Helen Czerski

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Helen Czerski
File:Helen Czerski at Thinking Digital 2012.jpg
Helen Czerski at Thinking Digital 2012
Born (1978-11-01) 1 November 1978 (age 45)[1]
Manchester, England[2]
Institutions University of Cambridge
University of Toronto
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Graduate School of Oceanography (University of Rhode Island)[3][4]
University of Southampton
University College London
Alma mater Churchill College, Cambridge
Thesis Ignition of HMX and RDX (2006)
Known for Oceanography
Television presenter
Website
www.helenczerski.net

Helen Czerski (born 1 November 1978) is a physicist and oceanographer. She is currently a Research Fellow in the department of mechanical engineering at University College London.[5][6][7] She was previously at the Institute for Sound and Vibration Research at the University of Southampton.[8]

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Helen Czerski presenting a slide of herself drawing a coccolithophore with chalk at the 2013 Cambridge Science Festival

Education

Czerski was brought up in Altrincham, near Manchester and educated at Altrincham Grammar School for Girls.[9] She is of Polish ancestry. She graduated from Churchill College, Cambridge with degrees Master of Arts and Master of Science in Natural Sciences (Physics) and a PhD[10] in experimental explosives physics, particularly Research Department Explosive (RDX).[2]

Broadcasting

Czerski is a regular science presenter for the BBC. Her programmes have included:

Orbit: Earth's Extraordinary Journey, a three-part series on BBC Two.[11] (March 2012), co-presented with Kate Humble.

Operation Iceberg, a two-part series on BBC Two (October 2012) [12]

The Transit of Venus, BBC Two (June 2012) Horizon[13]

Stargazing Challenges, (BBC Two)

Dara Ó Briain's Science Club, (BBC Two)

The Secret Life of the Sun, BBC Two (July 2013) [14]

Pop! The Science of Bubbles, BBC Four, April 2013.[15]

The £10 Million Challenge, a Horizon to launch the Longitude Prize 2014[16]

What's Wrong with Our Weather?, July 2014, Horizon, co-presented with meteorologist John Hammond, which examined the possible causes of Britain's recent extreme weather and what connects all the recent extreme winters.[17]

Super Senses: The Secret Power of Animals, a current three-part series BBC Two [18]

Colour: The Spectrum Of Science, a current three-part series BBC Four Dr Helen Czerski embarks on a fascinating journey to unlock the secrets of colour, revealing the 15 colours that tell the story of the Earth, life and scientific discovery. [19]

She has also appeared on the Museum of Curiosity (BBC Radio 4).

Czerski has a regular column in BBC Focus magazine and was shortlisted in for columnist of the year at the 2014 PPA Awards.[20]

Research

Czerski's research[21] focuses on ocean bubbles, bubble acoustics, air-sea gas transfer and ocean bubble optics.[8][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33]

References

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