Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Acting
Born: 1968-03-09 in Islington, London, England, UK
Biography
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.
Known For
The Sky at Night
Self - Presenter
The Sky at Night
QI
Self
The One Show
Self
The Jonathan Ross Show
Self - Guest
Pointless Celebrities
Self
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant
Would I Lie to You?
Self
Richard Osman's House of Games
Self - Contestant
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
Self - Expert
Doctor Who Confidential
Self
Strangest Things
Self - Space Scientist
Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit
Self
Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
Self - Presenter
I Literally Just Told You
Self - Question Writer
Finding Father Christmas
Self
Artemis: To the Moon and Back
Self
Alien Files: Reopened
Self - Physicist & Space Scientist
The Infinite Monkey Cage
Panellist
Last Swim
Self
The Science of Doctor Who
Do We Really Need the Moon?
Host
In Orbit: How Satellites Rule Our World
Herself - Presenter