Helen Czerski


Helen Czerski is a British physicist and oceanographer and television presenter. She is a Research Fellow in the department of mechanical engineering at University College London. She was previously at the Institute for Sound and Vibration Research at the University of Southampton.
with chalk at the 2013 Cambridge Science Festival

Personal life

Czerski was brought up in Altrincham, near Manchester, and educated at Altrincham Grammar School for Girls. She is of Polish extraction. She graduated from Churchill College, Cambridge, with degrees Master of Arts and Master of Science in Natural Sciences and a PhD in experimental explosives physics, particularly Research Department Explosive.

Broadcasting

Czerski is a regular science presenter for the BBC. Her programmes have included:
She has also appeared on the Museum of Curiosity and is an occasional presenter of the web TV and podcast show Fully Charged.
Czerski has a regular column in BBC Focus magazine and was shortlisted in for columnist of the year at the 2014 PPA Awards.

Publications

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.

Contributions

Czerski is a regular contributor to BBC Focus magazine in the column 'Everyday Science' and the Wall Street Journal in the column 'Everyday Physics'.

Research

Czerski's research focuses on temperature, ocean bubbles, bubble acoustics, air-sea gas transfer and ocean bubble optics.