Rose Baker facts for kids

Rose Dawn Baker is a British scientist who loves numbers! She is a physicist, a mathematician, and a statistician. This means she studies how the world works, uses math to solve problems, and works with data. She is now a special kind of professor called a professor emeritus at the University of Salford, where she taught applied statistics. Applied statistics is about using numbers to understand real-world information.

Her Journey in Science

Early Studies and Research

Rose Baker studied physics at the famous University of Cambridge in England. She earned her master's degree there in 1968. Then, she completed her Ph.D. in 1972. Her Ph.D. research was about bubble chambers. These are special tools used in physics to see the paths of tiny particles.

After her studies, she spent a year teaching physics in India. She worked at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.

Working at Rutherford Laboratory

In 1973, Rose returned to England. She became a researcher at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. This lab is a big science center in Chilton, Oxfordshire. She worked there until 1977.

At that time, there was less money for big physics projects. So, Rose decided to try something new.

Moving to the University of Salford

In 1977, she joined the University of Salford. She first worked in their computing services department. She stayed there for many years, until 1990.

In 1990, she became a lecturer in the math department at Salford. Later, in 1998, she moved to the statistics department. She became a "reader," which is a senior academic role. In 2001, she became a full professor. She retired from the university in 2013.

Awards and Honors

Rose Baker is a highly respected scientist. She is a fellow of the Royal Statistical Society. This means she is a recognized expert in statistics. She is also a fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications.

She is an elected member of the International Statistical Institute. This is a group of top statisticians from all over the world.

Rose has won the Catherine Richards Prize twice! This award is from the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications.

• In 2002, she won for her paper on paradoxes in probability theory. A paradox is something that seems to contradict itself. Probability theory is about how likely events are to happen.
• In 2010, she won again for her work on obesity. She created a formula to show how health is affected by a person's body mass index (BMI). BMI is a measure that uses a person's height and weight.