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Yvonne Cunningham
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I am 50 years old and live in Glasgow. I’m originally from Donegal in Ireland and still spend a lot of my time there. I like to knit and listen to true crime podcasts (I am very basic).
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Tara Sutherland
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I currently live in Aberdeen, after having moved to Scotland all the way from Melbourne, Australia. I live with my partner, 3 cats (Keith, Lucille, Norma) and a crazy bouncy dog (Edith) . I love walking, being outside, travelling and the beach, even though Scotland isn’t quite as warm as Oz!
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Steve Potterill
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I live with my wife (author and illustrator) and cat (mouse-botherer) in a village near the Malvern hills. For work: mostly engineering and project management. For leisure: rugby (these days just watching) and skiing (still racing).
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Stephanie Sargeant
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I’m a aquatic scientist and lecturer environmental sciences. I’m passionate about the environment and all things watery! I work on understanding more about our oceans and rivers, how they work, why they’re important and how we can work to conserve them.
I love being outside, camping, paddle boarding and walking our puppy, Willow.
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Stephanie Bayne
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I am interested in educating the clinical physiology scientists of the future! In my spare time I love make music, tasty food and enjoy walking in nature.
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Sophie Morse
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I am a Research Fellow and Biomedical Engineer enthusiastic about science and keen on getting you excited too!
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Sheridan Williams
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I am retired but started life as a Rocket Scientist with the Ministry of Defence.
After that I became a lecturer in Mathematics and Computer Science.
I am a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and show people around the Open University’s observatory.
I lead a tour company taking people all over the world to see astronomical events such as eclipses, aurorae, meteor showers.I now take education groups on visits to the National Museum of Computing located at Bletchley Park. I have my own Enigma machine
Enigma machine
and demonstrate Colossus
The world’s first electronic digital computer
and very early computer systems e.g. the WITCH
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Samuel Bennett
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Rohin Titmarsh
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I’m a research engineer working on automation of electric vehicle battery manufacture. I’m a big fan of motorsports, love cars and upcycling!
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Rachel Edwards
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I’m a physicist, and I do research into how to use sound waves to keep things safe. I teach university students about how different materials behave, and how to do electronics. I have two small kids and love making them new clothes with things like space unicorns on them.
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Polly Osborne
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I’m an electrical engineer based in Birmingham and very passionate about green energy and tackling climate change. I also love dance, yoga, crochet and outdoor adventures.
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Peter Holt
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I live together with my wife in a nice little village south of Oxford and enjoy the great outdoors, but also building websites and generally messing about coding things
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Paula Proszek
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I live in London and work in a busy Cancer Hospital. I lead a team delivering genomic testing for patients. I am also a Mum (of a teen 😉 love travelling, animals, swimming, chocolate and Stranger Things!
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Olivia Fleming
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I am Northern Irish and I live in Edinburgh! I study parasites and I like to sing, hike and play piano.
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Nora Vyas
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I am an Associate Professor in psychology and chartered psychologist. I am passionate about talking about mental health and influence of meditation on wellbeing. I am interested in what areas of the brain ‘light up’ when completing memory/attention tasks? Why is sleep important for wellness? What is the impact of mental health on an individual and how does it differ from physical conditions? How can we end mental health stigma? Can meditation improve wellbeing? I lead the instagram page @mentalhealth_connect. I enjoy photography, keeping fit, and travelling!
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Neil Guthrie
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Hi everyone! I’m Neil and I am 36 years old. I work as a technician in Sport, Exercise and Health Science, at Edinburgh Napier University. I love to play and watch football and spend time with my family. I have 2 daughters, one is almost 2 and one is almost 6.
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Millie Court
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Hey everyone! I recently moved 300 miles away from my family (and my dog) in the South West to the North East to begin my Apprenticeship journey and the start of my career.
This was a big move for me at 18. Everyday, I face new and sometimes challenging situations both in work and in my personal life but I am having so much fun!
I love going to work everyday where I deal with data, do some programming and help improve the quality of our medicines and make sure they reach our patients faster.
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Mark McGrady
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I live in Annan, Dumfries and Galloway with my wife, Stacey, and my two boys, Euan (8) and Lewis (4). I’m a scientist by day but at the weekends I’m a football referee at both youth and amateur level. As well as a love of football, I also enjoy reading, and going to live music and comedy shows.
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Mark Hamilton
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I am a student at Lancaster University and am interested in coral reefs and fisheries. I have always loved nature, especially sea life.
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Margaret Laurie
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I currently work for a social enterprise who support children and young people through collaborative play with LEGO bricks. I love all things cats, reading, tea AND coffee!
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Marga Dominguez-Villar
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Marco Palma
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I currently live in Cambridge. I am a statistician trying to find interesting patterns in numbers. Outside of work, I like playing board games and playing the guitar (but at my place I have a ukulele!).
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Luke Tuxworth
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I live with my wife and 1 year old son in North Yorkshire. I am research scientist in a chemical company. I love hiking, motorsport and growing my own vegetables.
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Luisa Islas
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Born in Mexico City , I now live with my husband in Bath and work as a research scientist for a green energy company. I am a big fan of dogs, chocolate, and visting art museums.
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Louisa James
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Hello!! I’m Louisa, I am a scientist based in London. I teach in a university and I do experiments with cells to learn about how our body fights infection.
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Loretta-Ann Jilks
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I currently live in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, where I am a PhD student at Northumbria University 👩🏻🔬 I enjoy eating lots of food 🥞, listening to music 🎶, and relaxing 😴
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Liam Herringshaw
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I am a palaeontologist – fossil-scientist – who mostly studies the evolution of life on the seabed. As such, I know very little about dinosaurs. Most of my research has investigated how burrowing animals such as worms, molluscs, and crustaceans live in and on the seafloor, and how this has changed over time.
I live in York, and organize the Yorkshire Fossil Festival, as well as running rocks and fossils classes for schools, museums, and community groups. I am also a writer, a cricketer, and a Dad, although not necessarily in that order.
The photograph below is me explaining how the rocks were formed at Filey Brigg, on the North Yorkshire coast:
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Leo Swadling
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I am a scientist studying the immune system (immunologist) 👨🔬🧪🔬🧬 working at University College London🏛️ and I am really interested in vaccines💉, how your body recognises and kills viruses🧫🧽 and other things that make you ill! 🤒😷🤧
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Leeza Pickering
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I am from County Durham, North East England. When I am not in the laboratory or collecting data from lakes in the arctic, I love spending time with my horses and dogs going on adventures and hiking.
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Katharine Gibson
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I am currently in my third year of my PhD at the University of Glasgow. I am a neuroscientist (someone who researches the brain) and my project is looking at dementia and trying to develop effective treatments. When I’m not in the lab I love going to gigs, hanging out with my friends, and travelling as much as I can!
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Julian Onions
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Astronomer working at the University of Nottingham.
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John Turner
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I am scientist living in Cambridge doing research and development into designing catalysts for petrol cars. I’m an active person who loves to be busy doing something.
My main passion I like ouside of work is playing cricket, which I play in at the weekends in the summer. Other things I like to do in my spare time are playing video games, creating terrariums and photography.
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John Grasmeder
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I’m an industrial chemist and materials scientist working on materials used in smartphones, cars, aeroplanes and even in people’s bodies. When I’m not working I like cycling, cooking and motor racing.
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Jemma Kerns
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I live in Lancashire with my husband and son. I always start my working day with a mocha, and another chocolate intake at 3pm! I’m a wife, Mum, daughter, sister, auntie, friend, scientist, and kick-boxer!
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Iona Christie
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I live with my Partner in Twickenham, London. My job is working with viruses. In the evenings I like to listen to jazz or go to the gym. I love Horse riding, pottery and dogs!
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Georgia Brittain
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Hi, I’m Georgia! I am 27 years old and live in the North East of England.
I graduated in 2019 from Keele University where I studied BSc Chemistry and now work as a Research Technician within the chemical industry.
In my spare time, I enjoy training in karate, reading, watching movies/tv shows, and cooking/baking!
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Emma Spooner
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I live with my partner in Sheffield, but my job is across the peak district as a researcher in the University of Manchester. I work on a new, exciting type of solar cell. In my free time I like gardening, playing guitar, baking bread and going for long walks in the countryside. 🎸🍞🌳
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Emily Kempin
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I’m an Australian living in Cambridge. I love to row and when I’m not on the river I work as a Safety Officer at the university. I enjoy crime dramas, sitcoms and D&D.
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Elly Stamp
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Hi I’m Elly!
I’m a PhD student at the University of Edinburgh. I study neuroscience and DNA damage. I’m from Newcastle and outside of the lab I enjoy climbing, martial arts and bake a lot of cakes!
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Diana Martin
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I live in Leicester in a house with my family. Outside of work I am a volunteer first aider and help to run youth groups.
I also love a good Dad joke!
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Cristina Steliana Mihailovici
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I am a British Romanian, fortunate to call Liverpool my home, and my life is filled with diverse and fulfilling roles throughout the week.
One of my greatest joys is creating poetry and educational stories dedicated to both children and parents. These stories are exploring topics of engineering, marine environment, sustainability, culture and education, and climate change.
I am passionate about everything related to the seas and oceans, but I also love the mountains.
Exploring the world of culinary delights is another passion of mine, and I like to savor and experience a wide array of foods from various cultures around the globe.
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Connie Harpur
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I study icy places using data from space 🛰👩💻 and from fieldwork 🌍🚣♀️. I love cooking, growing flowers and being outdoors 🏔
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Clara Cieza-Borrella
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Hi there! I live with my partner in London. I am Lecturer in Molecular Biology 🧬 and I have my own research team! 🔬 I love sports⚽, gardening👩🌾, baking 🍞, travelling ✈.. I am very open-minded and I support equality and tolerance. My mind switches off well watching good Netflix series and superheroes movies 🦸♀️!
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Charli Corcoran
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I live with my husband, three children and our dog on the outskirts of Edinburgh. I am a Zebrafish Facility Technician and I look after zebrafish used in genetic research, but after work is finished for the day I can be found coaching trampolining and football. I love running, baking, scuba diving and I make my own clothes.
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Charles Sparey
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I live in Ilminster Somerset with my wife, dog and cat. I enjoy history, music, and watching a good TV series or movie.
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Barak Gilboa
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I live and work in Oxford.
I’m an imaging expert by day and an avid parent of two children ages 7 and 9 the rest of the time.
I love travelling, hiking and meeting new people and new cultures.
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Anna Schlag
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I am originally from Germany and have been in the UK for 6 years. I am currently doing a PhD in cancer research in London. In my spare time I like to bake, cook, read and get creative.
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Alison Tidy
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I live with my family (2 children) in Derby with 3 cats, and I am a Plant Scientist. I love spending time outside, whether this is walking in the Peak District, visiting the sea or going to the park, and when I have the opportunity I enjoy kayaking and rock climbing. In the evenings I love watching disney films with the kids and reading a good sci-fi or fantasy book.
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Alex Dickinson-Lomas
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I am a first year PhD student at the University of Birmingham working on finding out more about the effects of radiation on metals used in nuclear reactors. I love rockclimbing, walking and camping! Pronouns: She/her
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Alberto Granero
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I live in Leicester with my family. I like taking photos of my kids and playing board games.
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how old were you when you loved science
