Michele Dougherty

Space physicist at Imperial College London · South Africa · Scientists · Born 1962 · age 64

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Michele Karen Dougherty is a British scientist. She is professor of space physics at Imperial College London and the sixteenth Astronomer Royal.

A life in dates

2022Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesAward2018Commander of the Order of the British EmpireAwardGlazebrook MedalAward2017Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical SocietyAward2012Fellow of the Royal SocietyAward2008Hughes MedalAward2007Chree Medal and PrizeAward1995Fellow of the Royal Astronomical SocietyAward1962Born

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Awards

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences2022

Commander of the Order of the British Empire2018

Glazebrook Medal2018

Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society2017

Fellow of the Royal Society2012

Hughes Medal2008

Chree Medal and Prize2007

Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society1995

About this person

Michele Karen Dougherty is a British scientist. She is professor of space physics at Imperial College London and the sixteenth Astronomer Royal. She is leading uncrewed exploratory missions to Saturn and Jupiter, and is principal investigator for J-MAG - a magnetometer aboard the European Space Agency's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer.

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South Africa

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Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer51.0

Harriet Margaret Louisa Bolus50.2

George F. R. Ellis50.1

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