Dr Elizabeth Cunningham is a nuclear physicist working in public engagement with science and technology. In a varied career studying astronomy, astrophysics and nuclear physics she has examined the exotic nuclear matter created in stars at Canada’s National Nuclear Physics Laboratory, completed her doctorate in theoretical Nuclear Astrophysics at the University of Surrey and worked as a Planetarium Astronomer at the Royal Observatory Greenwich. She has also carried out research into the atmosphere of Saturn’s largest moon Titan at Imperial College London.
Elizabeth currently enjoys the privilege of serving as the Vice-President for Membership at the Institute of Physics, a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Surrey, as Astronomer Emeritus at the Royal Observatory Greenwich and Insight Lecturer for Cunard as a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society.
