About Me

My name is Magnus Wik. I am 40 years old and live together with my spouse, Åse, in Malmö, southern Sweden.

I have a Ph.d. in physics from the Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF) and the department of physics, in Lund, Sweden, with focus on space physics, solar physics and space weather forecasts. My supervisor was Dr Henrik Lundstedt, solar physicist and deputy director of ISES.

Before Ph.d studies I studied physics and mathematics at Lund University and after that I studied at University of Waterloo, Canada. There, in the physics department, I also worked as a research assistant doing matlab simulations of optical waveguides. At that time I met Dr David Boteler, director of ISES, at Geomagnetic Laboratory, in Ottawa. He was also my opponent during my Ph.d. defense.

I like exercise in all forms. I like running, weight lifting, cross-training, and occasionally practice self-defense training. In the winter I enjoy downhill skiiing. I also enjoy travelling, especially in combination with great food and wine! Last trip went to Barcelona, a great city!

My main interests are, of course, space physics, mathematics, space technologies and software development.

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The Sun, Space Weather and Effects ...

... was the title of my Ph.d. thesis. I have been, and still am, doing research within all these three topics.

The Sun, and solar physics, is important since it is the driver of space weather. If we are able to forecast the “solar weather” we will also be in a position to better forecast the various effects. My main interest is the solar magnetic activity.

One effect, GIC, or Geomagnetically Induced Currents, is usually considered as the ground end of the “space weather chain” that originates on the Sun. I have been working on simulation of GIC in the Swedish power system.