Professor Danielle George, MBE, PhD

Danielle joined the Board of Governors in September 2016.

Professor Danielle George

Danielle is Vice-Dean for Teaching, Learning and Students at the University’s Faculty of Science and Engineering, and a Professor of Radio Frequency Engineering. She completed her BSc in Astrophysics at the University of Liverpool, MSc in Radio Astronomy at The Victoria University of Manchester based at Jodrell Bank Observatory, and her PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at The University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology.

She worked at Jodrell Bank Observatory as Senior Radio Frequency Engineer until 2006 when she took up a lectureship post in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. She was awarded a Professorship at the age of 38.

She is involved in the $1 billion astronomical instrument, the Square Kilometre Array, is the UK lead for amplifiers for the $1 billion Atacama Large Millimeter Array telescope, and has worked with NASA and ESA to develop instrumentation for researchers exploring the Big Bang.

She has worked with agriculturists to develop instrumentation to measure water usage and has also completed projects with multinational companies, such as Rolls-Royce, where she worked on industrial gas turbine engines.

Danielle presented the Royal Institution Christmas Lecture in 2014 and the prestigious Cockcroft Rutherford Lecture at The University of Manchester in 2016. She has received a number of awards, including:

  • Rooke Award, the Royal Academy of Engineering  (2016);
  • Harold Hartley Medal,  Institute of Measurement and Control (2017);
  • Michael Faraday Award, Royal Society (2018).

She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2016 Birthday Honours, for services to engineering through public engagement.