Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Space scientist and instrument engineer
At a glance
- Inventor
- Maggie Aderin-Pocock
- Life
- born 1968
- Birthplace
- London, United Kingdom
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- Europe
- Era
- 2000–Present
- Fields
- Space & Aerospace, Science & Engineering
- Evidence
- Documented
- Records
- 0 in this archive
What they did
Aderin-Pocock has worked on satellite instrumentation and on the optical sub-systems of ground-based astronomy, including work related to spectrographs for the Gemini Observatory.
Historical context
Diagnosed with dyslexia as a child and moved between schools, she took a physics degree and a doctorate in mechanical engineering at Imperial College London.
The legacy
She combines instrument engineering with one of the most sustained public-science careers in Britain, and was appointed MBE for services to science education.
The evidence
Honours list record, MBE for services to science education
Primary recordDoctoral and departmental records
Institutional record
Documentation strength
- 2
- Sources
- 1
- Primary
- 2
- Publishers
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