Robert Cockcroft

Associate Professor, Physics & Astronomy

Dr Robert Cockcroft is an associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at McMaster University. Dr Cockcroft became a faculty member at McMaster in 2020. He completed his undergraduate degree in astrophysics at University College London (UK) and earned his Masters and PhD also in astrophysics at McMaster. He held postdoctoral positions in ancient Egyptian astronomy working with Dr Sarah Symons, and pedagogical research at the MacPherson Institute (then MIIETL). In 2016, he was hired by Western University as an assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and as one of the two core faculty members in the then-new Western's Integrated Science Program (WISc), before ultimately returning to McMaster. Dr Cockcroft's current work focuses on Indigenous astronomy, science education, literacy, and communicating science to the general public.