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Emma Chapman

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.

Emma Chapman
Emma Chapman in 2018
Born
Emma Olivia Woodfield[2][3]
Alma materDurham University (MPhys)
University College London (PhD)
Known forThe 1752 Group
AwardsThe Shell and Institute of Physics Award for the Very Early Career Woman Physicist (2014)
Royal Society Athena Prize (2018)
Scientific career
Fields
InstitutionsImperial College London
University College London
ThesisSeeing the Light: Foreground Removal in the Dark and Dim Ages (2014)
Websitehttps://dr-emma-chapman.com/

Early life and education

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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

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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

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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

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Chapman is author of one book:

  • First Light: Switching on Stars at the Dawn of Time. Bloomsbury Sigma. 2020. ISBN 978-1472962928. OCLC 1139379900.

Awards and honours

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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

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Chapman had her first child during the last year of her PhD.[32] She has two children.[33]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Emma Chapman publications indexed by Google Scholar  
  2. ^ a b c "UCL Astrophysics Group – PhD Students (Present & Past)". zuserver2.star.ucl.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 21 May 2010. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Emma Woodfield". Archived from the original on 19 October 2012.
  4. ^ Anon (2018). "Recipients of Royal Society medals and awards in 2018 announced". royalsociety.org. Royal Society. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  5. ^ Emma Chapman publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
  6. ^ a b c "Dr Emma Chapman". imperial.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  7. ^ Shannon, Lisa; Mayne, Debbie, eds. (4 August 2023). "Class Notes". Dunelm Magazine (9): 39. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  8. ^ 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.  
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Chapman, Emma (2017). "Emma Chapman Curriculum Vitae". dr-emma-chapman.com. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  11. ^ Physics, Institute of. "UCL postdoc Emma Chapman wins Very Early Career Woman Physicist Award". iop.org. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  12. ^ "Royal Society announces Dorothy Hodgkin Fellows for 2018". Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  13. ^ a b "About Me". Dr Emma Chapman. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ 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.
  16. ^ "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.
  17. ^ "Beyond Light: The Future Of Astronomy - Cheltenham Festivals". Cheltenham Festivals. Archived from the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  18. ^ "Emma Chapman". New Scientist Live 2018. Archived from the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  19. ^ New Scientist (18 April 2018), Emma Chapman: The first stars in the Universe, retrieved 19 July 2018
  20. ^ "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.
  21. ^ "Sex harassment victims force University College London to end gagging orders," The Times, 28 July 2018.
  22. ^ Anon (2017), Unconscious Bias in Science, The Royal Institution, retrieved 19 July 2018
  23. ^ "How do we Solve Science's Problem with Women? | Imperial News | Imperial College London". Imperial News. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  24. ^ "The Everyday Effect of Unconscious Bias, All in the Mind - BBC Radio 4". BBC. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  25. ^ Steve Chapman (15 October 2017), Dr Emma Chapman - BBC news - 14-Oct-2017, retrieved 19 July 2018
  26. ^ "About Us". The 1752 Group. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  27. ^ Bannock, Caroline; Weale, Sally; Batty, David (5 March 2017). "Sexual harassment 'at epidemic levels' in UK universities". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  28. ^ 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.
  29. ^ Fyles, Fred S. "National Union of Students launch survey into sexual misconduct at UK universities". Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  30. ^ Leggett, Frank. "Study finds higher education rife with sexual misconduct". Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  31. ^ Anon. "Royal Society awards go to four IOP Members and Fellows". iop.org. Institute of Physics. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  32. ^ 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.
  33. ^ 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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