Helen Czerski
Helen Czerski is a British physicist and oceanographer and television presenter. She is an associate professor in the department of mechanical engineering at University College London.[4][5][6] She was previously at the Institute for Sound and Vibration Research at the University of Southampton.[7]
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Born | Manchester, England[1] |
Education | Altrincham Grammar School for Girls |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge (MA, PhD) |
Known for | Oceanography Television presenter |
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Institutions | University of Cambridge University of Toronto Los Alamos National Laboratory Scripps Institution of Oceanography Graduate School of Oceanography (University of Rhode Island)[2][3] University of Southampton University College London |
Thesis | Ignition of HMX and RDX (2006) |
Website | www |
Early life and education
Czerski was brought up in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, and educated at Altrincham Grammar School for Girls.[8] She graduated from the University of Cambridge where she was a student at Churchill College, Cambridge, with degrees Master of Arts and Master of Science in Natural Sciences (Physics) and a PhD[9] in experimental explosives physics, particularly Research Department Explosive (RDX).[1]
Career


Czerski is a regular science presenter for the BBC. Her programmes[10][11][12] have included:
- Orbit: Earth's Extraordinary Journey, a three-part series on BBC Two, March 2012, co-presented with Kate Humble.[13]
- Operation Iceberg, a two-part series on BBC Two, October 2012.[14]
- The Transit of Venus, BBC Two, June 2012, Horizon.[15]
- Stargazing Challenges, BBC Two.
- Dara Ó Briain's Science Club, BBC Two.
- The Secret Life of the Sun, BBC Two, July 2013.[16]
- Pop! The Science of Bubbles, BBC Four, April 2013.[17]
- The £10 Million Challenge, a Horizon which launched the Longitude Prize 2014.[18]
- What's Wrong with Our Weather?, July 2014, Horizon, co-presented with meteorologist John Hammond, which examined the possible causes of Britain's recent extreme weather and what connects all the recent extreme winters.[19]
- Super Senses: The Secret Power of Animals, August 2014, a three-part series for BBC Two.[20]
- Colour: The Spectrum of Science, November 2015, a three-part series for BBC Four on the 15 colours that tell the story of the Earth, life and scientific discovery.[21]
- Dangerous Earth, November 2016, a six-part series for the BBC showing how new camera technology is revealing the inner workings of the Earth's most spectacular natural wonders.
- The Infinite Monkey Cage - "The Science of Everyday Life", BBC Radio 4, 16 January 2017.
- Sound Waves: The Symphony of Physics, March 2017, a two-part series.
- From Ice to Fire: The Incredible Science of Temperature, February 2018, a three-part series.
- WMG Future Batteries | Fully Charged, 20 February 2019.[22]
- Ocean Autopsy: The Secret Story of Our Seas, June 2020, a 90-minute film.[23]
- Royal Institution Christmas Lectures - Planet Earth: A user's guide, December 2020, BBC Four series[24][25]
She has also appeared on The Museum of Curiosity (BBC Radio 4) and is an occasional presenter of the web TV and podcast show Fully Charged. Czerski is a regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal in the column "Everyday Physics".[26] For her "Everyday Science" column in BBC Focus magazine, Czerski was shortlisted for columnist of the year at the 2014 PPA Awards.[27]
Awards
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In 2018 Czerski won the William Thomson, Lord Kelvin Medal and Prize from the Institute of Physics for her contributions to championing the physics of everyday life to a worldwide audience of millions through TV programmes, a popular science book, newspaper columns, and public talks.[28] Czerski was made an Honorary Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge in 2020.[29] She received an Honorary Doctorate in Science from University of East Anglia in 2023.[30]
Research
Czerski's research[31] focuses on temperature, ocean bubbles, bubble acoustics, air-sea gas transfer and ocean bubble optics.[7][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43]
Publications
- Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life. Bantam Press, 2016. ISBN 0593075420 whose version in Italian translation won the third edition (2018) of Premio ASIMOV[44] (Asimov award) for the best book in scientific dissemination published in Italy.
- Czerski, Helen (1 November 2018). Bubbles. illus. Chris Moore. London: Ladybird Books. ISBN 978-0-7181-8829-0.
- Czerski, Helen (1 June 2023). Blue Machine: How the Ocean Shapes Our World. London: Transworld Publishers. ISBN 978-1-9117-0910-7.
References
- "Helen Czerski biography". Helenczerski.net. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- "News – University of Rhode Island". Uri.edu. 21 January 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
- "Helen Czerski". Helen Czerski. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
- Clayton, Jeremy (13 June 2014). "Government seeks your views about how to spend £6bn on science | Jeremy Clayton | Science". theguardian.com. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
- "Iris View Profile". Iris.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
- Chambers, Chris (10 June 2014). "Physics envy: Do 'hard' sciences hold the solution to the replication crisis in psychology? | Chris Chambers | Science". theguardian.com. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
- "Dr Helen Czerski :: University of Southampton". Southampton.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- Bowen, Rick (8 March 2012). "Altrincham raised scientist fronting major BBC series". Messenger Newspapers.
- Czerski, Helen (2006). Ignition of HMX and RDX. cam.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Cambridge. OCLC 500335888. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.442574.
- Helen Czerski at IMDb
- Helen Czerski on Operation Iceberg, BBC
- Helen Czerski on Eden
- "BBC Two -Orbit: Earth's Extraordinary Journey, Episode 1". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- "BBC Two – Operation Iceberg". BBC.
- "BBC Two – Horizon, 2011–2012, The Transit of Venus". BBC.
- "BBC Two – The Secret Life of the Sun". BBC.
- "TV work". Helen Czerski. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
- "BBC Two – Horizon, The 拢10 Million Challenge". BBC.
- "BBC Two -Horizon: What's Wrong with Our Weather?". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
- "BBC – New BBC Two NHU series explores super senses of animal world in Beyond Human – Media centre". bbc.co.uk.
- "BBC – Colour: The Spectrum of Science". bbc.co.uk.
- WMG (Warwick Manufacturing Group) Future Batteries : Fully Charged (YouTube). fullychargedshow. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- "Ocean Autopsy: The Secret Story of Our Seas". BBC Four. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
- "Royal Institution Christmas Lectures". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- "CHRISTMAS LECTURES 2020: Planet Earth: A user's guide". www.rigb.org. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- "Everyday Physics - News, Articles, Biography, Photos - WSJ.com".
- "PPA Awards 2014". Professional Publishers Association. 10 July 2014. Archived from the original on 22 August 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- Physics, Institute of. "IOP Award Winners 2018". www.iop.org. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- "Dr Helen Czerski". Churchill College. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- "Honorary Graduates - About". www.uea.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- Helen Czerski publications indexed by Microsoft Academic
- Vagle, S.; Gemmrich, J.; Czerski, H. (2012). "Reduced upper ocean turbulence and changes to bubble size distributions during large downward heat flux events". Journal of Geophysical Research. 117 (C7): n/a. Bibcode:2012JGRC..117.0H16V. doi:10.1029/2011JC007308.
- Twardowski, M.; Zhang, X.; Vagle, S.; Sullivan, J.; Freeman, S.; Czerski, H.; You, Y.; Bi, L.; Kattawar, G. (2012). "The optical volume scattering function in a surf zone inverted to derive sediment and bubble particle subpopulations". Journal of Geophysical Research. 117 (C7): n/a. Bibcode:2012JGRC..117.0H17T. doi:10.1029/2011JC007347.
- Czerski, H. (2012). "An Inversion of Acoustical Attenuation Measurements to Deduce Bubble Populations" (PDF). Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 29 (8): 1139–1148. Bibcode:2012JAtOT..29.1139C. doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-11-00170.1. S2CID 123409654.
- Czerski, H.; Twardowski, M.; Zhang, X.; Vagle, S. (2011). "Resolving size distributions of bubbles with radii less than 30μm with optical and acoustical methods". Journal of Geophysical Research. 116 (C7): C00H11. Bibcode:2011JGRC..116.0H11C. doi:10.1029/2011JC007177.
- Czerski, H.; Vagle, S.; Farmer, D. M.; Hall-Patch, N. (2011). "Improvements to the methods used to measure bubble attenuation using an underwater acoustical resonator". The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 130 (5): 3421–3430. Bibcode:2011ASAJ..130.3421C. doi:10.1121/1.3569723. PMID 22088016.
- Czerski, H. (2011). "A candidate mechanism for exciting sound during bubble coalescence". The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 129 (3): EL83–EL88. Bibcode:2011ASAJ..129L..83C. doi:10.1121/1.3553175. PMID 21428472.
- Czerski, H.; Deane, G. B. (2011). "The effect of coupling on bubble fragmentation acoustics". The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 129 (1): 74–84. Bibcode:2011ASAJ..129...74C. doi:10.1121/1.3514416. PMID 21302989.
- Czerski, H.; Deane, G. B. (2010). "Contributions to the acoustic excitation of bubbles released from a nozzle". The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 128 (5): 2625–2634. Bibcode:2010ASAJ..128.2625C. doi:10.1121/1.3484087. PMID 21110560.
- Deane, G. B.; Czerski, H. (2008). "A mechanism stimulating sound production from air bubbles released from a nozzle" (PDF). The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 123 (6): EL126–EL132. Bibcode:2008ASAJ..123L.126D. doi:10.1121/1.2908198. PMID 18537298.
- Czerski, H.; Brown, L. M. (2008). "Application of the slip circle construction to a spherical indenter". Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. 41 (7): 074001. doi:10.1088/0022-3727/41/7/074001. S2CID 122545817.
- Czerski, H.; Proud, W. G. (2007). "Relationship between the morphology of granular cyclotrimethylene-trinitramine and its shock sensitivity". Journal of Applied Physics. 102 (11): 113515–113515–8. Bibcode:2007JAP...102k3515C. doi:10.1063/1.2818106.
- Czerski, H.; Greenaway, M. W.; Proud, W. G.; Field, J. E. (2004). "Β-δ phase transition during dropweight impact on cyclotetramethylene-tetranitroamine". Journal of Applied Physics. 96 (8): 4131. Bibcode:2004JAP....96.4131C. doi:10.1063/1.1790067.
- "HELEN CZERSKI E MARCO MALVALDI VINCONO EX AEQUO IL PREMIO ASIMOV 2018". Archived from the original on 22 May 2018.
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