Emily Drabek-Maunder

Dr Emily Drabek-Maunder is the author of Planets in the Illuminates series, charting humanity's understanding of our neighbouring bodies, from the first clues established by Galileo Galilei in the 17th Century, through to the vast amounts we do (and much we don't) know today. Emily is an astronomer, astrophysicist and science communicator. She is currently the Senior Manager of Public Astronomy at Royal Observatory Greenwich. As an astrophysicist, she used microwave and radio telescopes to study the formation of stars and planets in our Galaxy at Cardiff University, Imperial College London and University of Exeter.