| Citation | Jocelyn Bell Burnell is well known for her role in the discovery of pulsars in 1968 while still a post-graduate student in Cambridge. This discovery of the first four pulsars initiated a major research activity in radio astronomy. Her subsequent researches have included time-variable X-ray emission from stars and galaxies; infrared, millimetre and radio studies of radio and gamma-ray jet-sources. Both in the Open University and as Dean of Science at Bath she has been an outstanding leader of research. As such, her contribution to the public understanding of science has been uniquely valuable. Jocelyn is an enthusiastic and much sought after communicator of science. She is a most successful role model and promoter of women in science. |