Emma Chapman
Emma Olivia Chapman (née Woodfield)[1] is a British physicist and Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Research Fellow at Imperial College London.[3] Her research investigates the epoch of reionization. She won the 2018 Royal Society Athena Prize.[4][5]
Emma Chapman | |
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Alma mater | Durham University (MPhys) University College London (PhD) |
Known for | The 1752 Group |
Awards | The Shell and Institute of Physics Award for the Very Early Career Woman Physicist (2014) Royal Society Athena Prize (2018) |
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Institutions | Imperial College London University College London |
Thesis | Seeing the Light: Foreground Removal in the Dark and Dim Ages (2014) |
Website | dr-emma-chapman![]() |
Early life and education
Chapman achieved first class honours for a Master of Physics (MPhys) degree in Physics at Durham University in 2010.[6] She completed her PhD, Seeing the Light: Foreground Removal in the Dark and Dim Ages,[7] at University College London.[6] She won the University College London Chris Skinner Department of Physics and Astronomy Thesis Prize.[1] Chapman became concerned about PhD culture and how it impacts women.[8]
Research and career
Following her PhD, Chapman remained at University College London as a Square Kilometre Array funded postdoctoral researcher.[9] 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.[10] In 2018, Chapman was awarded a Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship by the Royal Society. [11]
Her research investigates the Epoch of Reionisation, the time in the universe when the stars began to radiate light.[12] Chapman works with the Low-Frequency Array telescope (LOFAR).[12][13][14]
In 2017 Chapman was highly commended in the L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards.[15] She is publishing her first book, First Light, with Bloomsbury Publishing. She was an invited speaker at the Cheltenham Science Festival.[16] She is speaking about the first era of stars at the 2018 New Scientist Live.[17][18]
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."[19] As a result of her campaign, University College of London has abandon non-disclosure settlements.[20]
The 1752 group
She has spoken about bias in science at the Royal Institution, Wellcome Collection and on the BBC.[21][22][23][24] Chapman is a member of The 1752 Group, a lobbying group to end staff-student sexual harassment in academia.[25][26] She was a keynote speaker on the topic at the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) International Conference for Women in Physics.[27] She partnered with the National Union of Students (NUS) to conduct a survey of staff-student sexual harassment.[28] They found that there was widespread misconduct in higher education and that institutions did not adequately support the victims.[29]
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.[30]
Personal life
Chapman had her first child during the last year of her PhD.[31] She has three children.[32]
References
- "UCL Astrophysics Group -- PhD Students (Present & Past)". zuserver2.star.ucl.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2010-05-21. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
- "Emma Woodfield". Archived from the original on 2012-10-19.
- Emma Chapman publications indexed by Google Scholar
- Anon (2018). "Recipients of Royal Society medals and awards in 2018 announced". royalsociety.org. Royal Society. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
- Emma Chapman publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
- "Dr Emma Chapman". imperial.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
- 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 2018-07-19.
- Chapman, Emma (2017). "Emma Chapman Curriculum Vitae". dr-emma-chapman.com. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
- Physics, Institute of. "UCL postdoc Emma Chapman wins Very Early Career Woman Physicist Award". iop.org. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
- "Royal Society announces Dorothy Hodgkin Fellows for 2018". Retrieved 2019-02-12.
- "About Me". Dr Emma Chapman. 2017-01-24. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
- 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.
- 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.
- "3 Asian women win L'Oreal Unesco Women in Science 2017 Fellowships - New Asian Post". newasianpost.com. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
- "Beyond Light: The Future Of Astronomy - Cheltenham Festivals". Cheltenham Festivals. Archived from the original on 2018-07-19. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
- "Emma Chapman". New Scientist Live 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
- New Scientist (2018-04-18), Emma Chapman: The first stars in the Universe, retrieved 2018-07-19
- "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 2018-07-19
- "How do we Solve Science's Problem with Women? | Imperial News | Imperial College London". Imperial News. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
- "The Everyday Effect of Unconscious Bias, All in the Mind - BBC Radio 4". BBC. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
- Steve Chapman (2017-10-15), Dr Emma Chapman - BBC news - 14-Oct-2017, retrieved 2018-07-19
- "About Us". The 1752 Group. 2016-07-13. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
- Bannock, Caroline; Weale, Sally; Batty, David (2017-03-05). "Sexual harassment 'at epidemic levels' in UK universities". theguardian.com. The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
- 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 2018-07-19.
- Leggett, Frank. "Study finds higher education rife with sexual misconduct". Retrieved 2018-07-19.
- Anon. "Royal Society awards go to four IOP Members and Fellows". iop.org. Institute of Physics. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
- Chapman, Emma (2015). "How to control your career as a female physicist: Nature jobs". blogs.nature.com. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
- ""On my astronomical scales, things are changing: women are being let in" - Imperial News - Imperial College London". Retrieved 24 July 2018.