Michele Dougherty

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Michele Dougherty
CBE FRS FRAS
Michele Dougherty
Dougherty in April 2015
Born
Michele Karen Dougherty

1962 (age 61–62)[2]
South Africa
Alma materUniversity of Natal[3]
Known forMagnetometer instrumentation for the Cassini-Huygens mission
Awards
Scientific career
Fields
InstitutionsImperial College London
Websiteimperial.ac.uk/people/m.dougherty

Michele Karen Dougherty CBE FRS FRAS[4] (born 1962)[2][5] is a British astrophysicist who is a Professor of Space Physics at Imperial College London.[6][7] She is leading unmanned exploratory missions to Saturn and Jupiter and is Principal Investigator for J-MAG – a magnetometer for the European Space Agency's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, launched in April 2023.[7]

She has been elected to serve as President of the Institute of Physics from October 2025 [8] and was appointed to Executive Chair of the Science and Technology Facilities Council in September 2024.[9]

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  5. ^ "Michele Dougherty, British astrophysicist". Science Photo Library. 2008. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  6. ^ "Professor Michele Dougherty, Professor of Space Physics, Imperial College London". Archived from the original on 2012-03-06.
  7. ^ a b Al-Khalili, Jim (2017). "Michele Dougherty interview". bbc.co.uk. BBC Radio 4. from The Life Scientific

    The Cassini mission into deep space has sent back some wonderful colour images of Saturn. It's witnessed raging storms, flown between its enigmatic rings and revealed seven new moons. And, thanks in no small part to Professor Michele Dougherty - it's made some astonishing discoveries.
  8. ^ "President-elect: Professor Michele Dougherty CBE FRS FInstP FRAS FRSSAf". Institute of Physics. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  9. ^ "Executive chair for STFC appointed". www.ukri.org. UK Research and Innovation. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.