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Margaret Ebunoluwa "Maggie" Aderin-Pocock, MBE (born 9 March 1968)〔GRO Register of Births: Margaret Efumoluwa Aderin, mmn = Wey, Mar 1968 5c 905 ISLINGTON〕 is an English space scientist. She is an Honorary Research Associate in UCL Department of Physics and Astronomy.〔("Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock recognised at Suffrage Science event" ), UCL, 27 February 2013.〕 Since February 2014, she has co-presented the long-running astronomy TV programme ''The Sky at Night'', alongside Chris Lintott.〔Emine Saner. ("The Sky at Night presenter Maggie Aderin-Pocock: 'In space, race doesn't matter'" ), ''The Guardian'', 19 January 2014.〕 ==Personal life and education== Aderin-Pocock was born in London, to Nigerian parents. Her name "Ebunoluwa" stems from the Yoruba words "Ebun" meaning "gift" and Oluwa meaning "God", which is also a variant form of the word "Oluwabunmi" or "Olubunmi" meaning "gift of God" in Yoruba.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=OLUBUNMI )〕 She attended La Sainte Union Convent School in North London. She has dyslexia and, as a child, when she told a teacher she wanted to be an astronaut, it was suggested she try nursing, "because that's scientific, too". She gained four A-Levels in maths, physics, chemistry and biology.〔 She attended Imperial College London, earning a BSc in physics in 1990 and a doctorate in mechanical engineering in 1994. Her thesis was accepted in 1995, entitled "Interferometric Studies of Very Thin Lubricant Films in Concentrated Contacts". This project involved development of an ultra-thin film measurement system (using spectroscopy and interferometry to the 2.5 nm level).〔(Maggie Aderin-Pocock ) Maggie Aderin, Research Fellow UCL Department of Science and Technology Studies〕 This doctoral research involved improving the optical performance and the mechanical design of the system, as well as development of control and image processing software. Other techniques at the time could only operate to the micron level with much poorer resolution. This development work resulted in the instrument being sold by an Imperial College spin-off company. She discussed her biography on BBC's ''Desert Island Discs'' in March 2010,〔(BBC ''Desert Island Discs'', Maggie Aderin-Pocock. )〕 and has been the subject of numerous biographical articles on women in science.〔 She lives in Guildford, Surrey, with her husband Martin and daughter Lauren, who was born in 2010. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Maggie Aderin-Pocock」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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