Danielle George

George was born to a car mechanic father and a mother who taught children with special needs, and is the middle of three sisters.{{cite news|last1=Attwood|first1=Karen|title=Professor Danielle George: On a mission to bring back the art of 'thinkering'|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/professor-danielle-george-on-a-mission-to-bring-back-the-art-of-thinkering-9946602.html|accessdate=2017-08-01|work=The Independent|date=28 December 2014}} She grew up in Newcastle upon Tyne and was educated at Kenton School{{Cite web |url=http://www.rigb.org/blog/2014/august/five-minutes-with-professor-danielle-george |title=Interview with Prof Danielle George |access-date=7 September 2014 |archive-date=7 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907142843/http://www.rigb.org/blog/2014/august/five-minutes-with-professor-danielle-george |url-status=dead }} and the University of Liverpool where she completed her Bachelor of Science degree in Astrophysics.

After her Master of Science degree in the School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester,{{cite thesis |degree=MSc |first=Danielle Amanda|last=Kettle |title=Cosmic Microwave Background Interferometer Systems and the Very Small Array|publisher=University of Manchester |year=2006 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sjgfcgAACAAJ|authorlink=Danielle George}} she worked at Jodrell Bank Observatory (JBO), as a radio frequency engineer. Alongside her engineering work, she completed a PhD degree at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) for research on low-noise amplifiers.{{cite thesis |degree=PhD |first=Danielle Amanda|last=Kettle |title=Characterisation of low noise devices for radio astronomy applications|publisher=University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology |year=2006 |authorlink=Danielle George|oclc=643620645|id={{ProQuest|301639019}}|isbn=9780438527249|url=https://www.librarysearch.manchester.ac.uk/permalink/44MAN_INST/1r887gn/alma9925214284401631|website=manchester.ac.uk}}

George worked at JBO as a senior microwave engineer until 2006, when she was appointed a lecturer in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. She was promoted to Professor at the age of 38 in 2014. She served as editor of the International Journal of Electrical Engineering & Education 2013{{Cite journal | doi = 10.7227/IJEEE.50.3.1| title = Editorial: Looking ahead at electrical engineering education| journal = International Journal of Electrical Engineering & Education| volume = 50| issue = 3| pages = 213–216| year = 2013| last1 = George | first1 = Danielle| s2cid = 111930386| authorlink1 = Danielle George}} to 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.researchinformation.info/news/sage-buys-engineering-titles-manchester-university-press|title=Sage buys engineering titles from Manchester University Press|date=11 December 2014 |publisher=Europa Science}} George's research{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1088/1748-0221/4/12/T12002| title = Design, development and verification of the 30 and 44 GHz front-end modules for the Planck Low Frequency Instrument| journal = Journal of Instrumentation| volume = 4| issue = 12| pages = T12002| year = 2009| last1 = Davis | first1 = R. J. | last2 = Wilkinson | first2 = A. | last3 = Davies | first3 = R. D. | last4 = Winder | first4 = W. F. | last5 = Roddis | first5 = N. | last6 = Blackhurst | first6 = E. J. | last7 = Lawson | first7 = D. | last8 = Lowe | first8 = S. R. | last9 = Baines | first9 = C. | last10 = Butlin | first10 = M. | last11 = Galtress | first11 = A. | last12 = Shepherd | first12 = D. | last13 = Aja | first13 = B. | last14 = Artal | first14 = E. | last15 = Bersanelli | first15 = M. | last16 = Butler | first16 = R. C. | last17 = Castelli | first17 = C. | last18 = Cuttaia | first18 = F. | last19 = d'Arcangelo | first19 = O. | last20 = Gaier | first20 = T. | last21 = Hoyland | first21 = R. | last22 = Kettle | first22 = D. | last23 = Leonardi | first23 = R. | last24 = Mandolesi | first24 = N. | last25 = Mennella | first25 = A. | last26 = Meinhold | first26 = P. | last27 = Pospieszalski | first27 = M. | last28 = Stringhetti | first28 = L. | last29 = Tomasi | first29 = M. | last30 = Valenziano | first30 = L. | display-authors = 29| arxiv = 1001.4743 | bibcode = 2009JInst...4T2002D | s2cid = 53706770}}{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1109/LMWC.2005.850562| title = A Ka-band InP MMIC 180° phase switch| journal = IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters| volume = 15| issue = 6| pages = 425| year = 2005| last1 = Kettle | first1 = D.| authorlink1 = Danielle George| last2 = Roddis | first2 = N.| last3 = Sloan | first3 = R.| s2cid = 38688684}}{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1051/0004-6361:20078034| title = 30 GHz flux density measurements of the Caltech-Jodrell flat-spectrum sources with OCRA-p| journal = Astronomy and Astrophysics| volume = 474| issue = 3| pages = 1093| year = 2007| last1 = Lowe | first1 = S. R.| last2 = Gawroński | first2 = M. P.| last3 = Wilkinson | first3 = P. N.| last4 = Kus | first4 = A. J.| last5 = Browne | first5 = I. W. A.| last6 = Pazderski | first6 = E.| last7 = Feiler | first7 = R.| last8 = Kettle | first8 = D.| arxiv = 0707.3368| bibcode = 2007A&A...474.1093L| s2cid = 119121103}}{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1051/0004-6361/200912853| title = Planck pre-launch status: Design and description of the Low Frequency Instrument| journal = Astronomy and Astrophysics| volume = 520| pages = A4| year = 2010| last1 = Bersanelli | first1 = M.| last2 = Mandolesi | first2 = N.| last3 = Butler | first3 = R. C.| last4 = Mennella | first4 = A.| last5 = Villa | first5 = F.| last6 = Aja | first6 = B.| last7 = Artal | first7 = E.| last8 = Artina | first8 = E.| last9 = Baccigalupi | first9 = C.| last10 = Balasini | first10 = M.| last11 = Baldan | first11 = G.| last12 = Banday | first12 = A.| last13 = Bastia | first13 = P.| last14 = Battaglia | first14 = P.| last15 = Bernardino | first15 = T.| last16 = Blackhurst | first16 = E.| last17 = Boschini | first17 = L.| last18 = Burigana | first18 = C.| last19 = Cafagna | first19 = G.| last20 = Cappellini | first20 = B.| last21 = Cavaliere | first21 = F.| last22 = Colombo | first22 = F.| last23 = Crone | first23 = G.| last24 = Cuttaia | first24 = F.| last25 = d'Arcangelo | first25 = O.| last26 = Danese | first26 = L.| last27 = Davies | first27 = R. D.| last28 = Davis | first28 = R. J.| last29 = De Angelis | first29 = L.| last30 = De Gasperis | first30 = G. C.| display-authors = 29| arxiv= 1001.3321| bibcode = 2010A&A...520A...4B| s2cid = 38028492}} and development investigates low noise receivers{{cite web |url=http://www.manchester.ac.uk/research/danielle.george/ |title=Professor Danielle George – personal details |publisher=University of Manchester |archivedate=7 September 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907143016/http://www.manchester.ac.uk/research/danielle.george/ |url-status=dead }}{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1051/0004-6361/201116480| title = Planck early results. III. First assessment of the Low Frequency Instrument in-flight performance| journal = Astronomy & Astrophysics| volume = 536| pages = A3| year = 2011| last1 = Mennella | first1 = A.| last2 = Bersanelli | first2 = M.| last3 = Butler | first3 = R. C.| last4 = Curto | first4 = A.| last5 = Cuttaia | first5 = F.| last6 = Davis | first6 = R. J.| last7 = Dick | first7 = J.| last8 = Frailis | first8 = M.| last9 = Galeotta | first9 = S.| last10 = Gregorio | first10 = A.| last11 = Kurki-Suonio | first11 = H.| last12 = Lawrence | first12 = C. R.| last13 = Leach | first13 = S.| last14 = Leahy | first14 = J. P.| last15 = Lowe | first15 = S.| last16 = Maino | first16 = D.| last17 = Mandolesi | first17 = N.| last18 = Maris | first18 = M.| last19 = Martínez-González | first19 = E.| last20 = Meinhold | first20 = P. R.| last21 = Morgante | first21 = G.| last22 = Pearson | first22 = D.| last23 = Perrotta | first23 = F.| last24 = Polenta | first24 = G.| last25 = Poutanen | first25 = T.| last26 = Sandri | first26 = M.| last27 = Seiffert | first27 = M. D.| last28 = Suur-Uski | first28 = A. -S. | last29 = Tavagnacco | first29 = D.| last30 = Terenzi | first30 = L.| display-authors = 29| arxiv = 1101.2038| bibcode = 2011A&A...536A...3M| s2cid = 20910649}}{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1051/0004-6361:20031266| title = Offset balancing in pseudo-correlation radiometers for CMB measurements| journal = Astronomy and Astrophysics| volume = 410| issue = 3| pages = 1089–1100| year = 2003| last1 = Mennella | first1 = A.| last2 = Bersanelli | first2 = M.| last3 = Seiffert | first3 = M.| last4 = Kettle | first4 = D.| last5 = Roddis | first5 = N.| last6 = Wilkinson | first6 = A.| last7 = Meinhold | first7 = P.| arxiv = astro-ph/0307558| bibcode = 2003A&A...410.1089M| s2cid = 16273444}}{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1109/TMTT.2005.848815| title = Very low-noise differential radiometer at 30 GHz for the PLANCK LFI| journal = IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques| volume = 53| issue = 6| pages = 2050| year = 2005| last1 = Aja | first1 = B.| last2 = Artal | first2 = E.| last3 = de la Fuente | first3 = L.| last4 = Pascual | first4 = J. P. | last5 = Mediavilla | first5 = A.| last6 = Roddis | first6 = N.| last7 = Kettle | first7 = D.| last8 = Winder | first8 = W. F. | last9 = Cara | first9 = L. P. | last10 = De Paco | first10 = P.| bibcode = 2005ITMTT..53.2050A| hdl = 2117/1047| s2cid = 11122210| hdl-access = free}} and particularly:

• Microwave and millimetre wave monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) design
• Millimetre-wave radiometer development and characterisation
• Low noise high-electron-mobility transistor (HEMT) parameter extraction and modelling
• Cryogenic low-noise amplifier (LNA) and radiometer applications
• Engine communications using radio frequency / microwave techniques
• Improvements to focal-plane arrays
• Identification of weeds in horticulture crops using radio frequency (RF) techniques

George is the UK lead for amplifiers in the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) telescope and has worked with NASA and the European Space Agency on the development of instrumentation for researchers exploring the Big Bang.{{cite web |url=http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/sparks-will-fly/danielle-george |title=Danielle George, The Royal Institution: Science Lives Here |year=2014 |publisher=Royal Institution |archivedate=7 September 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907124810/http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/sparks-will-fly/danielle-george |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wiset.eps.manchester.ac.uk/profiles/george/ |title=Women in Science, Engineering and Technology Women in Science, Engineering and Technology (WISET): Dr Danielle George |publisher=University of Manchester |archivedate=7 September 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907143055/http://www.wiset.eps.manchester.ac.uk/profiles/george/ |url-status=dead }}

George's research has been funded by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC){{cite web|url=http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/person/F7114290-41D4-4588-A7D4-C599033A49B6|title=UK Government research grants awarded to Danielle George|publisher= Research Councils UK|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229115014/http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/person/F7114290-41D4-4588-A7D4-C599033A49B6|archivedate=2014-12-29}} and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).{{Cite conference | doi = 10.1109/WiSNet.2014.6825502| title = Development of plough-able RFID sensor network systems for precision agriculture| conference = 2014 IEEE Topical Conference on Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks (WiSNet)| pages = 64| year = 2014| last1 = Wang | first1 = C. | last2 = George | first2 = D.| last3 = Green | first3 = P. R. | s2cid = 14235264| isbn = 978-1-4799-2300-7}} She is co-founder of the Manchester Recycled Robot Orchestra.{{fact|date=April 2020}}

In 2017, she and Christophe Galfard (a former Ph.D. student of Stephen Hawking), presented The Search for a New Earth on BBC 2, exploring how and if humans could reach for the stars and then relocate to different planets. It had clips of Prof. Stephen Hawking talking about his various theories. "We can, and must, use our curiosity and intelligence to look to the stars".{{cite web |title=BBC Two - The Search for a New Earth |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0953y04 |publisher=BBC |access-date=19 September 2022}}

George gave the 2014 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures on how to hack your home.[https://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/aug/19/christmas-lectures-hack-home-royal-institution-danielle-george Christmas lectures will reveal how to 'hack your home': Danielle George will demonstrate how common household devices can be transformed in ways that could change the world], by Ian Sample, The Guardian, 2014-08-19{{cite web |url=http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/sparks-will-fly/about-sparks-will-fly |title=About the Christmas lectures 2014 |year=2014 |publisher=Royal Institution |archivedate=7 September 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907124837/http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/sparks-will-fly/about-sparks-will-fly |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.rigb.org/blog/2014/august/five-minutes-with-professor-danielle-george |title=Five minutes with Professor Danielle George |year=2014 |publisher=Royal Institution |archivedate=7 September 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907142843/http://www.rigb.org/blog/2014/august/five-minutes-with-professor-danielle-george |url-status=dead }} At the time of the lectures, George was the sixth woman since 1825[http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/professor-newcastle-becomes-only-sixth-7639217 Professor from Newcastle becomes only sixth woman to present Royal Institution Christmas Lectures], Newcastle Chronicle, 2014-08-19 to present the Christmas lectures, following Susan Greenfield (1994), Nancy Rothwell (1998), Monica Grady (2003), Sue Hartley (2009), and Alison Woollard (2013). The lectures included a live conversation with Samantha Cristoforetti on the International Space Station{{YouTube|id=C8ZWjdP74aA|title=ISS Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti Talks About Life in Space with Danielle George}} and turning the Shell Centre in London into a giant game of tetris.{{Vimeo|id=https://vimeo.com/115388045|title=Royal Institution Xmas Lectures – The Making of Tetris on the Shell Building}}{{YouTube|id=NK65ehLFA-U|title=Skyscraper Tetris – Behind the Scenes – 2014 CHRISTMAS LECTURES}}{{cite web|url=https://www.section9.co.uk/posts/2014-12-30-Tetris.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419120815/https://www.section9.co.uk/posts/2014-12-30-Tetris.html|archivedate=2015-04-19|title=Giant Tetris on a building; RI Xmas Lectures|year=2014|publisher=section9.co.uk}} In 2016, the Royal Academy of Engineering awarded her the Rooke Award for public promotion of engineering.{{cite web|title=On its way to a town near you: the UK's first robot orchestra|url=http://www.raeng.org.uk/news/news-releases/2016/may/on-its-way-to-a-town-near-you-the-uks-first-robot|website=raeng.org.uk|publisher=Royal Academy of Engineering|accessdate=2016-05-26|archive-date=9 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109153057/https://www.raeng.org.uk/news/news-releases/2016/may/on-its-way-to-a-town-near-you-the-uks-first-robot|url-status=dead}}

George was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to engineering through public engagement{{London Gazette|issue=61608|supp=y|page=B18|date=11 June 2016}} and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2024 New Year Honours for services to public engagement in engineering.{{London Gazette|issue=64269|supp=y|page=N10|date=30 December 2023}}

George was awarded the Michael Faraday Prize by the Royal Society in 2018.{{cite web|url = http://royalsociety.org/awards/michael-faraday-prize/#|title = Michael Faraday Prize |publisher = Royal Society|location=London|website=royalsociety.org|accessdate = 26 July 2018}} She is also a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (FIET).

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