Lisa Jardine-Wright#Isaac Physics

Jardine-Wright attended a state-funded school in the North West of England.{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/blue-sky-thinking-that-led-to-an-astronomical-ambition/310974.article|title=Blue-sky thinking that led to an astronomical ambition|date=2007-11-02|website=Times Higher Education (THE)|language=en|access-date=2019-07-03}} She studied physics at the University of Cambridge. She earned her master's degree at Trinity College, Cambridge, before studying towards a doctorate with George Efstathiou. Jardine-Wright worked on simulating the cosmological formation of spiral galaxies at the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge. During her PhD she became interested in outreach and public engagement, and organised a series of open days and public lectures. She worked as a postdoctoral researcher on the formation of galaxies. During her postdoc, Jardine-Wright partnered with the Cambridge Astronomy Association to lead a series of stargazing evenings.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk/news/starry-starry-nights|title=Starry starry nights {{!}} Cambridge Network|website=www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk|access-date=2019-07-03}}

Jardine-Wright has worked in science communication and outreach. She was a British Science Association media fellow at the Financial Times, and started to write for the Times Higher Education as well as for the journal Science. She has also acted as a consultant for BBC News Magazine.{{Cite web|url=https://www.uos.ac.uk/events/what-so-special-about-special-relativity-can-we-use-it-stay-younger-longer|title=What is so special about special relativity: Can we use it to stay younger for longer?|last=Holliday|first=Katie|date=2017-09-13|website=University of Suffolk|language=en|access-date=2019-07-03}} During her postdoctoral research she also worked as the astronomy consultant for the Royal Observatory, Greenwich for the redesign of their astronomy galleries and planetarium (opened in 2007). Jardine-Wright is the educational outreach officer at the University of Cambridge, where she runs several programmes, including Physics at Work and the Senior Physics Challenge.{{Cite web|url=https://www.iop.org/careers/workinglife/articles/page_54871.html|title=Making outreach work|website=www.iop.org|access-date=2019-07-03}} She is a director of studies and undergraduate student tutor at Churchill College, Cambridge and served as acting senior tutor of the college during the spring and summer of the pandemic year 2020. She has investigated the performance of undergraduate students at the University of Cambridge, and the impact of gender and socioeconomic background.{{cite journal |last1=Gibson |first1=Valerie |last2=Jardine-Wright |first2=Lisa |last3=Bateman |first3=Elizabeth |title=An investigation into the impact of question structure on the performance of first year physics undergraduate students at the University of Cambridge |journal=European Journal of Physics |date=1 July 2015 |volume=36 |issue=4 |pages=045014 |doi=10.1088/0143-0807/36/4/045014 |bibcode=2015EJPh...36d5014G |s2cid=53466707 |doi-access=free |url=https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/bitstreams/e3ffe108-0883-47b2-8128-2bdf64951ce6/download }} Despite all students being at the same academic level on entry to Cambridge, Jardine-Wright showed that women perform better with scaffolded as opposed to open questions.

Since founding Isaac Physics{{Cite web|url=https://isaacphysics.org/|title=Isaac Physics|website=Isaac Physics}} in 2014, Jardine-Wright has acted as Director and co-director.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ice.cam.ac.uk/about-us/staff-profiles/tutor/dr-lisa-jardine-wright|title=Dr Lisa Jardine-Wright|last=Anonymous|date=2015-12-03|website=www.ice.cam.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-07-03}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.sec-ed.co.uk/news/physics-website-throws-down-a-level-gauntlet|title=Physics website throws down A level gauntlet|website=www.sec-ed.co.uk|access-date=2019-07-03}} Isaac Physics is an online collection of physics questions from the archive of the Cambridge Assessment that looks to support school students studying physics.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cambridgeassessment.org.uk/news/how-questions-from-the-past-are-creating-the-physicists-of-tomorrow/|title=How questions from the past are creating the physicists of tomorrow|website=www.cambridgeassessment.org.uk|access-date=2019-07-03}} It originally began under the name of the Rutherford Schools Physics Partnership. Isaac Physics helps physics students prepare for the transition from school to university.{{Cite web|url=http://www.librarianintraining.com/2016/04/|title=Librarian in Training|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-07-03}} Jardine-Wright is the author of an educational books for Isaac Physics.{{Cite web|url=https://isaacbooks.org/authors.php|title=Isaac Physics Books|website=isaacbooks.org|access-date=2019-07-03}} From 2013, the project has been supported by the Department for Education with additional support from The Ogden Trust.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ogdentrust.com/|title=Promoting the teaching and learning of physics|first=The Ogden|last=Trust|date=February 23, 2021|website=The Ogden Trust}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/curriculum-fund-programme-pilots-list-of-lead-schools/curriculum-fund-programme-pilots-list-of-lead-schools-and-related-information|title=Curriculum fund programme pilots: list of lead schools and related information|website=GOV.UK|language=en|access-date=2019-07-03}} Isaac also supports students studying A-Level chemistry.{{Cite web|url=https://isaacphysics.org/%7B%7BrelativeCanonicalUrl%7D%7D|title=Isaac Physics|website=Isaac Physics|language=en|access-date=2019-07-03}}

Jardine-Wright was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to education.{{London Gazette|issue=63714|supp=y|page=B16|date=1 June 2022}}

• 2012 Institute of Physics Phillips Award{{Cite web|url=https://www.iop.org/about/awards/phillips/medallists/page_59232.html|title=Phillips Award recipients|website=www.iop.org|access-date=2019-07-03}}
• 2015 Times Higher Education Outstanding Digital Innovation (shortlisted){{Cite web|url=https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/general-news/isaac-physics-project-makes-awards-shortlist|title=Isaac Physics project makes awards shortlist|last=Davison|first=Tim|date=2015-09-18|website=For staff|language=en|access-date=2019-07-03}}
• 2017 University of Cambridge Pilkington Prize{{Citation|last=Cambridge University|title=Dr Lisa Jardine-Wright - Department of Physics|date=2017-06-30|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDJyzmtwjrs|access-date=2019-07-03}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/news/2017/jun/22/lisa-jardine-wright-wins-pilkington-prize-2017/|title=Churchill Fellow, Dr Lisa Jardine-Wright wins University Pilkington Prize for excellence in teaching – Churchill College|website=www.chu.cam.ac.uk|date=22 June 2017 |access-date=2019-07-03}}
• 2019 Institute of Physics Lawrence Bragg Medal and Prize{{Cite web|url=https://beta.iop.org/2019-lawrence-bragg-medal-and-prize|title=2019 Lawrence Bragg Medal and Prize|website=2019 Lawrence Bragg Medal and Prize {{!}} Institute of Physics|language=en|access-date=2019-07-03}}

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• [https://isaacphysics.org/ Isaac Physics] - supporting physics students
• [https://www.ogdentrust.com/ Ogden Trust] - charitable trust that exists to promote the teaching and learning of physics

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