Background
Burnell, Susan Jocelyn Bell was born on July 15, 1943 in United Kingdom. Daughter of G. Philip and M. Allison (Kennedy) Bell.
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Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell
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Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell, British astrophysicist, physics professor. Recipient Michelson award Franklin Institute, 1973, J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial prize Center for Theoretical Studies, 1978, Rennie Taylor award American Tentative Society, 1978, Jansky award, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, 1995, honorary fellowship New Hall, Cambridge, 1996, Commander British Empire, 1999, Edinburgh medal, 1999, Dame British Empire, 2007.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Glasgow University, Scotland, 1965. Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge University, England, 1968. Doctor of Science (honorary), Heriot-Watt University, Scotland, 1993.
DUniv (honorary), University York, England, 1994. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Warwick, England, 1995. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Newcastle, England, 1995.
Doctor of Science (honorary), University Cambridge, England, 1996. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Glasgow, 1997. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Sussex., 1997.
Doctor of Science (honorary), St. Andrews University, 1999. Doctor of Science (honorary), University London, 1999. Doctor of Science (honorary), Haverford College, Pennsylvania, 2000.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Leeds University, England, 2000. Doctor of Science (honorary), Williams College, Massachusetts, 2000. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Portsmouth, 2001.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Queen's University, Belfast, 2001. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Edinburgh, 2003. Doctor of Science (honorary), Keele University, 2005.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Harvard University, 2007. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Durham, England, 2007. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Southampton, 2002.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Trinity College, Dublin, 2008. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Leicester, 2009. Master of Arts, University Oxford, England, 2006.
Career
Fellow University Southampton, 1968-1973. Programmer, fellow Mullard Space Science Laboratory, 1974-1982. Head of James Clerk Maxwell Telescope section Royal Observatory Edinburgh, 1982-1991.
Professor, chair physics department Open University, Milton Keynes, 1991-1999. Dean science University Bath, 2001—2004. Visiting professor Oxford University, since 2004, fellow Mansfield College.
Member policy making and peer review committees Science and Engineering, and Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Councils, England, since 1978. Foreign member Onsala Space Observatory National Board, Sweden, 1995-2002. Chair physics training panel European Commission, 1996-1998.
Member Open University Council, 1997-1999. Visiting professor Princeton University, New Jersey, 1999-2000.
Achievements
Membership
Member Quaker representative British Council Churches, 1978-1990. Member planning committee Edinburgh Science Festival, 1991-1996. Role model, spokesperson, representative, promoter Advancement of Women in Science.
Fellow Royal Society, Royal Astronomical Society (council 1978-1981, 92-95, vice president 1995-1997, award 1969, Herschel medal 1989, president 2002-2004), Institute Physics (president since 2008, award 1992), Royal Society of Arts London. Member American Astronomical Society (Beatrice M. Tinsley prize 1987), International Astronomical Union (award 1979), National Academy of Sciences (foreign associate), American Philosophical Society (Magellanic Premium 2000).
Interests
Connections
Married Martin Burnell, December 21, 1989 (divorced 1993). 1 child, Gavin.
