British physicist and Royal Society Research Fellow
Emma Olivia Chapman (née Woodfield )
[2] is a British physicist and
Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin
Research Fellow at
Imperial College London .
[1] Her research investigates the
epoch of
reionization . She won the 2018
Royal Society Athena Prize.
[4]
[5] In November 2020 Chapman published her first book, First Light: Switching on Stars at the Dawn of Time .
Early life and education
Chapman achieved first class honours for a
Master of Physics (MPhys) degree in Physics at
Durham University in 2010.
[6]
[7] She completed her PhD, Seeing the Light: Foreground Removal in the Dark and Dim Ages ,
[8] at
University College London .
[6] She won the
University College London Chris Skinner Department of Physics and Astronomy Thesis Prize.
[2] Chapman became concerned about PhD culture and how it impacts women.
[9]
Research and career
Following her PhD, Chapman remained at
University College London as a
Square Kilometre Array funded
postdoctoral researcher .
[10] Chapman was awarded a
Royal Astronomical Society Research Fellowship in 2013.
[6] She won the
Institute of Physics
Early Career Woman Physicist of the Year Award in 2014.
[11] In 2018, Chapman was awarded a Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship by the Royal Society.
[12]
Her research investigates the Epoch of
Reionisation , the time in the universe when the stars began to radiate light.
[13] Chapman works with the Low-Frequency Array telescope (
LOFAR ).
[13]
[14]
[15]
In 2017 Chapman was highly commended in the
L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards .
[16] She was an invited speaker at the
Cheltenham Science Festival .
[17] She spoke about the first era of stars at the 2018
New Scientist Live.
[18]
[19]
Chapman brought a successful lawsuit against
University College London for sexual harassment through the law firm of
Ann Olivarius . She settled the case for £70,000 and then campaigned against the use of gag-orders or "
non-disclosure settlements ."
[20] As a result of her campaign, University College of London has abandoned non-disclosure settlements.
[21]
The 1752 group
She has spoken about bias in science at the
Royal Institution ,
Wellcome Collection and on the
BBC .
[22]
[23]
[24]
[25] Chapman is a member of
The 1752 Group , a lobbying group to end staff-student
sexual harassment in academia.
[26]
[27] She was a keynote speaker on the topic at the
International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) International Conference for Women in Physics.
[28] She partnered with the
National Union of Students (NUS) to conduct a survey of staff-student sexual harassment.
[29] They found that there was widespread misconduct in higher education and that institutions did not adequately support the victims.
[30]
Publications
Chapman is author of one book:
Awards and honours
In 2018, Chapman was awarded the
Royal Society Athena Prize for her work to end staff-student sexual harassment and bullying in academia.
[31]
Personal life
Chapman had her first child during the last year of her PhD.
[32] She has two children.
[33]
References
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Emma Chapman publications indexed by
Google Scholar
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"UCL Astrophysics Group – PhD Students (Present & Past)" . zuserver2.star.ucl.ac.uk . Archived from
the original on 21 May 2010. Retrieved 19 July 2018 .
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"Emma Woodfield" . Archived from
the original on 19 October 2012.
^ Anon (2018).
"Recipients of Royal Society medals and awards in 2018 announced" . royalsociety.org .
Royal Society . Retrieved 19 July 2018 .
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Emma Chapman publications indexed by the
Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
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"Dr Emma Chapman" . imperial.ac.uk . Retrieved 19 July 2018 .
^ Shannon, Lisa; Mayne, Debbie, eds. (4 August 2023).
"Class Notes" . Dunelm Magazine (9): 39. Retrieved 7 September 2023 .
^ Chapman, Emma Olivia (2014).
Seeing the first light: a study of the Dark and Dim Ages . ucl.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University College London.
OCLC
894606246 .
EThOS
uk.bl.ethos.626831 .
^ Anon (2015).
"Culture for PhD students must change, says report by IOP and Royal Astronomical Society" . iop.org . Institute of Physics. Retrieved 19 July 2018 .
^ Chapman, Emma (2017).
"Emma Chapman Curriculum Vitae" . dr-emma-chapman.com . Retrieved 19 July 2018 .
^ Physics, Institute of.
"UCL postdoc Emma Chapman wins Very Early Career Woman Physicist Award" . iop.org . Retrieved 19 July 2018 .
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"Royal Society announces Dorothy Hodgkin Fellows for 2018" . Retrieved 12 February 2019 .
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"About Me" . Dr Emma Chapman . 24 January 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2018 .
^ Yatawatta, S.; de Bruyn, A. G.; Brentjens, M. A.; Labropoulos, P.; Pandey, V. N.; Kazemi, S.; Zaroubi, S.; et al. (2013). "Initial deep LOFAR observations of epoch of reionization windows". Astronomy & Astrophysics . 550 : A136.
arXiv :
1301.1630 .
Bibcode :
2013A&A...550A.136Y .
doi :
10.1051/0004-6361/201220874 .
ISSN
0004-6361 .
S2CID
7637377 .
^ Chapman, Emma; Abdalla, Filipe B.; Harker, Geraint; Jelić, Vibor; Labropoulos, Panagiotis; Zaroubi, Saleem; Brentjens, Michiel A.; de Bruyn, A. G.; Koopmans, L. V. E. (2012). "Foreground removal using FastICA: a showcase of LOFAR-EoR".
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . 423 (3): 2518–2532.
arXiv :
1201.2190 .
Bibcode :
2012MNRAS.423.2518C .
doi :
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21065.x .
ISSN
0035-8711 .
S2CID
73608064 .
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"3 Asian women win L'Oreal Unesco Women in Science 2017 Fellowships - New Asian Post" . newasianpost.com . Archived from
the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018 .
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"Beyond Light: The Future Of Astronomy - Cheltenham Festivals" . Cheltenham Festivals . Archived from
the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018 .
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"Emma Chapman" . New Scientist Live 2018 . Archived from
the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018 .
^ New Scientist (18 April 2018),
Emma Chapman: The first stars in the Universe , retrieved 19 July 2018
^ "
University College London tried to gag me over two-year 'harassment' fight, scientist claims ," Evening Standard , 3 July 2018; "
UK universities face 'gagging order' criticism ," BBC, 17 April 2019.
^ "
Sex harassment victims force University College London to end gagging orders ," The Times , 28 July 2018.
^ Anon (2017),
Unconscious Bias in Science , The Royal Institution, retrieved 19 July 2018
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"How do we Solve Science's Problem with Women? | Imperial News | Imperial College London" . Imperial News . Retrieved 19 July 2018 .
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"The Everyday Effect of Unconscious Bias, All in the Mind - BBC Radio 4" . BBC . Retrieved 19 July 2018 .
^ Steve Chapman (15 October 2017),
Dr Emma Chapman - BBC news - 14-Oct-2017 , retrieved 19 July 2018
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"About Us" . The 1752 Group . 13 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2018 .
^ Bannock, Caroline; Weale, Sally; Batty, David (5 March 2017).
"Sexual harassment 'at epidemic levels' in UK universities" .
The Guardian . Retrieved 19 July 2018 .
^ Anon (2017).
"More universities must confront sexual harassment: Too many institutions give low priority to tackling sexual misconduct in science" . Nature . 547 (7664): 379.
Bibcode :
2017Natur.547Q.379. .
doi :
10.1038/547379a .
ISSN
0028-0836 .
PMID
28748954 .
^ Fyles, Fred S.
"National Union of Students launch survey into sexual misconduct at UK universities" . Retrieved 19 July 2018 .
^ Leggett, Frank.
"Study finds higher education rife with sexual misconduct" . Retrieved 19 July 2018 .
^ Anon.
"Royal Society awards go to four IOP Members and Fellows" . iop.org . Institute of Physics. Retrieved 19 July 2018 .
^ Chapman, Emma (2015).
"How to control your career as a female physicist: Nature jobs" . blogs.nature.com . Archived from
the original on 5 August 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018 .
^ Wade, Jessica (6 March 2017).
" "On my astronomical scales, things are changing: women are being let in" " . Imperial News . Imperial College London. Retrieved 24 July 2018 .
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