Maggie Aderin-Pocock
British space scientist and science educator
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| 2025 | Elected an honorary fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (HonFREng). |
| September 2024 | Published book 'The Story of the Solar System: A Visual Journey' with BBC Books in September. |
| January 2024 | Elevated to Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the New Year Honours for services to science education and diversity. |
| March 8 2023 | Honored with a Barbie doll created by Mattel to celebrate International Women's Day. |
| March 1 2023 | Became the chancellor of the University of Leicester. |
| 2022 | Appointed as a vice-president of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. |
| 2022 | Completed her term as president of the British Science Association. |
| 2021 | Began serving as the president of the British Science Association. |
| December 2021 | Began working as a question-setter for the Channel 4 game show 'I Literally Just Told You'. |
| 2020 | Served as a commissioner on the UK Government's Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities (CRED), participating in a controversial report about institutional racism in the UK. |
| 2020 | Awarded the William Thomson, Lord Kelvin Medal and Prize from the Institute of Physics for her public engagement in physics. |
| September 2019 | Published book 'Dr. Maggie's Grand Tour of the Solar System' with Buster Books in September. |
| 2018 | Awarded Honorary Doctor of Science by the University of Leicester. |
| 2017 | Awarded Honorary Doctor of Science by Loughborough University. |
| 2016 | Ranked sixth on the UK Powerlist of most influential Black Britons. |
| September 10 2015 | Published book 'The Knowledge: Stargazing' with Quadrille Publishing Ltd on 10 September. |
| 2014 | Awarded Honorary Doctor of Science by the University of Bath. |
| 2014 | Faced controversial comments in the Daily Mail's Ephraim Hardcastle column questioning her selection to discuss BICEP-2 experiment results, which was widely condemned by media and academic institutions. |
| February 2014 | Began co-presenting the astronomy television programme The Sky at Night with Chris Lintott. |
| 2013 | Listed on the UK Powerlist as one of the top 10 most influential black people and received the Yale University Centre for Dyslexia 'Out of the box thinking award'. |
| 2012 | Listed on the UK Powerlist as one of the top 100 most influential black people. |
| March 26 2012 | Presented 'In Orbit: How Satellites Rule Our World' on BBC Two. |
| 2011 | Won the 'New Talent' award from Women in Film and Television (WFTV). |
| February 2011 | Presented 'Do We Really Need the Moon?' on BBC Two. |
| 2010 | Received a Science in Society fellowship funded by Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC). |
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