Maggie Aderin-Pocock

Biography

Dame Margaret Aderin-Pocock is a British space scientist and science educator, known for her work as a presenter on the long-running astronomy television program The Sky at Night since 2014. She has received numerous awards, including the William Thomson, Lord Kelvin Medal and Prize from the Institute of Physics in 2020, for her public engagement in physics. She is the chancellor of the University of Leicester and the first black woman to win a gold medal in the Physics News Award.