Dr Matt Bothwell

College position(s)

Fellow

Specialising in

Astronomy

Degrees, Awards and Prizes

MPhys (Southampton), PhD (Cambridge)

Research Themes

Science Communication
Science Writing
Galaxy evolution

Responsibilities

I run the outreach program at the Institute of Astronomy.

Other

I am the public astronomer at the Institute of Astronomy (IoA), and an astrophysicist by training. I am in charge of public engagement activities at the IoA, which includes running our schools outreach programme, winter stargazing evenings, Cambridge Festival events, and more. I also support IoA researchers who want to engage the public with their research.

I am an experienced science communicator and science writer. I give public lectures (past venues include the Royal Institution, New Scientist, the Royal Astronomical Society, and the British Astronomical Association), and my science writing has appeared in New Scientist, The Daily Beast, Aeon magazine, The Guardian, Writer's Digest, and more.

I also write popular astronomy books for both adults and children. I am the author of Astrophysics for Supervillains (DK, 2024), and The Invisible Universe: Why There’s More to Reality than Meets the Eye (Oneworld, 2021).

Roles within the University

Public Astronomer at Institute of Astronomy

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