Andrew MacKinnon

Associate Professor Andrew MacKinnon

Associate Professor/Reader

School of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.


  • Appointments

    Date Position Institution name
    2022 - ongoing Assoc. Head of Learning & Teaching, University of Adelaide
    2019 - 2023 Head of Physics Department University of Adelaide
    2018 - ongoing Assoc. Professor University of Adelaide
    2015 - 2017 Senior Lecturer University of Adelaide
    2009 - 2015 Lecturer University of Adelaide
  • Education

    Date Institution name Country Title
    University of Adelaide Australia PhD
  • Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2022 Co-Supervisor The Physical Mechanisms of Geomagnetic and Ionospheric Storms Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Tristan Anthony Camilleri
    2018 Principal Supervisor Determining the Angle of Arrival of Ionospherically-Propagated HF Radio Signals using Compact Polarimetric Antennas Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Lenard Hume Pederick
    2015 Co-Supervisor Remote Sensing of The Lower Atmosphere Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Simon Curtis
  • Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2019 - 2021 Principal Supervisor High Frequency Surface Backscatter Coefficients Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Miss Danielle Jade Edwards
    2017 - 2019 Principal Supervisor A New Empirical Climatological Model of ionospheric foF2 and hmF2 and Review of the International Reference Ionosphere Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Daniel James Field
    2016 - 2021 Co-Supervisor Studies of the MLT/I using Multistatic Meteor Radar Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Andrew John Spargo
    2015 - 2020 Co-Supervisor Characterising Spatial and Temporal Ionospheric Variability with a Network of Oblique Angle-of-arrival and Doppler Ionosondes Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Andrew James Heitmann
    2014 - 2016 Co-Supervisor Radar Measurements of Gravity Wave Characteristics in the MLT Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Andrew John Spargo
  • Position: Associate Professor/Reader
  • Phone: 83133875
  • Email: andrew.mackinnon@adelaide.edu.au
  • Campus: North Terrace
  • Building: Physics, floor G
  • Org Unit: Physics

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