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Helen Czerski

Helen Czerski
Helen Czerski at Thinking Digital 2012.jpg
Helen Czerski at Thinking Digital 2012
Born (1978-11-01) 1 November 1978 (age 38)
Manchester, England
Institutions University of Cambridge
University of Toronto
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Graduate School of Oceanography (University of Rhode Island)
University of Southampton
University College London
Alma mater Churchill College, Cambridge
Thesis Ignition of HMX and RDX (2006)
Known for Oceanography
Television presenter
Website
www.helenczerski.net
External media
Audio
“Episode 1, Dr Helen Czerski & Clive Thompson”, Ada Lovelace Day Podcast
Video
“Bubble Physicist Helen Czerski”, University of Rhode Island
“CS4 Interview: Helen Czerski ”, University of Southampton

Helen Czerski (born 1 November 1978) is a physicist and oceanographer. She is currently a Research Fellow in the department of mechanical engineering at University College London. She was previously at the Institute for Sound and Vibration Research at the University of Southampton.

Czerski was brought up in Altrincham, near Manchester and educated at Altrincham Grammar School for Girls. She is of Polish ancestry. She graduated from Churchill College, Cambridge with degrees Master of Arts and Master of Science in Natural Sciences (Physics) and a PhD in experimental explosives physics, particularly Research Department Explosive (RDX).

Czerski is a regular science presenter for the BBC. Her programmes have included:


She has also appeared on the Museum of Curiosity (BBC Radio 4).

Czerski has a regular column in BBC Focus magazine and was shortlisted in for columnist of the year at the 2014 PPA Awards.

Czerski's research focuses on ocean bubbles, bubble acoustics, air-sea gas transfer and ocean bubble optics.


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