Susan Jocelyn Bell-Burnell - Radio, Gamma Ray, X-ray, Infrared Waves from the Stars

With a diverse background in astrophysics and astronomy and a sense of the importance of involving a diverse range of people in science, Bell-Burnell is a popular speaker and works tirelessly for the advancement of women in science in England.

Awards and Achievements:

• American Tentative Society Award
• Member, Royal Astronomical Society and Herschel Medal recipient
• Member, American Astronomical Society and Beatrice Tinsley Prize recipient
• Oppenheimer Prize winner
• Michelson Medal winner
• Fellow, Institute of Physics
• Jansky Award, National Radio Astronomy Observatory
• Foreign Member, Onsala Telescope Board, Sweden (1996-present)
• Chair, European Commission, DG XII, Physics Panel (1996-present)
• Commander of the British Empire, 1999
• Honorary degrees from York University, 1994; Heriot-Watt University, 1993; University of Warwick, 1995; University of Newcastle, 1995; Cambridge University, 1996

Sources:

http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~cwp/Phase2/...
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/ent...
http://www.bigear.org/vol1no1/burnell.htm
http://www.weatheralltech.com/bell
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/Star...
http://www.ceemast.csupomona.edu/nova/bu...
http://www.britishcouncil.org/science/sc...

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