Jen Gupta

Gupta began science communication during her PhD, taking a major role in The Jodcast^[4] and performing astronomy-inspired stand-up comedy on stage at Bright Club, in Manchester^[5] and at London's Bloomsbury Theatre.^[6] That year she completed a daylong road trip to see the seven MERLIN telescopes in a day.^[7] Gupta is involved with the training of UK-based physics teachers.^[8][9] She has the co-hosted a number of episodes of the BBC's Tomorrow's World.^[10][11]

In 2016 she featured in a series of portraits commissioned by the Royal Astronomical Society celebrating leading women in astronomy.^[12] That year, she gave an invited talk at the Royal Institution "The invisible night sky".^[13] She delivers regular talks at astronomical societies around the South East of England.^[14][15][16] In 2015 she hosted Stargazing Live from the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.^[17]

Alongside public talks about astronomy, Gupta is interested in science comedy.^[18] That year she hosted BAHFest, a celebration of well-argued but incorrect scientific theory.^[19][20] Gupta is the founder and co-host of the Astronomy podcast Seldom Sirius.^[21]

In 2011 she won I'm a Scientist, Get me out of here!^[22] Gupta joined the Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation at the University of Portsmouth in 2012. She is responsible for outreach, public engagement and evaluation.^[23] Gupta typically works with 10,000 school children and members of the public each year.^[24]

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