Dr. Margaret Campbell-Brown

Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Western Ontario

Professor and researcher in meteor physics

Media

Reports of fireball in sky above Maryland, Virginia Wednesday afternoon likely disintegrating meteor

Shooting Stars & Burning Questions

Midday fireball, boom thrill gazers from New York to Canada

Physics prof. Margaret Campbell-Brown on meteorite blast, asteroid flyby

Biography

Margaret Campbell-Brown is a professor and active researcher in the field of meteor physics. She has been faculty at Western University since 2005. She works with the NASA Meteoroid Environment Office on assessing risks to spacecraft from meteoroids. Scientifically, she is interested in the links between comets, asteroids and meteors, and what small solar system bodies can tell us about the origin of our planet. When she is not doing research, Campbell-Brown enjoys teaching undergraduate and graduate Physics and Astronomy courses.

Expertise

  • Shooting stars
  • Meteor showers
  • Meteors
  • Fireballs
  • Comets
  • Asteroids

Education/Éducation

  • Western University
    Physics
    PhD, 2002
  • Mount Allison University
    Physics
    BSc, 1998