Fay Dowker

Published: Oct. 8, 2023, 11:01 a.m.

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Professor Fay Dowker is a theoretical physicist fascinated by space and time. She was obsessed with maths from a young age and went on to study at Cambridge University. There Professor Stephen Hawking became her mentor and a very close friend.

She is currently Professor of Theoretical Physics at Imperial College London where she researches \\u201cquantum gravity\\u201d \\u2013 how the force of gravity works on the universe's tiniest particles.

Fay's musical choices include John Coltrane, Shostakovich, Bach and Handel.

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