Maggie Aderin-Pocock

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Dr. Maggie Aderin-Pocock, 2015

Maggie Aderin-Pocock (born March 9, 1968 in London ) is a Nigerian- British space scientist and science educator. She is an Honorary Research Associate at the Department of Physics and Astronomy at University College London .

life and work

Aderin-Pocock was born to Nigerian parents Caroline Philips and Justus Adebayo Aderin and grew up in Camden, London. She studied at Imperial College London , graduated in 1990 with a Bachelor of Science degree in physics and received her PhD in mechanical engineering in 1994 with Hugh Spikes . From 1996 to 1999 she worked for the Defense Evaluation and Research Agency, a branch of the UK Department of Defense, on a missile warning system and landmine detection, and headed a landmine detection group after a promotion. She then worked at University College London and in 1999 was able to work on a high-resolution spectrograph for the Chilean Gemini telescope with a grant from the Science and Technology Facilities Council. In 2002 she married Martin Pocock and had a daughter in 2010. Since 2006 she has been working as a research assistant at the UCL Department of Science and Technology Studies. She has been working in the media sector since 2009, initially as a scientific consultant for the Paradox series. Since 2014 she has presented the long-running astronomical television program The Sky At Night. She was named on the Evening Standard's list of 14 "Inspirational Black British Women Throughout History" alongside Mary Seacole , Claudia Jones , Adelaide Hall , Margaret Busby , Olive Morris , Joan Armatrading , Tessa Sanderson , Doreen Lawrence , Connie Mark Sharon White , Malorie Blackman , Diane Abbott and Zadie Smith .

Awards

  • 2005: Awarded "Certificate of Excellence", Champions Club UK
  • 2006: Woman of Outstanding Achievement, URKC
  • 2006: Awarded inaugural Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Fellowship in Science in Society, held at UCL
  • 2008: Awarded second STFC Fellowship in Science in Society, held at UCL
  • 2008: "Friday Night Discourse" at the Royal Institution
  • 2008: The British Science Association Isambard Kingdom Brunel Award Lecture
  • 2008: Winner Arthur C Clark Outreach Award for Promotion of Space
  • 2009: Winner of Red magazine 's "Red's Hot Women" Award in the pioneering category
  • 2009: UK Power List, Listed as one of the UK top 100 most influential black people
  • 2009: Honorary degree from Staffordshire University
  • 2009: MBE
  • 2010: Awarded Honorary fellowship from the British Science Association
  • 2010: Awarded third STFC Fellowship in Science in Society, held at UCL
  • 2010: Subject of a BBC Radio 4 Desert Island Discs episode
  • 2011: Winner of the "New Talent" award from the WFTV (Women in Film and Television)
  • 2012: UK Powerlist , listed as one of the UK top 100 most influential black people
  • 2013: UK Power List, listed as one of the UK top 10 most influential black people
  • 2013: Yale University Center for Dyslexia "Out of the box thinking award
  • 2014: Honorary Doctorate from the University of Bath
  • 2016: Powerlist Ranked sixth most influential Black Briton
  • 2017: Honorary Doctorate from Loughborough University

Publications (selection)

  • The Knowledge: Stargazing, Publisher: Quadrille Publishing Ltd, 2015, ISBN | 978-1849496216.
  • Cann, PM, M. Aderin, GJ Johnston, HA Spikes .: An Investigation into the Orientation Oflubricant Molecules in Ehd Contacts. In: Wear Particles: From the Cradle to the Grave ', edited by D. Dowson, G. Dalmaz, THC Childs, CM Taylor, M. Godet. 209-18: Elsevier Science Publishers, 1992.

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personal data
SURNAME Aderin-Pocock, Maggie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Aderin-Pocock, Margaret Ebuoluwa (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Nigerian-British space scientist and science educator
DATE OF BIRTH March 9, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH London