Lidia van Driel-Gesztelyi is a Hungarian solar scientist and professor of physics at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory of University College London.
She has been Editor-in-Chief of the journal Solar Physics since 2005[1] and has served in leadership roles within the International Astronomical Union.
[3] In 2000 she joined the Mullard Space Science Laboratory of University College London[4] and in 2001 KU Leuven, Belgium.
van Driel-Gesztelyi has published around 300 articles[5] on solar physics topics including the emergence and decay of magnetic flux on the solar surface, long-term evolution of active regions, flares, coronal mass ejections, magnetic helicity, coronal heating.
[6][7] 2018 Doctor Honoris Causa title from Paris Observatory 2017–present Annual Reviews of Astronomy and Astrophysics editorial committee member[8] 2015 Royal Astronomical Society award for service to Geophysics[9] 2013-2017 International Space Science Institute science committee[10] 2012-2015 President of Division E (Sun and Heliosphere) of the International Astronomical Union[2] 2009-2012 President of Commission 10 (Solar Activity) of the International Astronomical Union[2] 2005–present Editor-in-chief of Solar Physics[1]