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10 Facts About Jen Gupta

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Jen Gupta has presented on Tomorrow's World on the BBC.

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Jen Gupta completed her master's degree at the University of Manchester, before beginning a PhD at the university's Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics.

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Jen Gupta earned her PhD "Multiwavelength Studies of Radio-loud Active Galactic Nuclei in the Fermi Era" in 2012.

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Jen Gupta began science communication during her PhD, taking a major role in The Jodcast and performing astronomy-inspired stand-up comedy on stage at Bright Club, in Manchester and at London's Bloomsbury Theatre.

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Jen Gupta is involved with the training of UK-based physics teachers.

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Jen Gupta has the co-hosted a number of episodes of the BBC's Tomorrow's World.

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Jen Gupta delivers regular talks at astronomical societies around the South East of England.

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Alongside public talks about astronomy, Jen Gupta is interested in science comedy.

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Jen Gupta is the founder and co-host of the Astronomy podcast Seldom Sirius.

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Jen Gupta is responsible for outreach, public engagement and evaluation.