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Black Hole

Lensing of space time around a black hole. At Oxford we study black holes observationally and theoretically on all size and time scales - it is some of our core work.

Credit: ALAIN RIAZUELO, IAP/UPMC/CNRS. CLICK HERE TO VIEW MORE IMAGES.

Dr Becky Smethurst

Royal Astronomical Society Research Fellow

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  • Astronomy and astrophysics

Sub department

  • Astrophysics

Research groups

  • Galaxy formation and evolution
  • Hintze Centre for Astrophysical Surveys
rebecca.smethurst@physics.ox.ac.uk
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I have been very fortunate to be awarded prizes for my academic and science communication efforts in recent years. In particular, my YouTube channel, 'Dr Becky', which I produce, film and edit content for each week has over 400,000 subscribers (and counting!) is considered to be broadcast quality.

  • Royal Astronomical Society Winton Award 2022 for research by a post-doctoral fellow in astronomy whose career has shown the most promising development
  • Institute of Physics Mary Somerville Prize Medal 2020 
  • Caroline Herschel Prize Lectureship 2020
  • Royal Astronomical Society Group Prize 2019
  • Vice Chancellor's Public Engagement with Research Prize 2019
  • Institute of Physics Early Career Physics Communicators Finalist 2015
  • FameLab UK National Final, April 2014, Audience Winner & Judges Runner-up

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