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British astrophysicist

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.

Education[edit]

Gupta grew up in Winchester and completed her A-Levels at Peters Symonds Sixth Form College.[1] She completed her Masters 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]

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]

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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]

  1. ^ “About Me”. Dr Jen Gupta. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  2. ^ “Outreach Officers – SEPnet”. SEPnet. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ “Jodcast archive”. jodcast.net. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  5. ^ “Bright Club Manchester 4 – Family”. Manchester Beacon. Archived from the original on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  6. ^ Jennifer Gupta (22 November 2011), Bright Club Stars: Jen Gupta, retrieved 13 February 2018
  7. ^ jodcast (10 November 2011), The e-MERLIN Roadtrip, retrieved 13 February 2018
  8. ^ “Physics in Action – The Training Partnership”. The Training Partnership. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  9. ^ “Ogden Science Officers”. www.ogdentrust.com. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  10. ^ “Tomorrow’s World: Me and My Robot”. BBC. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  11. ^ “Tomorrow’s World Live – Move to Mars”. BBC. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  12. ^ “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.
  13. ^ “The invisible night sky”. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  14. ^ “Andover Astronomical Society”. www.andoverastronomy.org.uk. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  15. ^ “Events”. Dr Jen Gupta. 2 October 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  16. ^ “Dr Jennifer Gupta: Radio Astronomy, Quasars and Black Holes”. Isle of Wight Cafe Scientifique. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  17. ^ “Stargazing Live 2015 at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard”. Eventbrite. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  18. ^ “An Evening Of Unnecessary Detail at Backyard Comedy Club”. www.tickettext.co.uk. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  19. ^ “BAHFest London”. Eventbrite. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  20. ^ BAHFest (17 May 2016), BAHFest London – Big Science – Jen Gupta: Fixing the World, retrieved 13 February 2018
  21. ^ “Seldom Sirius Podcast”. seldomsirius.net. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  22. ^ “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.
  23. ^ “Jen Gupta”. www.icg.port.ac.uk. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  24. ^ “Introducing Jen Gupta”. astrotweeps. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2018.

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