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Dr Darren Baskill
Astrophysicist - Educator - Lecturer - Photographer
Lecturer and Outreach Officer in the
Department of Physics & Astronomy
at the
University of Sussex
, working with schools and colleges to encourage students to study physics (
see profile
)
Previously:
Astronomer at the
Royal Observatory Greenwich
, delivering
planetarium shows
and instigated the
Astronomy Photographer of the Year
competition.
XMM-Newton Space Telescope
Calibration Scientist (EPIC-MOS cameras)
PhD in
X-ray astronomy
, studying
cataclysmic variable stars
at the
University of Leicester
.
Delivers expert analysis on TV, online (e.g.
BBC News online
) and other media (e.g.
Science Focus magazine
), including popular science articles and book contributions (e.g.
30-second Astronomy
and the
Oxford Dictionary of Astronomy
).
Co-founded the
Brighton Luminarium science centre
concept, and is a director of the
Ensonglopedia theatre company
As a semi-professional photographer, has developed and delivered education courses in astrophotography, and supplies unique image and video content to producers.
A fellow of the
Royal Astronomical Society
& a member of the
Institute of Physics
, serving on the
IOP South-Central Branch
committee.