Maggie Lieu
| Maggie Lieu | |
|---|---|
 Dr Maggie Lieu's profile photo, from her personal web page. | |
| Born | 1990 (age 34–35) [1] |
| Nationality | British[2] |
| Occupation | Astrophysicist |
| Website Official website | |
Maggie Lieu (born 1990) is a British astrophysicist.[3][4]
Lieu spent a year at the University of Los Angeles while working on a masters in Astronomy Space Science and astrophysics at the University of Kent.[5]
In 2015, when she was a 24 year old PhD student, she was named as a candidate for the Mars One Project.[6][7] The Express reported Lieu was interested in giving birth to the first baby born on Planet Mars.[8] Lieu withdrew from consideration to join the Mars project later in 2015.[9]
After completing her PhD at University of Birmingham Lieu spent three years in Spain working as a Research Fellow for the European Space Agency.[10] Subsequently Lieu was hired as a Research Fellow by the University of Nottingham.[11]
Lieu applies "machine learning", a branch of Artificial intelligence, to studying the larger structure of our universe.[12]
Lieu also produces YouTube videos.[3] Her "SpaceMog" channel has 203 videos, as of January 2024.[10]
When the medium sized cruise ship Ambition was chartered to give science tourists a good view of the Aurora Borealis, in 2025, organizers arranged a panel of experts to offer lectures on related topics.[13] Lieu was one of the visiting scientists on the cruise.
References[edit]
- ↑ Lieu, Maggie (2025-01-07). "I was born in 1990". MaggieLieu.com. Retrieved 2025-01-07.
- ↑
"荷兰私人公司"火星一号"破产 4华人移居火星计划恐梦碎-表里如一网" [The Dutch private company "Mars One" went bankrupt, and the plan of 4 Chinese people to migrate to Mars may be shattered]. Chinese Logo (in 中文). 2025-01-05. Retrieved 2025-01-05.
该计划宣称2023年派4名志愿者登陆火星，建立永久殖民地。2015年2月，该公司公布进入“火星一号”100人候选名单，其中4名华人入围，他们分别是中国的李大鹏和林小霞（Xiaoxia Lin音译），美国华裔女子边思恩和英国华裔女性麦琪·刘（Maggie Lieu）。不过不少机构和媒体均批评计划只是一场商业骗局。
- ↑ 3.0 3.1
"Dr Maggie Lieu (Space Mog)". Space TV. Archived from the original on 2021-06-13. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
I work for European Space Agency, and have a huge passion for space! I hope my videos on space, astronomy and astrophysics will inspire you to learn about the field and consider a future career in this industry.
- ↑ "Faculty of Science: Maggie Lieu". University of Nottingham. Archived from the original on 2023-12-31. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
- ↑ "You'll develop many transferable skills in science: Meet Maggie Lieu". Soapbox Science. 2019-05-20. Retrieved 2024-11-10.
- ↑ "Britons Shortlisted For One-Way Mars Mission" (video). Sky News. 2015. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
- ↑
Marianna Spring (2015-02-20). "Oxford student shortlisted for Mars mission". Cherwell. Archived from the original on 2019-12-21. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
The four other Britons among the final 100 candidates for the mission include Durham University PhD astronomy student Hannah Earnshaw, University of Birmigham astrophysics PhD student Dr Maggie Lieu, Alison Rigby, 35, a science laboratory technician who is from Beckenham, Kent, and Clare Weedon, 27, a systems integration manager for Virgin Media.
- ↑ Dion Dassanayake (2015-01-30). "'Adam and Eve of another planet': Briton bids to be first woman to give birth to MARTIAN". The Express. Archived from the original on 2023-03-31. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
- ↑ Sam Tonkin (2015-06-16). "British student who wanted to be the first woman to give birth to an alien baby has pulled out of mission to Mars". Daily Mail. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Maggie Lieu Staff Biography". University of Nottingham. Archived from the original on 2023-12-31. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
- ↑ "School of Physics & Astronomy: Maggie Lieu". University of Nottingham. Archived from the original on 2022-11-26. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
- ↑ "Celebrating World Space Week 2022". University of Nottingham. 2022-10-04. Archived from the original on 2022-10-04. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
- ↑ "Explore the line up of experts". Wil’s Cruises. Retrieved 2025-01-06.