Suzanne Imber

Suzanne Imber
Alma mater Imperial College London
Scientific career
Institutions

University of Leicester

Goddard Space Flight Center
Thesis Auroral and Ionospheric Flow Measurements of Magnetopause Reconnection During Intervals of Northward Interplanetary Magnetic Field

Suzanne (Suzie) Imber (born May 1983) is a Planetary Scientist at the University of Leicester. She was the winner of the 2017 BBC Two television program Astronauts, Do You Have What It Takes?.

Education

Imber was born in Aylesbury, Buckinghampshire.[1] She attended Berkhamsted School in Hertfordshire, and was fascinated by stories of 20th-century exploration in the Antarctic.[2] She won the Lacrosse National Title in 2000.[3] She studied physics at Imperial College London, which she graduated in 2005.[2] She captained the Imperial College London Lacrosse team and went on to play for the England under-21s.[1] Imber completed her PhD, Auroral and Ionospheric Flow Measurements of Magnetopause Reconnection during Intervals of Northward Interplanetary Magnetic Field, in 2008 at the University of Leicester.[4]

Research and career

Imber joined the Goddard Space Flight Center in 2008 as a NASA research scientist.[5] Here she studied how energy and momentum transfer from the solar wind to the magnetic fields of Earth.[5] Her supervisor and mentor was Jim Slavin, who was involved with the MESSENGER mission to Mercury.[1]

In 2011 she returned to the University of Leicester as a postdoctoral Research Associate.[2] In 2014 she was awarded a Leverhulme Trust Fellowship, "Rough Winds do Shake the Magnetosphere of Mercury".[6] Imber is involved with the instrument design for the European Space Agency's next Mercury mission, BepiColombo, which launches in October 2018.[7] She also researches the magnetosphere of Mercury.[8]

In 2017 Imber was selected for the BBC Two's Astronauts, Do You Have What It Takes?.[9][10][11][12] She endured several challenges, including speaking Russian in a centrifuge at 5g, taking part in emergency procedures in an undersea training facility and taking her own blood.[13] She won the competition and received a recommendation from Chris Hadfield to join the European Space Agency.[14] Since winning, Imber has taken part in several public engagement activities raising awareness and enthusiasm for careers in space science.[7][15][16][17][18][19][20]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Interview with Suzie Imber". Times Higher Education (THE). 2017-10-12. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  2. 1 2 3 si88. "Dr Suzanne Imber — University of Leicester". www2.le.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  3. ↑ "Former pupil Suzie Imber wins BBC astronaut series - Berkhamsted". Berkhamsted. 2017-10-03. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  4. ↑ "Auroral and Ionospheric Flow Measurements of Magnetopause Reconnection During Intervals of Northward Interplanetary Magnetic Field". Milan, Steve, Lester, Mark. 2008-11-12.
  5. 1 2 "NASA - Fire and Ice: A Profile of Space Scientist Suzie Imber". www.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  6. ↑ "Applications - University of Leicester". University of Leicester. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  7. 1 2 "An Evening with Dr Suzie Imber | The Wildlife Trusts". www.wildlifetrusts.org. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  8. ↑ "Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes? - Suzie, 33 - BBC Two". BBC. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  9. ↑ University of Leicester (2017-10-01), Dr Suzie Imber - Astronauts: Do you have what it takes?, retrieved 2018-04-09
  10. ↑ ap507. "Space scientist makes giant leap towards becoming an astronaut — University of Leicester". www2.le.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  11. ↑ ew205. "Leicester scientist reaches the final of BBC Astronauts competition — University of Leicester". www2.le.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  12. ↑ er134. "Leicester space scientist proves she has what it takes to become an astronaut — University of Leicester". www2.le.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  13. ↑ Profile, Specialist Speakers. "Suzie Imber Speaker Profile". Specialist Speakers Speaker Bureau. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  14. ↑ "Space scientist wins BBC astronaut show". BBC News. 2017-10-01. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  15. ↑ "Suzie Imber – AndesExpedition.co.uk". andesexpedition.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  16. ↑ Development, PodBean. "BBC Astronauts winner Dr Suzie Imber and Gravitational Waves". Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  17. ↑ "'Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes?' winner visits the North East with IOP – The Institute of Physics blog". The Institute of Physics blog. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  18. ↑ "200 invalid-request". www.uppinghamcollege.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  19. ↑ "SuperDARN scientist Suzie Imber wins UK Astronaut contest". vt.superdarn.org. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  20. ↑ "Astronauts: Have you got what it takes? | Physics and Astronomy | University of Southampton". www.phys.soton.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
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