Biography

Manuel has recently come to the end of his second term as European Geophysical Union President for Planetary Science. He is a Europlanet coordinator, and was central to setting up the European Planetary Science.
Previously he was an Individual Merit CCLRC Fellow (Band2), and Head of the Planets and Magnetospheres Group at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK, and an Honorary Professor at Warwick University, UK. He has served on a number of ESA and NASA and UK committees, and has been a frequent media contributor.

Manuel obtained a B.Sc. in Physics in 1977 from Warwick University, an M.Sc. in experimental space physics from Leicester University in 1978, and a Ph.D (on cosmic ray detection) from Bristol University in 1983. He worked at Bristol for two years (80-82) as a PDRA in the cosmic ray group at Bristol, and a further year as a PDRA working on the electron microscopy and analysis of semiconductors. He joined the RAL Astrophysics division in 1983 as a Senior Research Associate working on Ultraviolet Astronomy and the behaviour of surfaces in space. In 1986 he became a staff scientist (Senior Scientific Officer) at RAL, joining the High Power Laser Division as Target Area Manager, specialising in plasma diagnostics, X-ray lasers, and inertial confinement fusion, before rejoining the RAL astrophysics division in 1989. He has been a member of the Council of the Royal Astronomical Society, and the Executive Committee of the French national Centre for Plasma Physics Data (CDPP).

Staff Publications

  • M Grande, B J. Maddison, P. Sreekumar, J Huovelin, B J. Kellett, C J. Howe, I A. Crawford, D. R. Smith and the C1XS Team The Chandrayaan-1 X-ray spectrometer CURRENT SCIENCE, VOL. 96, NO. 4, 25 FEBRUARY 2009
  • Grande, M., Maddison, B.J., Howe, C.J., Kellett, B.J., Swinyard, B., Sreekumar, P., Huovelin, J., Crawford, I.A., Duston, C.L., Smith, D., Cook, A., Wilding, M., Shrivastava, A., Narendranath, S., Joy, K.H., Gasnaut, O., Maurice, S., Holland, A., Rothery, D.A., Anand, M., Russell, S.S., Goswami, N., Bhandari, N., Lawrence, D., Fernandes, V.A., Wieczorek, M., Okada, T., Koschney, D., Foing, B., Pieters, C., 2009. The C1XS X-Ray Spectrometer on Chandrayaan-1, Planet. Space Sci. (in press 2009) [doi:10.1016/j.pss.2009.01.016]. 
  • Crawford I A , K.H. Joy, B.J. Kellett, M. Grande, M. Anand, N. Bhandari, A.C. Cook, L.,d’Uston, V.A. Fernandes, O. Gasnault, J. Goswami, C.J. Howe, J. Huovelin, D. Koschny, D.J. Lawrence, B.J. Maddison, S. Maurice, S. Narendranath, C. Pieters, T. Okada, D.A. Rothery, S.S. Russell, P. Sreekumar, B. Swinyard, M. Wieczorek, M. Wilding. The Scientific Rationale for the C1XS X-Ray Spectrometer on India’s Chandrayaan-1 Mission to the Moon, Planet. Space. Sci., 2009 [DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2008.12.006]
  • Howe, C.J., Drummond, D., Edeson, R., Maddison, B., Parker, D.J., Parker, R., Shrivastava, A., Spencer, J., Kellett, B.J., Grande, M., Sreekumar, P., Huovelin, J., Smith, D.R., Gow, J., Narendranath, S., d’Uston, L., 2008a. Chandrayaan-1 X-ray spectrometer (C1XS): instrument design & technical details, Planet. Space Sci., [ doi:10.1016/j.pss.2009.01.011 ].
  • B.M. Swinyard, K.H. Joy, B.J. Kellett, I.A. Crawford, M. Grande, C.J. Howe, V.A. Fernandes, O. Gasnault, D.J. Lawrence, S.S. Russell, M.A. Wieczoreki, B.H. Foing and The SMART-1 team. X-ray fluorescence observations of the Moon by SMART-1/D-CIXS and the first detection of Ti Kα from the lunar surface. , Planet. Space Sci., [doi:10.1016/j.pss.2009.01.009 ]
  • L. Alha, J.Huovelin, K.Nygard, H.Andersson, E.Esko, C.J.Howe, B.J.Kellett, S.Narendranath, B.J. Maddison, I.A.Crawford, M. Grande, P.Shreekumar, Ground calibration of the Chandrayaan-1 X-ray Solar Monitor (XSM)  Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A (2009), doi:10.1016/j.nima.2009.06.049
  • Ebihara, Y., S. Kasahara, K. Seki, Y. Miyoshi, T. A. Fritz, J. Chen, M. Grande, and T. H. Zurbuchen (2009), Simultaneous entry of oxygen ions originating from the Sun and Earth into the inner magnetosphere during magnetic storms, J. Geophys. Res., 114, A05219, doi:10.1029/2009JA014120 2009
  • Worms JC, Lammer H, Barucci A, Beebe R, Bibring JP, Blanc M, Bonnet R, Brucato JR, Chassefiere E , Coradini A , Crawford I, Ehrenfreund P, Falcke H .Gerzer R), Grady M , M. Grande, Haerendel G, Horneck G, Koch B, Lobanov A, Lopez-Moreno JJ, Marco R, Norsk P, Rothery D, Swings JP, Tropea C, Ulamec S, Westall F, Zarnecki J, ESSC-ESF Position Paper Science-Driven Scenario for Space Exploration: Report from the Europe Space Sciences Committee (ESSC). Astrobiology, Volume 9, Issue 1,: 23-41: 2009
  • Smith, A.; Crawford, I. A.; Gowen, R. A.; Ball, A. J.; Barber, S. J.; Church, P.; Coates, A. J.; Gao, Y.; Griffiths, A. D.; Hagermann, A.; Joy, K. H.; Phipps, A.; Pike, W. T.; Scott, R.; Sheridan, S.; Sweeting, M.; Talboys, D.; Tong, V.; Wells, N.; Biele, J.; Chela-Flores, J.; Dabrowski, B.; Flannagan, J.; Grande, M.; Grygorczuk, J.; Kargl, G.; Khavroshkin, O. B.; Klingelhoefer, G.; Knapmeyer, M.; Marczewski, W.; McKenna-Lawlor, S.; Richter, L.; Rothery, D. A.; Seweryn, K.; Ulamec, S.; Wawrzaszek, R.; Wieczorek, M.; Wright, I. P.; Sims, M. LunarEX—a proposal to cosmic vision, Experimental Astronomy, Volume 23, Issue 3, pp.711-740 2009
  • Gow, J., D. R. Smith, A. D. Holland, B. Maddison, C. Howe, M. Grande, P. Sreekumar and J. Huovelin. "Radiation Study of Swept-Charge Devices for the Chandrayaan-1 X-ray Spectrometer (C1XS) instrument - art. no. 70211A." High Energy, Optical, and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy Iii 7021: A211-A211,789.2008
  • Okada, T., M. Grande, J. Oberst and N. Namiki. "Lunar science with the SELENE "Kaguya" mission - Prelaunch studies - Preface." Earth Planets and Space 60(4): 241-241.2008
  • Shirai, K., T. Okada, Y. Yamamoto, T. Arai, K. Ogawa, H. Shiraishi, M. Iwasaki, M. Arakawa, M. Grande and M. Kato. "Instrumentation and performance evaluation of the XRS on SELENE orbiter." Earth Planets and Space 60(4): 277-281.2008
  • Hasebe, N., E. Shibamura, T. Miyachil, T. Takashima, M. Kobayashi, O. Okudaira, N. Yamashita, S. Kobayashi, T. Ishizaki, K. Sakurai, M. Miyajima, M. Fujii, K. Narasaki, S. Takai, K. Tsurumi, H. Kaneko, M. Nakazawa, K. Mori, O. Gasnault, S. Maurice, C. d'Uston, R. C. Reedy and M. Grande. "Gamma-ray spectrometer (GRS) for lunar polar orbiter SELENE." Earth Planets and Space 60(4): 299-312.2008
  • Foing, B. H., G. D. Racca, J. L. Josset, D. Koschny, D. Frew, M. Almeida, J. Zender, D. Heather, S. Peters, A. Marini, L. Stagnaro, S. Beauvivre, M. Grande, B. Kellett, J. Huovelin, A. Nathues, U. Mall, P. Ehrenfreund, P. McCannon and S. S. T. W. Team. "SMART-1 highlights and relevant studies on early bombardment and geological processes on rocky planets." Physica Scripta T130: -.2008
  • Pieters, C. M., J. W. Head, P. Isaacson, N. Petro, C. Runyon, M. Ohtake, B. Foing and M. Grande. "Lunar international science coordination/calibration targets (L-ISCT)." Advances in Space Research 42(2): 248-258.2008
  • Hasebe, N., N. Yamashita, O. Okudaira, S. Kobayashi, H. Yamamoto, T. Ishizaki, K. Hirano, K. Sakurai, T. Miyachi, M. Miyajima, M. Fujii, M. N. Kobayashi, T. Takashima, E. Shibamura, O. Gasnault, S. Maurice, C. d'Uston, R. Reedy and M. Grande. "The high precision gamma-ray spectrometer for lunar polar orbiter SELENE." Advances in Space Research 42(2): 323-330.2008
  • Martinecz, C., M. Franz, J. Woch, N. Krupp, E. Roussos, E. Dubinin, U. Motschmann, S. Barabash, R. Lundin, M. Holmstrom, H. Andersson, M. Yamauchi, A. Grigoriev, Y. Futaana, K. Brinkfeldt, H. Gunell, R. A. Frahm, J. D. Winningham, J. R. Sharber, J. Scherrer, A. J. Coates, D. R. Linder, D. O. Kataria, E. Kallio, T. Sales, W. Schmidt, P. Riihela, H. E. J. Koskinen, J. U. Kozyra, J. Luhmann, C. T. Russell, E. C. Roelof, P. Brandt, C. C. Curtis, K. C. Hsieh, B. R. Sandell, M. Grande, J. A. Sauvaud, A. Fedorov, J. Thocaven, C. Mazelle, S. McKenna-Lawler, S. Orsini, R. Cerulli-Irelli, M. Maggi, A. Mura, A. Milillo, P. Wurz, A. Galli, P. Bochsler, K. Asamura, K. Szego, W. Baumjohann, T. L. Zhang and H. Lammer. "Location of the bow shock and ion composition boundaries at Venus - initial determinations from Venus Express ASPERA-4." Planetary and Space Science 56(6): 780-784.2008
  • Kallio, E., T. L. Zhang, S. Barabash, R. Jarvinen, I. Sillanpaa, P. Janhunen, A. Fedorov, J. A. Sauvaud, C. Mazelle, J. J. Thocaven, H. Gunell, H. Andersson, A. Grigoriev, K. Brinkfeldt, Y. Futaana, M. Holmstrom, R. Lundin, M. Yamauchi, K. Asamura, W. Baumjohann, H. Lammer, A. J. Coates, D. R. Linder, D. O. Kataria, C. C. Curtis, K. C. Hsieh, B. R. Sandel, M. Grande, H. E. J. Koskinen, T. Sales, W. Schmidt, P. Riihela, J. Kozyra, N. Krupp, J. Woch, J. G. Luhmann, S. McKenna-Lawlor, S. Orsini, R. Cerulli-Irelli, A. Mura, A. Milillo, M. Maggi, E. Roelof, P. Brandt, C. T. Russell, K. Szego, J. D. Winningham, R. A. Frahm, J. R. Scherrer, J. R. Sharber, P. Wurz and P. Bochsler. "The Venusian induced magnetosphere: A case study of plasma and magnetic field measurements on the Venus Express mission." Planetary and Space Science 56(6): 796-801.2008
  • Coates, A. J., R. A. Frahm, D. R. Linder, D. O. Kataria, Y. Soobiah, G. Collinson, J. R. Sharber, J. D. Winningham, S. J. Jeffers, S. Barabash, J. A. Sauvaud, R. Lundin, M. Holmstrom, Y. Futaana, M. Yamauchi, A. Grigoriev, H. Andersson, H. Gunell, A. Fedorov, J. J. Thocaven, T. L. Zhang, W. Baumjohann, E. Kallio, H. Koskinen, J. U. Kozyra, M. W. Liemohn, Y. Ma, A. Galli, P. Wurz, P. Bochsler, D. Brain, E. C. Roelof, P. Brandt, N. Krupp, J. Woch, M. Fraenz, E. Dubinin, S. McKenna-Lawlor, S. Orsini, R. Cerulli-Irelli, A. Mura, A. Milillo, M. Maggi, C. C. Curtis, B. R. Sandel, K. C. Hsieh, K. Szego, A. Asamura and M. Grande. "Ionospheric photoelectrons at Venus: Initial observations by ASPERA-4 ELS." Planetary and Space Science 56(6): 802-806.2008
  • Galli, A., P. Wurz, P. Bochsler, S. Barabash, A. Grigoriev, Y. Futaana, M. Holmstrom, H. Gunell, H. Andersson, R. Lundin, M. Yamauchi, K. Brinkfeldt, M. Fraenz, N. Krupp, J. Woch, W. Baumjohann, H. Lammer, T. L. Zhang, K. Asamura, A. J. Coates, D. R. Linder, D. O. Kataria, C. C. Curtis, K. C. Hsieh, B. R. Sandel, J. A. Sauvaud, A. Fedorov, C. Mazelle, J. J. Thocaven, M. Grande, E. Kallio, T. Sales, W. Schmidt, P. Rilhela, H. Koskinen, J. Kozyra, J. Luhmann, S. McKenna-Lawlor, S. Orsini, R. Cerulli-Irelli, A. Mura, A. Milillo, M. Maggi, E. Roelof, P. Brandt, C. T. Russell, K. Szego, D. Winningham, R. Frahm, J. Scherrer and J. R. Sharber. "First observation of energetic neutral atoms in the Venus environment." Planetary and Space Science 56(6): 807-811.2008
  • Fedorov, A., C. Ferrier, J. A. Sauvaud, S. Barabash, T. L. Zhang, C. Mazelle, R. Lundin, H. Gunell, H. Andersson, K. Brinkfeldt, Y. Futaana, A. Grigoriev, M. Holmstrom, M. Yamauchi, K. Asamura, W. Baumjohann, H. Lammer, A. J. Coates, D. O. Kataria, D. R. Linder, C. C. Curtis, K. C. Hsieh, B. R. Sandel, J. J. Thocaven, M. Grande, H. Koskinen, E. Kallio, T. Sales, W. Schmidt, P. Riihela, J. Kozyra, N. Krupp, J. Woch, J. Luhmann, S. McKenna-Lawlor, S. Orsini, R. Cerulli-Irelli, A. Mura, A. Milillo, M. Maggi, E. Roelof, P. Brandt, C. T. Russell, K. Szego, J. D. Winningham, R. A. Frahm, J. Scherrer, J. R. Sharber, P. Wurz and P. Bochsler. "Comparative analysis of Venus and Mars magnetotails." Planetary and Space Science 56(6): 812-817.2008
  • Mura, A., S. Orsini, A. Milillo, E. Kallio, A. Galli, S. Barabash, P. Wurz, A. Grigoriev, Y. Futaana, H. Andersson, R. Lundin, M. Yamauchi, M. Fraenz, N. Krupp, J. Woch, K. Asamura, A. J. Coates, C. C. Curtis, K. C. Hsieh, B. R. Sandel, A. Fedorov, M. Grande, H. Koskinen, J. U. Kozyra, J. G. Luhmann, S. McKenna-Lawlor, R. Cerulli-Irelli, R. D'Amicis, M. Maggi, S. Massetti, E. C. Roelof, P. C. Brandt, D. Winningham, R. A. Frahm and J. R. Sharber. "ENA detection in the dayside of Mars: ASPERA-3 NPD statistical study." Planetary and Space Science 56(6): 840-845.2008
  • Futaana, Y., S. Barabash, M. Yamauchi, S. McKenna-Lawlor, R. Lundin, J. G. Luhmann, D. Brain, E. Carlsson, J. A. Sauvaud, J. D. Winningham, R. A. Frahm, P. Wurz, M. Holmstrom, H. Gunell, E. Kallo, W. Baumjohann, H. Lammer, J. R. Sharber, K. C. Hsieh, H. Andersson, A. Grigoriev, K. Brinkfeldt, H. Nilsson, K. Asamura, T. L. Zhang, A. J. Coates, D. R. Linder, D. O. Kataria, C. C. Curtis, B. R. Sandel, A. Fedorov, C. Mazelle, J. J. Thocaven, M. Grande, H. E. J. Koskinen, T. Sales, W. Schmidt, P. Riihela, J. Kozyra, N. Krupp, J. Woch, M. Franz, E. Dubinin, S. Orsini, R. Cerulli-Irelli, A. Mura, A. Milillo, M. Maggi, E. Roelof, P. Brandt, K. Szego, J. Scherrer and P. Bochsler. "Mars Express and Venus Express multi-point observation's of geoeffective solar flare events in December 2006." Planetary and Space Science 56(6): 873-880.2008