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Dr Brad Gibson

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Location

Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Travel distance

Will travel anywhere in the UK

Role

Science Communicator

Role

Science Educator

Role

Professional Astronomer

Summary

Dr Brad Gibson is one of the UK's most prolific Science Communicators, delivering more than 1000 talks to students and the public over the past decade.

Full biography

Earlier in his career Brad held the Chair in Theoretical Astrophysics at the University of Central Lancashire, and served as Deputy Head of School (Biological Sciences and Electrical Engineering) at Swinburne University in Australia. 

As well as holding several leadership roles in a number of academic organisations, he has also published more than 500 research publications which have been cited more than 40,000 times, and he has secured more than £10m in research grants to date.  

Brad is passionate about inspiring others and has carried out more than 1,000 outreach events over the past seven years reaching two million people around the world.

His commitment to widening participation from underrepresented groups, and improving the career prospects of physics students, led to his “Changing Face of Physics” campaign being named Best Practice in the Country by the UK’s Equality Challenge Unit.

Affiliations

  • American Astronomical Society
  • Lectures

    Are We Alone in the Universe

    How the Universe Will End

    Wonders of the Universe

    How Astronomers Control Your Life

    Building a Universe Inside a Computer

    Polar Astronomy

    Black Holes: Friend or Foe?

    Bad Astronomy at the Movies

    Colonising Mars: Fact or Fiction?

    Stellar Winds: Givers and Takers of Life

    What Do We Know Today (that we didn't a couple of years ago)?

    Liquid Mirror Telescopes: Wave of the Future (or just a ripple...)

    Are We Alone in the Universe?

    Wonders of the Universe

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