
Maggie Aderin-Pocock
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.
TV Shows(17)

Alien Files: Reopened
Self - Physicist & Space Scientist

I Literally Just Told You
Self - Question Writer

Strangest Things
Self - Space Scientist

Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
Self - Expert

The Infinite Monkey Cage
Panellist

Richard Osman's House of Games
Self - Contestant

Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit
Self

Pointless Celebrities
Self

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant

The Jonathan Ross Show
Self - Guest

Would I Lie to You?
Self

The One Show
Self

Doctor Who Confidential
Self

QI
Self

Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
Self - Presenter

The Sky at Night
Self - Presenter

The Sky at Night