Hermione Cockburn
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Early life and education
Cockburn grew up in Cuckfield in Sussex.[1] She has a PhD in geomorphology from the University of Edinburgh, and has worked at various academic institutes including a two-year post-doctorate at the School of Earth Sciences at the University of Melbourne.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Career
She has carried out extensive fieldwork in Antarctica, Australia, and Namibia. In 1999, Cockburn helped establish the education service at Our Dynamic Earth, a science centre and visitor attraction in Edinburgh, Scotland.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
In 2002, she won BBC Talent's Science on Screen competition and co-presented the Tomorrow's World Award Show on BBC One.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Then, in 2005, Cockburn co-presented What the Ancients Did for Us with Adam Hart-Davis for BBC Two, exploring the scientific legacy of ancient civilisations, before joining the team of Rough Science (also on BBC Two), replacing Kathy Sykes for the sixth series.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Expert contributions for the BBC Television series Coast have included explanations of Scottish geomorphology, geoarchaeology and engineering geologyScript error: No such module "Unsubst".. In 2008, she presented the BBC Television/Open University documentary series Fossil Detectives for which she also wrote the companion book. From 2005 to 2010, she was the regular presenter of Resource Review on the Teachers' TV channel.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
She is an associate lecturer with the Open University, teaching environmental science in Scotland.[2]
Cockburn was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2021 New Year Honours for services to public engagement in science.[3]
Personal life
Cockburn is married and has two sons.[4]Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Works
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Awards and honours
In 2019, she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.[5]
In July 2024, Cockburn received an honorary doctorate from The University of the West of Scotland.[6]
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External links
- BBC profile
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- Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
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- Living people
- British geomorphologists
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- English women geologists
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- Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh