Professor Arthur Robert Wilson Hughes is an emeritus Professor of The School of Chemistry and Physics, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, Durban, South Africa. He was a Director of AMIGO Antarctic programme 1992-2010. National Committees: he was a chair of Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), a chair of Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics (SCOSTEP), member of International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy (IAGA) and member of International Astronomical Union (IAU). International Committees: Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) Finance Committee. University: Astronomical Society (Chair and Founder), Forum (Chair), Senate. Research Collaborations: British Antarctic Survey, Alven Laboratories, KTH Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, University of Bophal, India. 79 research publications, co-edited 1 book. Research Interests: Magnetospheric Physics, Plasma Physics, Geospace and Upper Atmosphere Physics.
