Hermione Cockburn

Hermione Cockburn (born 1973) is a regular presenter on both television and radio in the UK, specialising in scientific and educational programmes.

She has a PhD in geomorphology from the University of Edinburgh, and has worked at various academic institutes including a two-year post-doctorate at the School of Earth Sciences at the University of Melbourne. She has carried out extensive fieldwork in Antarctica, Australia and Namibia.

In 1999, Cockburn helped establish the education service at Our Dynamic Earth, the prominent science centre and visitor attraction in Edinburgh, Scotland.

In 2002, she won BBC Talent's Science on Screen competition and co-presented the Tomorrow's World Award Show on BBC One.

Then, in 2005, Cockburn co-presented What the Ancients Did for Us with Adam Hart-Davis for BBC Two, exploring the scientific legacy of ancient civilisations, before joining the team of Rough Science (also on BBC Two), replacing Kathy Sykes for the sixth series.

Expert contributions for television have included explanations of Scottish geomorphology, geoarchaeology and engineering geology.

She is also an associate lecturer with the Open University, teaching environmental science in Scotland.

Hermione is also the regular presenter of Resource Review on the Teachers' TV channel.

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