In 1993 Fletcher joined
Utrecht University as a
postdoctoral researcher. She returned to Glasgow in 2000, becoming a lecturer later that year and a Professor in 2014. She is an authority on
solar flares, notably espousing the role of Alfvénic transport of energy. In 2015 she was appointed the President of the
International Astronomical Union Commission E2 on Solar Activity. Between 2014 and 2016 she led the
Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) project F-CHROMA, which included the
citizen science project F-HUNTERS. She co-edited the book
Solar and Stellar Flares, in 2017.
Public service Fletcher was a member of the
Royal Astronomical Society council from 2006 to 2009. In 2011 she became the Geophysics Secretary, and in 2017 the Senior Secretary. and supports the
Institute of Physics Juno campaign. She was elected a
fellow of the
Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) in 2017. She serves on the Science Working group for the
Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope. She is an advisor for the Rosseland Centre for
Solar Physics at the
University of Oslo and for the
Kiepenheuer Institute for Solar Physics. Fletcher has spoken at the
Edinburgh International Science Festival,
Glasgow Science Centre,
British Astronomical Association and the
Institute of Physics in Scotland.
Awards and honours Her awards and honours include: • 2025 – Awarded
MBE • 2017 – Elected a
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) • 2017 – Suffrage Science Awardee • 2013 –
NASA Group Achievement Award for
Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI) • 2011 – Delivered the
Harold Jeffreys award lecture at the
Royal Astronomical Society • 1999 –
Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center Award for Technical Excellence == References ==