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Carole Ann Haswell is the Head of Astronomy and Professor of Astrophysics at the Open University. Her research focuses on exoplanets and she is a member of the superWASP, ARIEL and PLATO consortia as well as the Red Dots collaboration.

Early life and education
Haswell grew up in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Teesside attending Huntcliff School for O-level and 16+ exams before attending Prior Pursglove Sixth Form College for A-levels. Despite being told she wasn't "good enough" to do a degree in physics by her physics teacher, Haswell proceeded to achieve the best possible grades in her Maths and Physics exams and was award a place at University of Oxford where she studied Maths and Physics. She was a member of University College, graduating in 1985. In 1991 she earned her PhD in observational astronomy at the University of Texas at Austin studying a Black hole candidate in the constellation of Monoceros. During this time she was present at the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope in 1990, describing herself as the "least Important VIP" there.

Research and career
In 1992 Haswell joined the Space Telescope Science Institute as a postdoctoral research fellow before moving to Columbia University, becoming a lecturer in Astronomy at Barnard College in 1995. In 1996 Haswell was appointed as a lecturer at the University of Sussex, after which she joined the Open University as a lecturer in 1999 where she is now a Professor of Astrophysics and Head of Astronomy , also teaching for both the University of the Third Age and the Workers' Educational Association. Haswell is the author of the undergraduate textbook ‘Transiting Exoplanets’ published by CUP in 2010, and has authored over 112 research articles including the discovery of Barnard's Star b. Since 2018 Haswell has been a member of the European Space Agency's ARIEL mission Sicence Advisory Team and is the principal investigator of the Dispersed Matter Planet Project, a project to detect ablating planets in nearby planetary systems which has lead to the discovery of XXXXXX [cite latest Nature Astronomy paper].

Awards and honours
In 2010 Haswell shared the 2010 Royal Astronomical Society Group Achievement award as a core and pioneering member of the WASP consortium. In 2016 she was honoured by the Royal Astronomical Society in a portrait gallery celebrating the centenary of the first female fellows.

Outreach
Haswell has a long standing interest in widening participation in science; whilst at the Space Telescope Science Institute in 1992-94, and joint with West Baltimore Middle School, Haswell was a founding member of the 'Student's Hands-on Physics (SHOP)' team, regularly visiting and delivering science workshops to inner city school. Haswell is also responsible for producing materials and resources to educate the public about the PLATO consortium. She has also authored the Open University's free course "An Introduction to Exoplanets", a course which describes the methods used by astronomers to study exoplanets, and provides an introduction to the methods of scientific inquiry.

Personal Life
Haswell is passionate about life the Teesside area and in 2019 became the 300th Redcar and Cleveland Ambassador, dedicated to promoting growth within the local community. Haswell is a keen Middlesbrough Football Club fan and was present in the Millennium Stadium for their win in the 2004 Football League Cup Final.