Jennifer Ann Gupta, known as Jen, is an astrophysicist and science communicator based at the University of Portsmouth. She has presented on Tomorrow's World on the BBC.
Jen Gupta | |
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| Born | Jennifer Ann Gupta |
| Alma mater | University of Manchester |
| Organization | University of Portsmouth |
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| Website | jengupta |
Education edit
Gupta grew up in Winchester and completed her A-Levels at Peters Symonds Sixth Form College.[1] She completed her master's degree at the University of Manchester, before beginning a PhD at the university's Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics.[2] She earned her PhD "Multiwavelength Studies of Radio-loud Active Galactic Nuclei in the Fermi Era" in 2012.[3]
Career edit
Gupta began science communication during her PhD, taking a major role in The Jodcast[4] and performing astronomy-inspired stand-up comedy on stage at Bright Club, in Manchester[5] and at London's Bloomsbury Theatre.[6] That year she completed a daylong road trip to see the seven MERLIN telescopes in a day.[7] Gupta is involved with the training of UK-based physics teachers.[8][9] She has the co-hosted a number of episodes of the BBC's Tomorrow's World.[10][11]
In 2016 she featured in a series of portraits commissioned by the Royal Astronomical Society celebrating leading women in astronomy.[12] That year, she gave an invited talk at the Royal Institution "The invisible night sky".[13] She delivers regular talks at astronomical societies around the South East of England.[14][15][16] In 2015 she hosted Stargazing Live from the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.[17]
Alongside public talks about astronomy, Gupta is interested in science comedy.[18] That year she hosted BAHFest, a celebration of well-argued but incorrect scientific theory.[19][20] Gupta is the founder and co-host of the Astronomy podcast Seldom Sirius.[21]
In 2011 she won I'm a Scientist, Get me out of here![22] Gupta joined the Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation at the University of Portsmouth in 2012. She is responsible for outreach, public engagement and evaluation.[23] Gupta typically works with 10,000 school children and members of the public each year.[24]
References edit
- ^ "About Me". Dr Jen Gupta. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ "Outreach Officers - SEPnet". SEPnet. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ Ann, Gupta, Jennifer (17 September 2012). "Multiwavelength Studies of Radio-loud Active Galactic Nuclei in the Fermi Era". www.escholar.manchester.ac.uk. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Jodcast archive". jodcast.net. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
- ^ "Bright Club Manchester 4 - Family". Manchester Beacon. Archived from the original on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
- ^ Jennifer Gupta (22 November 2011), Bright Club Stars: Jen Gupta, retrieved 13 February 2018
- ^ jodcast (10 November 2011), The e-MERLIN Roadtrip, retrieved 13 February 2018
- ^ "Physics in Action - The Training Partnership". The Training Partnership. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ "Ogden Science Officers". www.ogdentrust.com. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ "Tomorrow's World: Me and My Robot". BBC. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
- ^ "Tomorrow's World Live - Move to Mars". BBC. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
- ^ "Portsmouth astrophysicist features in leading women portraits | UoP News". uopnews.port.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ "The invisible night sky". Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ "Andover Astronomical Society". www.andoverastronomy.org.uk. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ "Events". Dr Jen Gupta. 2 October 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ "Dr Jennifer Gupta: Radio Astronomy, Quasars and Black Holes". Isle of Wight Cafe Scientifique. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ "Stargazing Live 2015 at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard". Eventbrite. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ "An Evening Of Unnecessary Detail at Backyard Comedy Club". www.tickettext.co.uk. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ "BAHFest London". Eventbrite. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ BAHFest (17 May 2016), BAHFest London - Big Science - Jen Gupta: Fixing the World, retrieved 13 February 2018
- ^ "Seldom Sirius Podcast". seldomsirius.net. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ "What Jennifer Gupta did with her prize money… - About I'm a Scientist, Get me out of here". About I'm a Scientist, Get me out of here. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ "Jen Gupta". www.icg.port.ac.uk. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ "Introducing Jen Gupta". astrotweeps. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
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