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Andrew Christopher Fabian, OBE, FRS is a British astronomer and astrophysicist. He was Gresham Professor of Astronomy from 1982–1984. He has been Director of the Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge since 2013. He was a Royal Society Research Professor
Outreach Officer at the Institute of Astronomy and Fellow of Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge, and Gresham Professor of Astronomy (2011–2015), Carolin Crawford is one of Britain's foremost science communicators. After receiving her PhD from Newnham College, Cambridge, Professor Crawford
Heather Couper was the Gresham Professor of Astronomy between 1993 and 1996. After studying Astrophysics at Oxford University, Professor Couper ran the Greenwich Planetarium, and later became President of the British Astronomical Association and Gresham Professor of Astronomy. After presenting
Professor Sir George Porter was the Gresham Professor of Astronomy between 1990 and 1993. He became Fullerian Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Royal Institution in 1966. During his directorship of the Royal Institution, Porter was instrumental in the
Professor Michael Rowan-Robinson is a British Astronomer who works on infrared Astronomy and Cosmology. He was Gresham Professor of Astronomy from 1981–1982. From 1993 to 2007, Professor Rowan-Robinson was Head of the Astrophysics Group at Imperial College London. From 2007-2012
Katherine was appointed Gresham Professor of Astronomy in 2019. She is a Professor of Astrophysics at Oxford University and a Research Fellow at St John's College.
Frank Close is a particle physicist, author and speaker. He was the Gresham Professor of Astronomy between 2000 and 2003. He is Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford. He was formerly
Head of Planetary and Space Sciences, Open University, and Principal Investigator for the Beagle 2, Mars Express. Professor Pillinger was the Gresham Professor of Astronomy between 1996 and 2000. Having begun his career on the Apollo Programme, analysing samples of
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