Emma Chapman facts for kids
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Emma Chapman
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Emma Chapman in 2018
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Emma Olivia Woodfield
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| Alma mater | Durham University (MPhys) University College London (PhD) |
| Known for | The 1752 Group |
| Awards | The Shell and Institute of Physics Award for the Very Early Career Woman Physicist (2014) Royal Society Athena Prize (2018) |
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| Institutions | Imperial College London University College London |
| Thesis | Seeing the Light: Foreground Removal in the Dark and Dim Ages (2014) |
Emma Olivia Chapman is a British physicist. She is a Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Research Fellow at Imperial College London. Her work looks into the time when the first stars lit up the universe. She won the 2018 Royal Society Athena Prize. In November 2020, Chapman published her first book, First Light: Switching on Stars at the Dawn of Time.
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Early Life and Education
Emma Chapman studied Physics at Durham University. She earned a top degree called a Master of Physics (MPhys) in 2010. She then went on to get her PhD at University College London. Her PhD research was about "Seeing the Light: Foreground Removal in the Dark and Dim Ages." She won an award for her excellent PhD work. Chapman also became interested in how university study affects students, especially women.
Research and Career
After finishing her PhD, Chapman continued her research at University College London. She worked as a postdoctoral researcher for the Square Kilometre Array project. In 2013, she received a special research award from the Royal Astronomical Society. She also won the Institute of Physics Early Career Woman Physicist of the Year Award in 2014. In 2018, the Royal Society gave her a Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship.
Her main research area is the Epoch of Reionisation. This is a very early time in the universe when the first stars began to shine brightly. Chapman uses a large telescope called the Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR) to study this period.
In 2017, Chapman was highly praised in the L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards. She was also invited to speak at the Cheltenham Science Festival. In 2018, she talked about the first stars at the New Scientist Live event.
The 1752 Group
Chapman has spoken about fairness in science at places like the Royal Institution and the Wellcome Collection. She has also shared her ideas on the BBC. Chapman is part of The 1752 Group. This group works to stop unfair treatment and bullying between staff and students in universities. She was a main speaker on this topic at a big international conference for women in physics. She also worked with the National Union of Students (NUS). They did a survey and found that many students faced unfair treatment. They also found that universities did not always help the students enough.
Publications
Chapman has written one book:
- First Light: Switching on Stars at the Dawn of Time (2020)
Awards and Honours
In 2018, Chapman received the Royal Society Athena Prize. She won this award for her important work to end unfair treatment and bullying in universities.
Personal Life
Emma Chapman had her first child while she was finishing her PhD. She has two children.
See also
In Spanish: Emma Chapman para niños
