Lucy Wright
Senior Research Associate in Planetary Science at the University of Bristol, UK
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About me
I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Planetary Science, based in the School of Earth Sciences at the University of Bristol. I’m interested in remote sensing planetary atmospheres in our solar system and beyond.
I’m currently exploring the atmopshere of Saturn's largest moon Titan: the only moon in our solar system with a substanital atmosphere.
The NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini-Huygens mission observed Saturn and its moons for 13 years (2004-2017), making 127 close fly-bys of Titan. I use infrared spectra acquired by Cassini and the NEMESIS radiative transfer and retrieval code to constrain temperature and gas distrbutions in Titan's atmosphere. This allows us to probe Titan's atmospheric dynamics.
I’m supervised by Professor Nick Teanby, and I am funded by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC).
I also enjoy playing water polo.
Education
2021 - 2025
PhD Geophysics | University of Bristol
2020 - 2021
PGCE Science (Physics) | University of Cambridge
2016 - 2020
MPhys Physics | University of Oxford
Publications
1. Wright, L., Teanby, N. A, Irwin, P. G. J., Nixon, C. A., Lombardo N. A., Lora, J. M., and Mitchell, D. “Seasonal Evolution of Titan’s Stratospheric Tilt and Temperature Field at High Resolution from Cassini/CIRS”, Planet. Sci. J., 6, 114 (2025)
2. Wright, L., Teanby, N. A, Irwin, P. G. J., Nixon, C. A. “Forward modelling low-spectral- resolution Cassini/CIRS observations of Titan”, Exp Astron, 57, 15 (2024)
First-authored Conference Contributions
- 2024 "Seasonal variation of Titan’s stratospheric tilt", Wright, L., et al., Planetary Science and Space Exploration
- 2024 “Forward modelling low-spectral-resolution Cassini/CIRS observations of Titan”, Wright, L., et al., NEMESIS Meeting
- 2024 “Seasonal variation of Titan’s stratospheric tilt”, Wright, L., et al., British Planetary Science Conference
- 2023 “Seasonal Evolution of Titan’s Stratospheric Composition as a Probe of Atmospheric Dynamics at the Equator”, Wright, L., et al., Meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences and EuroPlanet Science Congress
- 2023 “What’s going on at Titan’s equator?”, Wright, L., et al., Bristol Earth Sciences Enhancing Research Culture
- 2023 “A HCN Gradient at Titan’s Stratospheric Equator”, Wright, L., et al., Titan Through Time
- 2023 “Evolution of Titan’s Stratospheric HCN in High Spatial Resolution”, Wright, L., et al., PLANET-ESLAB
- 2022 “Stratospheric HCN and Evolution of a Mixing Barrier in Titan’s Equatorial Region from Low-Resolution Cassini/CIRS Spectra”, Wright, L., et al., EuroPlanet Science Congress
- 2022 “High-Resolution Observations of Titan’s Equatorial Dynamics using Cassini CIRS Spectra”, Wright, L., et al., British Planetary Science Conference
- 2020 “Exploring the Miss-Distance as a Possible Cause of Non-Simultaneity in Pressure and Seismic Signals of Martian Dust Devils”, Wright, L., et al., Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
Invited Seminars
- 2025 Seminar, NASA GSFC
- 2025 Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Seminar, Yale University
Professional Awards
- 2023 Winner of the Outstanding Poster Contest (Outer Solar System and Comets), DPS-EPSC, San Antonio, Texas
- 2023 Best Talk, Bristol Earth Sciences Enhancing Research Culture
- 2022 Winner of the Outstanding Poster Contest (Outer Solar Systems), EPSC, Granada, Spain
CV
See my full CV here.
