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British physicist, oceanographer, and television presenter
Helen Czerski (b. 1978) is a British
physicist and
oceanographer and
television presenter . She is an associate professor in the department of
mechanical engineering at
University College London .
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[6] She was previously at the
Institute for Sound and Vibration Research at the
University of Southampton .
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Early life and education
Czerski was brought up in
Altrincham ,
Greater Manchester , and educated at
Altrincham Grammar School for Girls .
[8] She graduated from the
University of Cambridge where she was a student at
Churchill College, Cambridge , with degrees
Master of Arts and
Master of Science in
Natural Sciences (Physics) and a
PhD
[9] in experimental explosives physics, particularly
Research Department Explosive (RDX).
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Career
Czerski at Thinking Digital in 2012
Czerski at the 2013
Cambridge Science Festival
Czerski is a regular science presenter for the
BBC . Her programmes
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[12] have included:
Orbit: Earth's Extraordinary Journey , a three-part series on
BBC Two , March 2012, co-presented with
Kate Humble .
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Operation Iceberg , a two-part series on BBC Two, October 2012.
[14]
The Transit of Venus , BBC Two, June 2012,
Horizon .
[15]
Stargazing Challenges , BBC Two.
Dara Ó Briain's Science Club , BBC Two.
The Secret Life of the Sun , BBC Two, July 2013.
[16]
Pop! The Science of Bubbles ,
BBC Four , April 2013.
[17]
The £10 Million Challenge , a Horizon which launched the
Longitude Prize 2014 .
[18]
What's Wrong with Our Weather? , July 2014, Horizon , co-presented with meteorologist
John Hammond , which examined the possible causes of Britain's recent extreme weather and what connects all the recent extreme winters.
[19]
Super Senses: The Secret Power of Animals , August 2014, a three-part series for BBC Two.
[20]
Colour: The Spectrum of Science , November 2015, a three-part series for
BBC Four on the 15 colours that tell the story of the Earth, life and scientific discovery.
[21]
Dangerous Earth , November 2016, a six-part series for the BBC showing how new camera technology is revealing the inner workings of the Earth's most spectacular natural wonders.
The Infinite Monkey Cage - "
The Science of Everyday Life " , BBC Radio 4, 16 January 2017.
Sound Waves: The Symphony of Physics , March 2017, a two-part series.
From Ice to Fire: The Incredible Science of Temperature , February 2018, a three-part series.
WMG Future Batteries | Fully Charged , 20 February 2019.
[22]
Ocean Autopsy: The Secret Story of Our Seas , June 2020, a 90-minute film.
[23]
Royal Institution Christmas Lectures - Planet Earth: A user's guide , December 2020,
BBC Four series
[24]
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She has also appeared on
The Museum of Curiosity (
BBC Radio 4 ) and is an occasional presenter of the web TV and podcast show
Fully Charged . She regularly appears on
The Cosmic Shambles Network and co-hosts their podcasts and web series Science Shambles and They've Made Us with
Robin Ince . Czerski is a regular contributor to the
Wall Street Journal in the column "Everyday Physics".
[26] For her "Everyday Science" column in
BBC Focus magazine, Czerski was shortlisted for columnist of the year at the 2014
PPA Awards .
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Awards
In 2018 Czerski won the
William Thomson, Lord Kelvin Medal and Prize from the
Institute of Physics for her contributions to championing the physics of everyday life to a worldwide audience of millions through TV programmes, a popular science book, newspaper columns, and public talks.
[28] Czerski was made an Honorary Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge in 2020.
[29] She received an Honorary Doctorate in Science from the
University of East Anglia in 2023.
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Research
Czerski's research
[31] focuses on
temperature , ocean bubbles, bubble acoustics, air-sea gas transfer and ocean bubble optics.
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Publications
References
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"News – University of Rhode Island" . Uri.edu. 21 January 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2014 .
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"Helen Czerski" . Helen Czerski. Retrieved 16 June 2014 .
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"Helen Czerski biography" . Helenczerski.net. Retrieved 1 September 2018 .
^ Clayton, Jeremy (13 June 2014).
"Government seeks your views about how to spend £6bn on science | Jeremy Clayton | Science" . theguardian.com. Retrieved 16 June 2014 .
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"Iris View Profile" . Iris.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 June 2014 .
^ Chambers, Chris (10 June 2014).
"Physics envy: Do 'hard' sciences hold the solution to the replication crisis in psychology? | Chris Chambers | Science" . theguardian.com. Retrieved 16 June 2014 .
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"Dr Helen Czerski :: University of Southampton" . Southampton.ac.uk. Archived from
the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2012 .
^ Bowen, Rick (8 March 2012).
"Altrincham raised scientist fronting major BBC series" .
Messenger Newspapers .
^ Czerski, Helen (2006).
Ignition of HMX and RDX . cam.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Cambridge.
OCLC
500335888 .
EThOS
uk.bl.ethos.442574 .
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Helen Czerski at
IMDb
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Helen Czerski on Operation Iceberg ,
BBC
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Helen Czerski on Eden
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"BBC Two -Orbit: Earth's Extraordinary Journey, Episode 1" . Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 4 March 2012 .
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"BBC Two – Operation Iceberg" . BBC .
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"BBC Two – Horizon, 2011–2012, The Transit of Venus" . BBC .
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"BBC Two – The Secret Life of the Sun" . BBC .
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"TV work" . Helen Czerski. Retrieved 16 June 2014 .
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"BBC Two – Horizon, The 拢10 Million Challenge" . BBC .
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"BBC Two -Horizon: What's Wrong with Our Weather?" . Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2014 .
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"BBC – New BBC Two NHU series explores super senses of animal world in Beyond Human – Media centre" . bbc.co.uk .
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"BBC – Colour: The Spectrum of Science" . bbc.co.uk .
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WMG (Warwick Manufacturing Group) Future Batteries : Fully Charged (YouTube). fullychargedshow. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019 .
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"Ocean Autopsy: The Secret Story of Our Seas" . BBC Four. Retrieved 21 October 2020 .
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"Royal Institution Christmas Lectures" . bbc.co.uk . Retrieved 29 December 2020 .
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"CHRISTMAS LECTURES 2020: Planet Earth: A user's guide" . www.rigb.org . Retrieved 30 August 2020 .
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"Everyday Physics - News, Articles, Biography, Photos - WSJ.com" .
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"PPA Awards 2014" .
Professional Publishers Association . 10 July 2014. Archived from
the original on 22 August 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2015 .
^ Physics, Institute of.
"IOP Award Winners 2018" . www.iop.org . Retrieved 11 July 2018 .
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"Dr Helen Czerski" . Churchill College . Retrieved 10 August 2023 .
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"Honorary Graduates - About" . www.uea.ac.uk . Retrieved 10 August 2023 .
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Helen Czerski publications indexed by
Microsoft Academic
^ Vagle, S.; Gemmrich, J.;
Czerski, H. (2012).
"Reduced upper ocean turbulence and changes to bubble size distributions during large downward heat flux events" . Journal of Geophysical Research . 117 (C7): n/a.
Bibcode :
2012JGRC..117.0H16V .
doi :
10.1029/2011JC007308 .
^ Twardowski, M.; Zhang, X.; Vagle, S.; Sullivan, J.; Freeman, S.;
Czerski, H. ; You, Y.; Bi, L.; Kattawar, G. (2012).
"The optical volume scattering function in a surf zone inverted to derive sediment and bubble particle subpopulations" . Journal of Geophysical Research . 117 (C7): n/a.
Bibcode :
2012JGRC..117.0H17T .
doi :
10.1029/2011JC007347 .
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Czerski, H. (2012).
"An Inversion of Acoustical Attenuation Measurements to Deduce Bubble Populations" (PDF) . Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology . 29 (8): 1139–1148.
Bibcode :
2012JAtOT..29.1139C .
doi :
10.1175/JTECH-D-11-00170.1 .
S2CID
123409654 .
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Czerski, H. ; Twardowski, M.; Zhang, X.; Vagle, S. (2011).
"Resolving size distributions of bubbles with radii less than 30μm with optical and acoustical methods" . Journal of Geophysical Research . 116 (C7): C00H11.
Bibcode :
2011JGRC..116.0H11C .
doi :
10.1029/2011JC007177 .
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Czerski, H. ; Vagle, S.; Farmer, D. M.; Hall-Patch, N. (2011).
"Improvements to the methods used to measure bubble attenuation using an underwater acoustical resonator" . The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America . 130 (5): 3421–3430.
Bibcode :
2011ASAJ..130.3421C .
doi :
10.1121/1.3569723 .
PMID
22088016 .
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Czerski, H. (2011).
"A candidate mechanism for exciting sound during bubble coalescence" . The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America . 129 (3): EL83–EL88.
Bibcode :
2011ASAJ..129L..83C .
doi :
10.1121/1.3553175 .
PMID
21428472 .
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Czerski, H. ; Deane, G. B. (2011). "The effect of coupling on bubble fragmentation acoustics". The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America . 129 (1): 74–84.
Bibcode :
2011ASAJ..129...74C .
doi :
10.1121/1.3514416 .
PMID
21302989 .
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Czerski, H. ; Deane, G. B. (2010).
"Contributions to the acoustic excitation of bubbles released from a nozzle" . The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America . 128 (5): 2625–2634.
Bibcode :
2010ASAJ..128.2625C .
doi :
10.1121/1.3484087 .
PMID
21110560 .
^ Deane, G. B.;
Czerski, H. (2008).
"A mechanism stimulating sound production from air bubbles released from a nozzle" (PDF) . The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America . 123 (6): EL126–EL132.
Bibcode :
2008ASAJ..123L.126D .
doi :
10.1121/1.2908198 .
PMID
18537298 .
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Czerski, H. ; Brown, L. M. (2008). "Application of the slip circle construction to a spherical indenter". Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics . 41 (7): 074001.
doi :
10.1088/0022-3727/41/7/074001 .
S2CID
122545817 .
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Czerski, H. ; Proud, W. G. (2007). "Relationship between the morphology of granular cyclotrimethylene-trinitramine and its shock sensitivity". Journal of Applied Physics . 102 (11): 113515–113515–8.
Bibcode :
2007JAP...102k3515C .
doi :
10.1063/1.2818106 .
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Czerski, H. ; Greenaway, M. W.; Proud, W. G.; Field, J. E. (2004). "Β-δ phase transition during dropweight impact on cyclotetramethylene-tetranitroamine". Journal of Applied Physics . 96 (8): 4131.
Bibcode :
2004JAP....96.4131C .
doi :
10.1063/1.1790067 .
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"HELEN CZERSKI E MARCO MALVALDI VINCONO EX AEQUO IL PREMIO ASIMOV 2018" . Archived from
the original on 22 May 2018.
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