Maggie Aderin

British space scientist · United Kingdom · On the map · Scientists · Born 1968 · age 58

Dame Margaret Ebunoluwa Aderin, formerly known as Maggie Aderin-Pocock, is a British broadcaster, writer, science educator and engineer.

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A life in dates

2024Dame Commander of the Order of the British EmpireAward2020Kelvin PrizeAward2014Honorary Doctor of the University of BathAward2009Honorary DoctorateAward2008Member of the Order of the British EmpireAward1968Born9 March 1968

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Baroness Shirley Williams and Maggie Aderin, with Aderin's daughter Lauren, discussing Women and Power at the WOW Festival in London in 2014 Between 2014 & 2019, she appeared as an expert in the channel 5 series, Duck Quacks Don't Echo

Awards

Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire2024

Kelvin Prize2020

Honorary Doctor of the University of Bath2014

Honorary Doctorate2009

Member of the Order of the British Empire2008

About this person

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. Since February 2014, she has co-presented the long-running astronomy television programme The Sky at Night with Chris Lintott.

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United Kingdom