Eamon Scullion is a Professor of Mathematics at Northumbria University whose research spans solar physics, space science, and space technology development. He holds a PhD in Applied Mathematics from the University of Sheffield and Armagh Observatory, an MSc in Physics and Astronomy from the University of Glasgow, and a BSc in Physics and Applied Mathematics from Queen's University Belfast. His research has focused primarily on solar physics, where he is best known for the discovery of magnetic tornadoes in the lower solar atmosphere, published in the journal Nature in 2012. He has held research and academic positions at the University of Oslo, Trinity College Dublin, and Northumbria University, and is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, and the Higher Education Academy.

Alongside his scientific research, Scullion has led major space technology initiatives, including the UK Space Agency-funded ALIGN mission, which developed novel laser communications technology for CubeSats and secured £6 million in funding as Principal Investigator. This work contributed to the establishment of Northumbria’s first Space Laboratory in 2022 and helped pave the way for the £50 million North- East Space Skills and Technology (NESST) Centre in partnership with Lockheed Martin UK and the UK Space Agency. He has supervised multiple doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers, served as Departmental Director for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at Northumbria University, led the department’s successful Athena Swan Bronze Award application, and has published 50 peer-reviewed papers with an H-index of 27.