Maggie Aderin-Pocock | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Aderin-Pocock in the Dark Matter Garden at the Chelsea Flower Show, 2015 | |
| Born | Margaret Ebunoluwa Aderin 9 March 1968[1] |
| Education | La Sainte Union Catholic School |
| Alma mater | Imperial College London (BSc, PhD) |
| Known for | The Sky at Night |
| Spouse |
Martin Pocock (m. 2002) |
| Children | 1 |
| Awards | Honorary degree, Staffordshire University (2009) Honorary Fellow, British Science Association (2010) Honorary Doctor of Science, University of Bath (2014) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Space science |
| Institutions | University College London |
| Thesis | Interferometric Studies of Very Thin Lubricant Films in Concentrated Contacts (1995) |
| Doctoral advisor | Prof Philippa Cann |
Dame Margaret Ebunoluwa Aderin-Pocock DBE (née Aderin; born 9 March 1968) is a British space scientist and science educator. She is an honorary research associate of University College London's Department of Physics and Astronomy, and has been the chancellor of the University of Leicester since 1 March 2023.[2] Since February 2014, she has co-presented the long-running astronomy television programme The Sky at Night with Chris Lintott. In 2020 she was awarded the Institute of Physics William Thomson, Lord Kelvin Medal[3] and Prize for her public engagement in physics. She is the first black woman to win a gold medal in the Physics News Award and she served as the president of the British Science Association from 2021 to 2022.[4]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:0was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Chancellor". University of Leicester. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ "Meet Dr. Maggie Aderin-Pocock, The First Black Woman To Win A Gold Medal In The Physics News Awards". BOTWC. 8 November 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- ^ "Meet Dr. Maggie Aderin-Pocock, The First Black Woman To Win A Gold Medal In The Physics News Awards". BOTWC. 8 November 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2021.