About

Hannah Dalgleish is a researcher, communicator, and engagement and knowledge exchange professional working in the academic-policy sphere.

She has a PhD in astrophysics and is the person behind Astrophysics Girl, her personal blog which lists many opportunities for those interested in pursuing astronomy.

Hannah is living in the UK. She has been involved in numerous projects related to dark sky tourism, light pollution and policy, astronomy education, science communication, astronomy for development, and more. She is a Trustee of the Royal Astronomical Society, and a visiting researcher at the University of Oxford and Armagh Observatory and Planetarium.


Music currently being listened to:

Big Thief – Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You 🎶


The first philosophers were astronomers. It is the heavens that admonish man of his destination, and remind him that he is destined not merely to action, but also to contemplation.

Ludwig Feuerbach