Hermione Cockburn

Hermione Anne Phoebe Cockburn OBE FRSE (born 1973, Sussex, England) is a British television and radio presenter specialising in scientific and educational programmes.

In 1999, Cockburn helped establish the education service at Our Dynamic Earth, a science centre and visitor attraction in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Expert contributions for the BBC Television series Coast have included explanations of Scottish geomorphology, geoarchaeology and engineering geology.

In 2008, she presented the BBC Television/Open University documentary series Fossil Detectives for which she also wrote the companion book.

[2] Cockburn was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2021 New Year Honours for services to public engagement in science.