I am a professor at Queen's University Belfast, with my main research interests concerning the underlying physics of cool stars and the Sun. I utilize high-resolution data sets of the lower solar atmosphere, obtained in optical wavelengths using world-leading solar facilities such as the Dunn Solar Telescope and the Swedish Solar Telescope. I am predominantly interested in how the Sun's energy travels through its atmosphere, both in the form of flares and waves. In order to push the boundaries of spatial and temporal resolutions, I have designed and successfully commissioned my own pet project: the Rapid Oscillations in the Solar Atmosphere (ROSA) multi-camera system.

The Solar Physics group at Queen's University has enjoyed considerable media interest over the last few years. A small collection of press-related items can be found on the webpages of David Jess.

During my time at QUB, I have also been the primary advisor many successful PhD students, including:

• Dr. David Williams (Instrument Operations Scientist for the Solar Orbiter)
• Dr. James McAteer (Associate Professor@ New Mexico State University)
• Dr. Marco Matranga (Research Fellow @ Università di Palermo)
• Dr. Shaun Bloomfield]] (Reader @ Northumbria University )
• Dr. Ryan Milligan (STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellos @ University of Glasgow)
• Dr. David Jess (STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellow & lecturer @ QUB)
• Dr. Philip Crockett (now @Thales)
• Dr. Peter Keys (Leverhulme Early Career Fellow @ QUB)
• Dr. David Kuridze (PDRA @ QUB)
• Dr. Michael Kennedy (Scholar in US/NI mentoring scheme)
• Dr. Rebecca Hewitt (Science Teacher)
• Dr. Aaron Reid (PDRA @ QUB)
• Ondrej Prochazka (2nd year PhD)

Key publications within the last 12 months:

• The Dynamic of Rapid Redshifted and Blueshifted Excursions in the Solar Hα Line (2015, ApJ)
• Hα Line Profile Asymmetries and the Chromospheric Flare Velocity Field (2015, ApJ)
• Radiative hydrodynamic modelling and observations of the X-class solar flare on 2011 March 9 (2015, A&A)
• Ellerman Bombs with Jets: Cause and Effect (2015, ApJ)
• Stable umbral chromospheric structures (2015, A&A)
• Hα and EUV observations of a partial CME (2015, ApJ)
• Nanoflare Activity in the Solar Chromosphere (2014, ApJ)
• Dynamic properties of bright points in an active region (2014, ApJ)
• Plasma properties and Stokes profiles during the lifetime of a photospheric magnetic bright point (2014, A&A)
• The Radiated Energy Budget of Chromospheric Plasma in a Major Solar Flare Deduced from Multi-wavelength Observations (2014, ApJ)
• Intensity Enhancement of O VI Ultraviolet Emission Lines in Solar Spectra due to Opacity (2014, ApJ)

• email: m.mathioudakis@qub.ac.uk
  
• phone: +44 (0)2890976332
  
• office: 01.15 David Bates Building
  
• address: Astrophysics Research Centre, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University, Belfast, BT7 1NN.