Sheila Kanani

Sheila Pearson née Kanani commonly known as Sheila Kanani is a British astronomer and the Education, Outreach and Diversity Officer at the Royal Astronomical Society, who has presented programmes for the BBC.

Sheila Kanani
Kanani at Bright Club London in 2011
Alma materUniversity of Manchester University College London
OrganizationRoyal Astronomical Society
Known forAstronomy Science Communication

Education

Sheila Kanani attended Wimbledon High School.[1] She studied Physics with Astrophysics at the University of Manchester, which she graduated from in 2006.[1] Kanani completed several summer placements, working in Australia using the Parkes telescope to search for exoplanets, at Jodrell Bank Observatory using pulsar astronomy.[2] She attended a Space Camp in Houston, Texas.[3] In 2012 she earned her PhD, which saw Kanani working with the Cassini spacecraft, analysing Saturn's magnetosphere from the Mullard Space Science Laboratory.[4][5][6][7] Whilst there, she received a NASA Group Achievement Award.[8][9]

Career

Kanani spent five years as an astronomer.[10] She briefly became a school physics teacher at Ashton Community Science College in Preston, Lancashire, under head of science Gary Anderton, before taking up her post at the Royal Astronomical Society in 2014.[11] That year, she won the Inspiring Women in Technology award.[12] She has always been interested in public engagement with astronomy.[13][14] She has become a regular face in the national discussion of science.[15][16][17][18][19][20] She has hosted television programs for the BBC.[21]

Kanani is dedicated to improving the representation of girls and women in physics.[22][23][24][25] In 2017, she wrote an astronomy guide with Elle Magazine.[26] She is identifying new ways to take astronomy and physics to underrepresented communities.[27][28] Her children's book, 'How To Be An Astronaut and Other Space Jobs', written with illustrator and graphic designer Sol Linero, was published by Nosy Crow in 2019 and was shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Award.[29]

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References
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  2. "PhD Opportunities". www.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  3. "Interview: Sheila Kanani | SpaceCareers.uk". SpaceCareers.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  4. "A Day in the Life of Dr Sheila Kanani". One Giant Read. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  5. "The Newsletter - Volume 10, Issue 2" (PDF). MULLARD SPACE SCIENCE LABORATORY. 2012-10-02. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  6. SJ, Kanani (2012-08-28). "Saturn's magnetosphere: influences, interactions and dynamics". discovery.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  7. Kanani, S. J.; Arridge, C. S.; Jones, G. H.; Fazakerley, A. N.; McAndrews, H. J.; Sergis, N.; Krimigis, S. M.; Dougherty, M. K.; Coates, A. J. (2010-06-01). "A new form of Saturn's magnetopause using a dynamic pressure balance model, based on in situ, multi-instrument Cassini measurements" (PDF). Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics. 115 (A6): A06207. Bibcode:2010JGRA..115.6207K. doi:10.1029/2009JA014262. hdl:2027.42/95429. ISSN 0148-0227.
  8. "The Newsletter - Volume 7, Issue 2" (PDF). Mullard Space Science Laboratory. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  9. Pryor, Wayne R.; Rymer, Abigail M.; Mitchell, Donald G.; Hill, Thomas W.; Young, David T.; Saur, Joachim; Jones, Geraint H.; Jacobsen, Sven; Cowley, Stan W. H. (April 2011). "The auroral footprint of Enceladus on Saturn". Nature. 472 (7343): 331–333. Bibcode:2011Natur.472..331P. doi:10.1038/nature09928. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 21512570.
  10. "5 Minutes with… Sheila Kanani, Astronomer, Royal Astronomical Society - Principia Space Diary". Principia Space Diary. 2016-03-24. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  11. Bowler, Dr Sue. "A day in the life of ... Sheila Kanani". Astronomy & Geophysics. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  12. THOMPSON, PHOTOGRAPHY BY KIRSTY. "Preston teacher Sheila Kanani wins Inspiring Women Technology Award". Lancashire Life. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  13. Newton, Source (2012-11-23). "Exploring Saturn and the scale of the solar system - video". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  14. Interstellar, Icarus (2018-01-31). "Icarus Interstellar, Interstellar flight, | Icarus Interstellar". Icarus Interstellar. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  15. "Catch a falling star | The Salvation Army". www.salvationarmy.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  16. "Perseid meteor shower: See the meteors in the sky and online". Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  17. "Science Talk - Celebrating women in science, drug discovery and computing - The Institute of Cancer Research, London". www.icr.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  18. "Ada Lovelace Day 2016 - UCL Engineering". www.engineering.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  19. "Cassini on its final dive towards Saturn". euronews. 2017-09-12. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  20. euronews (in English) (2017-09-12), Enceladus explained by Sheila Kanani, from the Royal Astronomical Society, retrieved 2018-01-31
  21. "Wonders of the Moon - BBC One". BBC. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  22. "Accenture Girls' Take-up of Stem Subjects Is Held Back by Stereotypes". www.accenture.com. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  23. "STEM subjects still subject to gender stereotype". Education Technology. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  24. "Sheila Kanani". www.destinationspace.uk. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  25. "5 Minutes with… Sheila Kanani, Astronomer, Royal Astronomical Society - Principia Space Diary". Principia Space Diary. 2016-03-24. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  26. "The Cheat's Guide To Stargazing - Impress All Your Friends This Summer". ELLE UK. 2017-05-26. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  27. "Q&A: Sheila KananiQ&A: Sheila Kanani". Astronomy & Geophysics. 56 (1): 1.39. 2015-02-01. doi:10.1093/astrogeo/atv031. ISSN 1366-8781.
  28. "A Day in the Life of Dr Sheila Kanani". One Giant Read. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  29. "Blue Peter Book Awards 2020". BookTrust. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
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