Janina Emig

I graduated from the University of Southampton in 2010 (MA Transnational Studies) and have since worked here. I first came to the University as an ERASMUS exchange student from Germany, and enjoyed my time here so much that I decided to apply for a Masters course.

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Steven Franklin

I am currently a PhD student studying at Royal Holloway University of London where I completed both my Undergraduate and Postgraduate degrees. I have always had an interest in how the public interacts with and consumes history and as a consequence my MA was in Public History.

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Sandra Duggen

In 2008, I obtained my current post as Coordinator for Service User and Carer Involvement at Teesside University.

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Lucy Marten

Lucy is Acting Director, Centre of East Anglian Studies and Lecturer in Medieval History, University of East Anglia.

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Ed Stevens

Ed works as the Widening Participation & Outreach Officer (SW Region) for the National HE STEM Programme.

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Catherine Muller

Based in the Earth Observation Science group at the University of Leicester Catherine is keen to support others to engage with science.

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Cerys Ponting

Cerys is a Researcher at Cardiff University's Centre for Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability & Society (BRASS).

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Tom Crick

Tom is a lecturer at the University of Wales Institute in Cardiff.

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Mark Reed

An interdisciplinary environmental researcher, Mark works with stakeholders to better understand, monitor and adapt to environmental change.

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Mahlet (Milly) Getachew Zimeta

A philosopher and a writer, Milly currently lectures at Roehampton University.

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Hilary Lowe

I am currently Associate Dean for Civic and Community Engagement at Oxford Brookes. Previously I was Associate Dean for External Relations and Enterprise in the University’s Institute of Education. Prior to that I was a comprehensive school senior manager. I also led a national training...

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Robert Sugden

Having spent the last two years working within the regeneration and community engagement sector I have enrolled on a PhD at Kingston University comparing community organising in the UK and the US and the role governments in both countries play in fostering this.

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Claire Robinson

I am a third year Doctoral Researcher at the University of Birmingham, researching cultural politics in Victorian Pantomime in Manchester.

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John King

John runs Open, a training support programme which helps researchers to deliver collaborative projects such as symposia, public or industry engagement events, policy round-tables or proofs of concept.

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Helen Williams

I am a third-year PhD student writing a thesis entitled ‘Tristram Shandy and Eighteenth-Century Experimental Fiction’. My PhD is an AHRC-funded Collaborative Doctoral Award based at Northumbria University in collaboration with the Laurence Sterne Trust.

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Kenton Lewis

Kenton is Head of Widening Participation & Student Recruitment at St George's, University London (SGUL) with ten years of experience in strategic development and policy implementation in relation to fair access, widening participation, community engagement, student recruitment, and...

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Sonia Vougioukalou

I am an interdisciplinary researcher and impact analyst with a background in biology, anthropology and medical ethnobotany. I am currently working on a National Institute of Health Research-funded project on improving the patient experience.

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Matt Law

I'm a part-time PhD student at Cardiff University and archaeologist for C and N Hollinrake Ltd.

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John Bonner

I’ve worked for over 20 years in the field of human factors, product and interaction design in both academic and commercial environments.

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Howard Falcon-Lang

I'm an academic with interests in fossils and climate change. Over the past decade, I've held a series of prestigious research fellowships (Killam, NERC, Leverhulme, Humboldt and NERC Advanced) and am now a Senior Lecturer at Royal Holloway.

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Naomi Hicks

Naomi heads up the public engagement programme on climate change within the communications team at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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Nicola Smith

I have a BSc in Environmental Science and am a qualified teacher. I started working in public engagement in 2004 for a reseach centre at the University of York. My current role is Public Engagement Manager for a network of doctoral training centres.

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Tom Henfrey

I currently coordinate an AHRC-funded project on how academic research can support the practical aims of the Transition movement, co-coordinate the Transition Research Network, am a member of the Permaculture Association’s Research Advisory Board.

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Dr Scott Turner

Dr Scott Turner is a Senior Lecturer in Computing at the University of Northampton. He has been teaching modules in Artificial Intelligence, problems-solving and computer system for 10 years. Recently he is also the School of Science and Technology’s learning and teaching and widening participation...

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Sarah Walpole

I am a Clinical teaching fellow at Leeds Medical School, where I design and deliver teaching, including tutorials, seminars and lectorials for second-year medical students, international health BSc and MSc students.

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Dr Liz Dodson

In 2012, I was appointed as National Centre Manager of the EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Intelligent Automation, for which over 50% of my role is dedicated to outreach work, including engaging young people with engineering.

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Gavin Rogers

I am studying a PhD in ‘The effectiveness of using visual art as a means of understanding cultural identities in Nottingham’, whereby I will be critiquing the roles of the artist, facilitator, curator and the ‘public’ in choosing what visual art should be shown within their city.

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Emily Rainsford

I studied Politics and Philosophy at the University of Sheffield and I am completing a MSc in Citizenship and Democracy at the University of Southampton.

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Dr Laura Waters

I completed my first degree in 2000 in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and completed a PhD at the University of Greenwich. I am now a Senior Lecturer and Course Leader for the MSci/BSc Pharmaceutical Science degrees at the University of Huddersfield.

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David M. Schultz

David M. Schultz was born in Pittsburgh, PA, received his B.S. from M.I.T. in 1987, his M.S. from the University of Washington in 1990, and his Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Albany in 1996. He spent ten years as a research meteorologist at the NOAA/National Severe Storms...

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Rob Curran

I was a high school teacher in Atlanta, GA, where I became interested in human rights education. After working for a short time as a diversity education consultant for a Cornish youth project I now coordinate the equality and diversity programme for University College Falmouth.

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Rebecca Fisher

I studied a BA in English Literature at the University of Sheffield: in my first year, I discovered a passion for Old English and Anglo-Saxon culture, which led me to undertaking an MA in Medieval English Literature at the University of Leeds. It was a natural progression from there to return to...

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Dr Nichola Coleman

Nichola graduated with a BSc in applied chemistry and a PhD in inorganic cement chemistry from Aston University and is now a Senior Lecturer in Materials Chemistry at the University of Greenwich.

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Nathan Abrams

I read Modern History at Oxford before gaining an MA and PhD in American Studies at the University of Birmingham. I am now a Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at Bangor University.

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Rev Fr Timothy Curtis

Fr Timothy is a senior lecturer in the social work department of the School of Health with responsibility for the Social and Community Development programme.

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Gemma Sharp

I'm a PhD student at the University of Edinburgh's MRC Centre for Reproductive Health.

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Joanne Tipper

I was awarded a PhD in Microbiology in 1994 and an EPSRC Advanced Fellowship in 2002. I have been appointed as a Senior Lecturer in Medical Engineering at the iMBE at the University of Leeds.

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Robin Jeffries

I graduated in Physics with Astrophysics from the University of Birmingham. I stayed on to do a PhD and research in X-ray astronomy. Since moving to Keele in 1995 my research has focused on the early lives of stars . Most of my work involves using the world's largest optical and infrared...

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Berenice Golding

My studentship commenced in 2006 when I undertook a taught Masters programme in Social Research and Evaluation (Social Work) at the University of Huddersfield. Following successful completion of this programme I embarked upon my PhD in 2007 at the University of Huddersfield

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Martin Christlieb

I trained as a chemist, but moved into functional imaging of cancer. I am also a STEMnet ambassador.

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Amy Cutler

I’m in the third year of an AHRC collaborative PhD on British poetry and land politics, in the Cultural Geography department at Royal Holloway.

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Dr Deirdre Brennan

Deirdre Brennan is a Senior Lecturer in Sports Studies at the University of Ulster. She is currently developing a Volunteer Policy and Charter to be considered at Faculty level.

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Dr Charlotte Haigh

I achieved a PhD in molecular endocrinology at the University of Birmingham, then moved to a Post Doctoral position at the University of Sheffield. I am currently a lecturer in the field of Physiology at the University of Leeds.

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Dr Fiona Williamson

I have been teaching early-modern history for five years, whilst also working as a researcher on a variety of projects. I am currently co-running an undergraduate module of heritage and public engagement at the UEA and am also a County Councillor.

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Kim Knott

Kim Knott is Professor of Religious Studies and Director of the centre for research innovation and impact in the arts and humanities at the University of Leeds. From 2005-10 she was Director of AHRC’s ‘Diasporas, Migration and Identities’ Programme.

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Harriet Gliddon

I am in my first year of a 4 year MRC-funded PhD Studentship at Imperial College London and am currently studying for an MRes in Biomedical Research. I currently work at the Tuberculosis Research Unit at St Mary's Hospital, studying the host-pathogen interactions during tuberculosis infection...

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Franziska Schroeder

Franziska is a performer and theorist. She holds a PhD from the University of Edinburgh and has written for many international journals, including Leonardo, Organised Sound, Performance Research, Cambridge Publishing and Routledge.

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Lee Middlehurst

PhD researcher (PhD completing 2011/12); professional artist; singer; stand-up comic; MC

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Jessica McEwan

Jess has been involved in public engagement and knowledge transfer work for a number of years, having worked as a Knowledge Transfer Partnership Associate with the University of York and Wakefield Metropolitan District Council, and as Development Officer for Evidence Based Practice with a large...

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Tracey Borman

My background is in engaging people with heritage and history. I have a PhD in History and have worked for a range of heritage organisations in an education capacity, notably as Learning Director for English Heritage.

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Dr. James Winterburn

I’m a Chemical Engineer with an interest in fermentation and foam separation. I completed my PhD at The University of Manchester in 2011 and am now a Research Associate in the Multiphase Processing Group. My research is focused on trying to find new and more efficient ways to produce biosurfactants.

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Christopher French

Professor Chris French is the Head of the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit in the Psychology Department at Goldsmiths, University of London. He is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society and of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.

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Gillian Mawson

From 1990-2010 I was an Administrator & Researcher at the University of Manchester. I am currently a Postgraduate research student.

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Mark Carrigan

I am currently undertaking a part-time PhD in Sociology at the University of Warwick while also working as a private tutor and freelance researcher.

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Jennifer Jones

Jennifer Jones is a PhD researcher within the School of Creative and Cultural Industries at the University of the West of Scotland and a Visiting Lecturer within the Media School at Birmingham City University and DeMontfort University.

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Deborah Gabriel

I am a postgraduate (PhD) researcher at the University of Salford, a journalism lecturer, journalist and director of a social enterprise that aims to widen access to journalism for groups under-represented as journalists in the UK mainstream news media. It is called People with Voices.

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Jennifer Chubb

Jenn is responsible primarily for developing and delivering training and development opportunities for postgraduate research students and staff in the area of research innovation, including research impact, knowledge transfer, public engagement and enterprise at the University of York.

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Sarah Ward

Sarah Ward is currently working on projects examining the integration of different sectors (water, energy, waste, transport) in the sustainable development process. Her PhD research was on the technical and social aspects of rainwater harvesting systems.

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Matthew Kitching

I’ve worked at Bucks New University for 5 years, first as President of the Students’ Union and more recently as the Union’s Representation and Development Manager. I am responsible for student volunteering, campaigns, charitable fundraising and representation. I am also an auditor for the Quality...

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Eleanor Packham

I worked for five years as a teacher and community learning facilitator before returning to full-time study in 2010 to do a Victorian Studies PhD in the School of Arts at Birkbeck.

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Richard Knapp

I am currently Assistant Dean and Head of the School of the Performance and Literature at Swansea Metropolitan University.

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Jacqueline Mulville

I am currently a Bioarchaeology lecturer in Cardiff. My research focuses on the archaeology of human: animal relationships, how people lived on islands and the integration of science within archaeology. I studied Biology at Imperial College London, and developed a passion for island archaeology...

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Anastasia Christophilopoulou

Currently an Outreach officer for the Antiquities department of the Fitzwilliam Museum, I am keen to share my knowledge of Greek Art and Archaeology with new and diverse audiences. I have a PhD in Classical archaeology in the Faculty of Classics, Cambridge.

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Lea Ann Dailey

I am Lecturer in Pharmaceutical Science at King’s College London. My research focuses on developing nanotechnologies for medicinal applications and evaluating their safety. I am interested in the interplay between science and public policy. I hope to run a year-long series of debates on current...

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Jonathan Hickman

I am a research and knowledge transfer engaged lecturer based in the School of Media at Birmingham City University. I teach new media and social media production and theory. My research is mainly on social media. My current work includes a number of KTP projects and a public engagement project...

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Christopher Bonfield

I studied History at the University of East Anglia (UEA), an MA in medieval medical history, and a PhD on medieval health guides. I was a research assistant on two Arts and Humanities Knowledge Transfer Catalyst projects, and am now employed as a lecturer. I helped set up an undergraduate module...

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Maggie Leggett

Maggie heads up the Centre for Public Engagement at the University of Bristol.

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David Wyatt

A researcher and teacher, David is also the Community Engagement Co-ordinator in the School of History and Archaeology at Cardiff.

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