She earned her doctorate in 2017 with a thesis titled "The influence of morphology, AGN and environment on the quenching histories of galaxies". After taking a year off from academic studies, Smethurst began pursuing a doctoral degree at the University of Oxford, with Chris Lintott as her supervisor. She received a first-class master's degree in physics and astronomy from the University of Durham in 2012. While growing up, Smethurst attended the Bolton School Girls' Division for a decade, from 1998 through 2008. She has also written two popular science books, titled Space: 10 Things You Should Know and A Brief History of Black Holes. Becky, where she posts science communication videos related to astronomy research and amateur astronomy. Smethurst hosts her own YouTube channel, called Dr. She is a member of the Galaxy Zoo collaboration, run by her doctoral advisor, Chris Lintott. As a researcher, Smethurst studies the role that supermassive black holes play in inhibiting different types of galaxies from forming stars. In 2022, she won the Royal Astronomical Society's Winton Award "for research by a post-doctoral fellow in Astronomy whose career has shown the most promising development". She was the recipient of the 2020 Caroline Herschel Prize Lectureship, awarded by the Royal Astronomical Society, as well as the 2020 Mary Somerville Medal and Prize, awarded by the Institute of Physics. Becky, is a British astrophysicist, author, and YouTuber who is a junior research fellow at the University of Oxford. Royal Astronomical Society (as co-creator of The Supermassive Podcast ) Northern English English (Lancashire accent) Science outreach (Astronomy and astrophysics)
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