7–11 Sept 2025
Teaching Hub 502
Europe/London timezone

Breaking Boundaries: Innovation and Inclusion in Instrumentation Science

TUCPD01
9 Sept 2025, 13:00
1h
Teaching Hub 502

Teaching Hub 502

The University of Liverpool 160 Mount Pleasant L3 5TR Liverpool
Panel Discussion MC10: Special Talks TUC

Speaker

Jocelyn Bell Burnell (University of Oxford)

Description

This contribution will reflect on Professor Bell-Burnell's career, spanning decades of groundbreaking work in astrophysics, from the discovery of pulsars to leadership in the global scientific community. Along the way, she has received numerous prestigious awards, including the Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, the Royal Astronomical Society Gold Medal, and the President’s Medal of the Institute of Physics, recognizing her outstanding contributions to science and beyond.

Professor Bell-Burnell has worked as an observer in gamma ray, X-ray, IR and millimetre and radio astronomy and will describe each phase briefly. Beyond the science, Professor Dame Bell-Burnell will explore the importance of promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in STEM, drawing on her experiences to highlight how fostering an inclusive environment strengthens innovation and career development.

Speaker: Prof Dame Jocelyn Bell-Burnell

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Author

Jocelyn Bell Burnell (University of Oxford)

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