Academic career Jocelyn Bell Burnell

composite optical/x-ray image of crab nebula, showing synchrotron emission in surrounding pulsar wind nebula, powered injection of magnetic fields , particles central pulsar.

she graduated university of glasgow bachelor of science degree in natural philosophy (physics) in 1965 , obtained phd degree university of cambridge in 1969. @ cambridge, attended new hall (now murray edwards college), , worked hewish , others construct radio telescope using interplanetary scintillation study quasars, had been discovered (interplanetary scintillation allows compact sources distinguished extended ones).

in july 1967, detected bit of scruff on chart-recorder papers tracked across sky stars. discovered signal pulsing great regularity, @ rate of 1 pulse per second. temporarily dubbed little green man 1 (lgm-1) source (now known psr b1919+21) identified after several years rapidly rotating neutron star. later documented bbc horizon series

she worked @ university of southampton (1968–73), university college london (1974–82) , royal observatory, edinburgh (1982–91). in addition, 1973 1987, tutor, consultant, examiner, , lecturer open university. professor of physics in open university 1991 2001. visiting professor in princeton university in united states , dean of science in university of bath (2001–04), , president of royal astronomical society between 2002 , 2004.

she visiting professor of astrophysics in university of oxford , fellow of mansfield college. president of institute of physics between 2008 , 2010.