Background
Burnell, Jocelyn Bell was born in 1943.
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Jocelyn Bell Burnell
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Bachelor of Science, University Glasgow, 1965. Doctor of Philosophy in Radio Astronomy, Cambridge University, 1969.
Career
Fellow Research Council University Southampton, England, 1968—1970, teaching fellow physics, 1970—1973. Research fellow Mullard Space Science Laboratory, 1976—1982. Senior research fellow Royal Observatory, 1982—1986, senior science officer Edinburgh, Scotland, 1986—1989, head James Clerk Maxwell telescope section.
Tutor, consultant, examiner, lecturer Open University, England, 1973—1987, professor physics, department chair, 1991—2000. Graduate programmer Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College, London, 1974—1976. Dean science faculty University Bath, 2001—2004.
Visiting professor astrophysics University Oxford, England, since 2004. Visiting professor Princeton University, 1999—2000.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow: Royal Society Edinburgh, Royal Society, Royal Astronomical Society (president 2002-2004), Institute Physics. Member: National Academy of Sciences (foreign associate).
Connections
Married Martin Burnell, 1968 (divorced 1993).
Awards
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Named Commander, British Empire, 1999. Recipient Michelson medal, Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, 1973, J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial prize, Center Theoretical Studies, Miami, Florida, 1978, Beatruce M. Tinsley prize, American Astronomical Society, 1987, Herschel medal, Royal Astronomical Society, London, 1989, Jansky award, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, 1995, Magellanic Premium award, American Philosophical Society, 2000.Named Commander, British Empire, 1999. Recipient Michelson medal, Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, 1973, J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial prize, Center Theoretical Studies, Miami, Florida, 1978, Beatruce M. Tinsley prize, American Astronomical Society, 1987, Herschel medal, Royal Astronomical Society, London, 1989, Jansky award, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, 1995, Magellanic Premium award, American Philosophical Society, 2000.