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Michele Dougherty

1962 - Today

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Michele Karen Dougherty (born 1962) is a British scientist. She is professor of space physics at Imperial College London and the sixteenth Astronomer Royal. She is leading uncrewed exploratory missions to Saturn and Jupiter, and is principal investigator for J-MAG – a magnetometer aboard the European Space Agency's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer. She has been elected to serve as President of the Institute of Physics from October 2025 and was appointed to Executive Chair of the Science and Technology Facilities Council in September 2024. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Michele Dougherty is the 858th most popular physicist, the 464th most popular biography from South Africa and the 5th most popular South African Physicist.

Michele Dougherty is a British space scientist known for her work in planetary science, particularly her research on the magnetic fields of celestial bodies, including Saturn's moon Enceladus. She is a principal investigator for the Cassini mission and has made significant contributions to our understanding of the interactions between planetary atmospheres and magnetic fields.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Michele Dougherty ranks 858 out of 851. Before her are Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski, Rabia Salihu Sa'id, Nergis Mavalvala, Philip Kim, Canan Dağdeviren, and Jess Wade. After her are Angela Belcher, and Joseph Weber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Michele Dougherty ranks 1,136. Before her are Kim Mulkey, John Katko, Zackie Achmat, John Sarbanes, Thuli Madonsela, and Craig Anton. After her are Courtney Walsh, Austin Mardon, Chuck Fleischmann, Christopher Corey Smith, Kiran More, and Tim Daggett.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Michele Dougherty ranks 464 out of 454. Before her are Mandisa Maya (1964), Thuli Madonsela (1962), Alfred Phiri (1974), Tanya van Graan (1983), Thabang Molefe (1979), and Nasief Morris (1981). After her are Kyle Edmund (1995), Lebo Mothiba (1996), Ruswahl Samaai (1991), Murray Stewart (1986), Thanduyise Khuboni (1986), and Dena Kaplan (1989).

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Among PHYSICISTS In South Africa

Among physicists born in South Africa, Michele Dougherty ranks 5. Before her are Allan MacLeod Cormack (1924), George F. R. Ellis (1939), Stanley Mandelstam (1928), and Neil Turok (1958).

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