Mark Bishop

Mark's PhD research focuses on the effects of observed projections on turbulence statistics in the intracluster medium.

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Physics PhD Student
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

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Mark completed his Bachelor and Master's degrees at the University of Waikato. His Master's project centred on modelling the evolution of turbulence in the solar wind as it propagates radially outward from the sun.

For his PhD, Mark's research brings together his research interests, focusing on improving the methods used to measure turbulence in the intracluster medium. An accurate understanding of this turbulence will not only enhance the accuracy of cosmological parameter measurements but also provide valuable insights into processes governing galactic evolution.

Qualifications

Bachelor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences with Honours, Major in Computer Science, Major in Mathematics.
Master of Science (Research), main subject in Mathematics

Research interests

Turbulence, plasma physics, astrophysics, space science, data analysis, statistical signal processing.

PhD topic

Effects of Observed Projections on Turbulence Statistics in the Intracluster Medium

Supervisors

Yvette Perrott, School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

Tulasi Parashar, School of Chemical and Physical Sciences

Associated labs

Space Science

Space and Astrophysics

Publications

  1. Mark A. Bishop, Sean Oughton, Tulasi N. Parashar, Yvette C. Perrott; Direct power spectral density estimation from structure functions without Fourier transforms. Physics of Fluids 1 February 2026; 38 (2): 025107. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0310561
  2. Bishop, M. A., Oughton, S., Parashar, T. N., & Perrott, Y. C. (2025). Constraining solar wind transport model parameters using Bayesian analysis. The Astrophysical Journal, 979(2), 211. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad9f2f
  3. Bishop, M., Perrott, Y., Parashar, T., & Oughton, S. (2024). Power spectrum estimation methods on intracluster medium surface brightness fluctuations. In EPJ Web of Conferences (Vol. 293, p. 00007). EDP Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202429300007