When Louise was applying for university, she couldn’t decide whether to study chemical engineering orlanguages. Eventually, she plumped for a BA in Modern Languages at the University of Sheffield, with afocus on linguistics and real-world language use, followed by an MA in Conference Interpreting andTranslation Studies at the University of Leeds. She maintained her interest … Read more
Andrew graduated in the early 80s with a MA in Zoology from the University of Oxford and a PhD in Bioengineering from the University of Reading. He then pursued a 30-year career in commercial medical technology, initially in the lab, developing novel biomaterial and cell-based therapies for wound care and orthopaedics applications, and then in … Read more
Dr Emily Messer is currently an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Heriot-Watt University. She is a primatologist who studies social cognition in children, monkeys, and apes. She completed her undergraduate studies in Biology at the University of Dundee. She went on to graduate with a PhD in Psychology and Neuroscience from the University of St … Read more
Mary is currently an assistant professor of biophysics at the University of Copenhagen. As a keen ecowarrior, her research interests focus on using surface science techniques to better understand bioelectronic-based renewable energy technologies and the ability of microbes to digest plastics. In her spare time, she particularly loves wrestling with big questions with the children … Read more
Sam studied genetics at Cambridge University and theology at Chester, before moving on to a masters in theology and an MSc in molecular biology at Birkbeck. He is currently doing a PhD in philosophy of science at Manchester Metropolitan University. He is director of Aylesbury Vale Youth For Christ. Sam runs a monthly STEM program … Read more
Dr Rhoda Hawkins is currently the Academic Director of the Ghana centre of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS Ghana). Whilst living in Ghana, she is still affiliated to the University of Sheffield where she was a senior lecturer in Physics until the end of 2022. Before becoming a lecturer she worked as a … Read more
Todd has degrees in Medical Physics and Engineering from Imperial College London and an Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Technical University in Sofia. He was one of the leaders in the design and implementation of the first commercial digital Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) in the UK and the international standardisation for … Read more
Gavin graduated with a PhD in Medical Physics from the University of Edinburgh and an undergraduate degree in Physics with Astrophysics from the University of Exeter. Before moving into Research Support roles, he spent 10 years in preclinical biomedical MRI researching everything from Quality Assurance in functional brain imaging, to the metamorphosis of caterpillars and … Read more