Offices and departments
Dr Susan Macmillan
Location: Edinburgh
Tel: 0131 6500228
E-mail Dr Susan Macmillan
Biography
- 2000–current: Leader for BGS magnetic field modelling projects
- 1999–2007: Co–chair and chair of IAGA Working Group V-MOD. Main output is the International Geomagnetic Reference Field
- 1990–current: Develop application of geomagnetism in directional drilling
- 1989: PhD Robert Gordon's Institute of Technology, Renewable Energy. Appointed as mathematical modeller for geomagnetism, BGS
- 1985: Postgrad Dip. Glasgow, Land Surveying
- 1984: BSc Glasgow, Mathematics
Research interests
- Global magnetic field modelling
- Geomagnetic jerks
- Long-term trends in geomagnetic data
Current projects and collaboration
- Geomagnetic Referencing Services for the Oil Industry
- Development of European Space Agency Swarm Level 2 Processing Facility
- Provision of Magnetic North Data to Ordnance Survey
- US National Geophysical Data Center - World Magnetic Model
Professional association
- Fellow, Royal Institute of Navigation
- Fellow, Royal Astronomical Society
Published outputs
- NERC Open Research Archive — Susan Macmillan
- Susan Macmillan has published over 40 papers which are listed in the BGS library catalogue
