Joan Nugent

Senior Content Coordinator

Joan graduated from Manchester Metropolitan University with a 2:1 in Film and Media Studies. During her studies, she worked as a Student Notetaker and continued working at the University, after graduation, as a Scribe.

Joan has previously worked as a Proofreader for a Market Research company.

Joan has a passion for films and photography and in her spare time, she enjoys doing illustrations and practicing calligraphy.

Articles from Joan

An Insight into the Use of AI in Planetary Discovery with Dr. Richard K. Barry

AZoQuantum speaks with Dr. Richard K. Barry, Research Astrophysicist at the Laboratory for Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics, NASA Astrophysics Science Division. Dr. Barry has been investigating the use of AI to find masses of free-floating planets.

10 Dec 2021

The Investigation of Dark Matter with The Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory

AZoQuantum speaks with Professor Elisabetta Barberio from the School of Physics at The University of Melbourne. Professor Barberio is also the director of the Australian Research Council’s Center of Excellence for Dark Matter Particle Physics.

27 Oct 2021

An Insight in NASA's Lucy Mission with Dr. Cathy Olkin

AZoQuantum speaks with Dr. Cathy Olkin, Deputy Principal Investigator (DPI) of NASA's Lucy mission. Lucy is scheduled to launch no earlier than 5:34 a.m. (EDT) on Saturday 16th October.

13 Oct 2021

Investigating the Newly Discovered 'Sub-Neptune' Exoplanet TOI-1231 b

AZoQuantum speaks with Jennifer Burt, Jennifer is part of an international team of astronomers that have discovered an exoplanet, known as TOI-1231 b.

22 Jun 2021

The Previously Undiscovered Aurora Revealed in Decades-Old Video Footage by the University of Iowa Researchers

AZoQuantum speaks with Dr. Allison N. Jaynes from the University of Iowa. Allison is part of a group of physicists who have found a previously undiscovered phenomenon called ‘diffuse auroral erasers’ while analyzing a video of auroras recorded in 2002.

8 Jun 2021

Researchers Investigate How Saturn’s Helium Rain Could Influence its Unique Magnetic Fields

AZoQuantum speaks with Sabine Stanley and Chi Yan from Johns Hopkins University. Simulations of the interior of Saturn, created by the researchers, have revealed a connection between the planet’s magnetic field and its thick shell of helium rain.

13 May 2021