Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock MBE is a space scientist whose passion is presenting science to a general audience. Her BBC 2 programme “Do We Really Need the Moon?” earned Maggie the talkback Thames new talent award. She went on to present “Do We Really Need Satellites?” and Channel 4’s “Brave New World”. She is currently Presenter of BBC 4’s ‘Sky at Night’. Maggie studied at Imperial College where she obtained her degree in Physics and PhD in Mechanical Engineering.
