Proud to be part of LJMU,
in partnership with the Dill Faulkes Educational Trust

 

X

Career Heroes

Meet our Career Heroes. These people followed their interests to successful careers in space science, technology, engineering and maths.

Browse the profiles, or search by nationality or career interest.

Displaying 1 - 73 of 73

A photo of Lulu Makapela
Lulu Makapela
Space Lawyer

South African

Interest: Influencing
Photograph of Alan Turing
Alan Turing
Mathematician and Computer Scientist

British

Interest: Computers
Photograph of Alice Bunn
Alice Bunn
President of UKspace

British

Interest: Influencing
Allan Chapman
Allan Chapman
Historian

British

Interest: History
Picture of Amira Hussein
Amira Hussein
Space Environment and Space Weather…

Egyptian

Interest: Making
Photograph of Anna Scaife
Anna Scaife
Astrophysicist

British

Interest: Computers
Photograph of Anthony Aveni
Anthony Aveni
Astronomer, Anthropologist and Author

American

Interest: History
Silhouette of careers profile
Anu Ojha
Director of the UK’s National Space…

British

Interest: Explaining
Photograph of Aomawa Shields
Aomawa Shields
Astronomer and Science Communicator

American

Interest: Nature
Photograph of Arthur Walker Jr
Arthur Walker Jr.
Physicist

American

Interest: Making
Photograph of Beatrice Tinsley
Beatrice Tinsley
Professor of Astronomy

British-New Zealander

Interest: Stargazing
Photograph of Beth A. Brown
Beth A. Brown
Astrophysicist

American

Interest: Stargazing
Photograph of Carl Sagan
Carl Sagan
Astrophysicist, Author, TV presenter

American

Interest: Explaining
Photograph of Carlos Frenk
Carlos Frenk
Computational Cosmologist

Mexican-British

Interest: Computers
Photograph of Charles Bolden Jr.
Charles Bolden Jr.
Astronaut & Administrator of NASA

American

Interest: Influencing
Photograph of Claudia Alexander
Claudia Alexander
Planetary Scientist

Canadian-American

Interest: Exploring
A photograph of Divya Persaud on a black background
Divya M Persaud
Planetary Scientist, writer, composer

American

Interest: Exploring
Dorothy Vaughan image
Dorothy Vaughan
Mathematician and Human Computer

American

Interest: Computers
Edward Ching-Te Chao image
Edward Ching-Te Chao
Geologist

Chinese

Interest: Nature
A photo of Enrico Rameirez-Ruiz
Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz
Professor of astronomy and astrophysics

Mexican

Interest: Computers
Picture of Essam Heggy standing in front of NASA JPL
Essam Heggy
Earth and Space Research Scientist

Egyptian, American, French

Picture of Farouk El-Baz smiling
Farouk El-baz
NASA Geologist

Egyptian, American

Gerard Kuiper
Gerard Kuiper
Astronomer & Planetary Scientist

Dutch

Interest: Exploring
Silhouette of careers profile
Haida Liang
Professor of Physics

Chinese

Interest: History
Hazza Al Mansouri
Hazza Al Mansouri
Astronaut

Emirati

Interest: Spaceflight
James Van Allen holding rockoon
James Van Allen
Space Scientist

American

Interest: Exploring
Jan Eldridge
Jan Eldridge
Theoretical astrophysicist

British - New Zealander

Interest: Computers
Jarita Holbrook
Jarita Holbrook
Professor of Astronomy

American

Interest: History
Jocelyn Bell-Burnell
Jocelyn Bell-Burnell
Astrophysicist

British

Interest: Making
John Glenn
John Glenn
Astronaut & Politician

American

Interest: Influencing
John Johnson
John Johnson
Astrophysicist & Professor of…

American

Interest: Stargazing
Picture of Joyful Mhdluli giving a talk
Joyful Mdhluli

South African 

Julia Slingo
Julia Slingo
Meteorologist & Climate Scientist

British

Interest: Nature
Junichiro Kawaguchi
Junichiro Kawaguchi
Project Manager, Professor

Japanese

Interest: Exploring
Karl Schwarzschild
Karl Schwarzschild
Physicist & Astronomer

German

Interest: Numbers
Karlie Noon
Karlie Noon
Astronomer

Gomeroi Australian

Interest: History
Katherine Johnson
Katherine Johnson
Mathematician

American

Interest: Numbers
Kevin Govender
Kevin Govender
Director of Office of Astronomy for…

South African

Interest: Influencing
An AI generated sketch of Legesse Wetro
Legesse Wetro
Researcher and Professor of Astrophysics

Ethiopian

Interest: Stargazing
Lisa Harvey-Smith
Lisa Harvey-Smith
Astrophysicist, Author, TV Presenter,…

British

Interest: Stargazing
Mae Jemison
Mae Jemison
Astronaut

American

Interest: Spaceflight
Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Space Scientist and Science Communicator

British

Interest: Explaining
Picture of Maram Kaire standing next to Paris observatory
Maram Kaire

Senegalese

A photo of María Teresa Ruiz González
María Teresa Ruiz González
Astronomer

Chilean

Interest: Stargazing
Mario Hamuy
Mario Hamuy
Astronomer and Professor

Chilean

Interest: Stargazing
Mary Jackson
Mary Jackson
Mathematician & Engineer

American

Interest: Making
Masatoshi Koshiba
Masatoshi Koshiba
Astrophysicist

Japanese

Interest: Stargazing
MiMi Aung
MiMi Aung
Engineer & Project Manager

Burmese-American

Interest: Making
Mishaal Ashemimry in her space suit
Mishaal Ashemimry

Saudi Arabia, America

Official portrait phot of Nana Ama Browne Kluste
Nana Ama Browne Klutse
Climatologist

Ghanian

Interest: Nature
Nergis Mavalvala
Nergis Mavalvala
Astrophysicist

American

Interest: Making
NASA photo of Noelia González
Noelia González
Journalist, Science Writer

Uruguayan

Interest: Explaining
Norio Kaifu
Norio Kaifu
Astronomer

Japanese

Interest: Influencing
An Indian woman facing the camera and smiling. Her hair is tied back and she wears sunglasses on top of her head. She stands under a canopy-like tent, some of which can be seen running horizontally across the top of the photo. In the background is a sunny field with trees and a man standing beside a telescope.
Padma Yanamandra-Fisher
Planetary Scientist

Indian

Interest: Explaining
Official NASA portrait of Piers Sellers in his orange astronaut suit.
Piers Sellers
Astronaut, Meteorologist

British-American

Interest: Nature
Ricardo Schiavon
Ricardo Schiavon
Astrophysicist

Brazilian

Interest: Stargazing
A NASA photo of Rosa Avalos-Warren
Rosa Avalos-Warren
NASA Programme Executive

Peruvian

Interest: Spaceflight
Sally Ride
Sally Ride
Astronaut and Physicist

American

Interest: Spaceflight
Samantha Cristoforetti
Samantha Cristoforetti
Astronaut, Pilot and Engineer

Italian

Interest: Spaceflight
Samuel Okoye
Samuel Okoye
Astrophysicist

Nigerian-British

Interest: Stargazing
Picture of Sara Sabry
Sara Sabry
Astronaut, Engineer, and Entrepreneur

Egyptian, Lebanese 

Sheila Kanani
Sheila Kanani
Planetary Physicist and Communicator

British

Interest: Explaining
Silvia Torres-Peimbert
Silvia Torres-Peimbert
Astronomer & Former President of…

Mexican

Interest: Influencing
Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking
Physicist & Author

British

Interest: Numbers
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Astrophysicist

Indian-American

Interest: Numbers
Susan Murabana Owen
Susan Murabana Owen
Astronomer and CEO

Kenyan

Interest: Explaining
Tana Joseph
Tana Joseph
Astronomer and Science Communicator

South African

Interest: Explaining
Teresa Anderson
Teresa Anderson
Director of Jodrell Bank Discovery…

British

Interest: Explaining
Thebe Medupe
Thebe Medupe
Astrophysicist & Ethno-astronomer

South African

Interest: History
Tim Peake
Tim Peake
Astronaut

British

Interest: Spaceflight
Ursula Marvin
Ursula Marvin
Planetary Geologist

American

Interest: Exploring
Valeri Polyakov
Valeri Polyakov
Cosmonaut

Russian

Interest: Spaceflight
Wanda Díaz-Merced
Wanda Díaz-Merced
Astronomer

Puerto Rican

Interest: Computers