Astrophysicist
My name is Megan Argo, professional astrophysicist and science communicator. I am a Senior Lecturer in Astrophysics at the University of Central Lancashire in Preston (see my teaching page ), studying galaxies in the nearby universe with radio telescopes (see my publications list ), regularly pop up in the media to talk about astronomy and space news stories (see media appearances ), give public lectures and schools workshops all over the country (see my events list ), and give talks at teacher training eve
I have worked as a scientist in the UK ( UCLan , Manchester ), Australia ( ICRAR / Curtin ) and the Netherlands ( ASTRON ), and been lucky enough to observe with some of the best radio telescopes around the world, in Europe ( e-MERLIN , EVN ), India ( GMRT ), the USA ( VLA , VLBA ) and Australia ( LBA , Parkes ). My passion for sharing the wonders of the universe with children of all ages has taken me from northern Scotland to outback Western Australia, via rural India, the mountains of Columbia, and cosmop