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professor

[pruh-fes-er] / prəˈfɛs ər /


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Professor Mark Sims, mission manager at the University of Leicester at the time, said working on Beagle 2 was "one of the most extraordinary experiences of my life".

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

One plaque will be installed at the Open University in Milton Keynes, where Beagle 2 was conceived by Professor Colin Pillinger.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

"The prospect of identifying inspiraling supermassive black hole binaries years before future space-based gravitational wave detectors come online is extremely exciting," concludes Professor Kocsis.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

A research team led by Professor Yulong Ding from the University of Birmingham's School of Chemical Engineering has shown that these temperatures can be significantly reduced by using a perovskite catalyst.

From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026

Because I was the best student in Professor Gordon’s class, trumping even Elliot, which brought me huge amounts of satisfaction.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin




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