Dame Margaret Ebunoluwa Aderin-Pocock is a British space scientist and science educator. 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 program The Sky at Night with Chris Lintott. In 2020, Maggie was awarded the William Thomson, Lord Kelvin Medal and Prize from the Institute of Physics for her public engagement in physics. She is the first black woman to win a gold medal in the Physics News Award and she served as the president of the British Science Association from 2021 to 2022.

Maggie Aderin-Pocock

Acting Born March 9, 1968 Islington, London, England, UK

Dame Margaret Ebunoluwa Aderin-Pocock is a British space scientist and science educator. 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 program The Sky at Night with Chris Lintott. In 2020, Maggie was awarded the William Thomson, Lord Kelvin Medal and Prize from the Institute of Physics for her public engagement in physics. She is the first black woman to win a gold medal in the Physics News Award and she served as the president of the British Science Association from 2021 to 2022.

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The One Show

Self

QI

Self

Would I Lie to You?

Self

The Jonathan Ross Show

Self - Guest

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

Self - Participant

Pointless Celebrities

Self

Richard Osman's House of Games

Self - Contestant

The Sky at Night

Self - Presenter

The Sky at Night

Michael McIntyre's The Wheel

Self - Expert

Doctor Who Confidential

Self

Strangest Things

Self - Space Scientist