I moved into communications and public engagement in NERC after previously working on knowledge exchange. During my undergraduate degree and subsequent postgraduate research I discovered how much I enjoy talking about science with the public and seeing their enthusiasm and understanding develop as...
Initially, Kerry worked for the EPSRC in the Engineering research programmes. She then moved on to become Deputy Head of PE and International in the Planning and Communications directorate followed by working as acting Head of PE for EPSRC. Kerry has been the Head of the Research Councils UK’s...
Ruth is a Senior Policy Manger in the Research Councils UK (RCUK) Public Engagement with Research Team, leading on RCUK’s schools policy and taking forward the RCUK public engagement with research strategy.
Chloe is a Senior Policy Manger in the Research Councils UK (RCUK) Public Engagement with Research Team, leading on supporting researchers and public dialogue as part of the RCUK public engagement with research strategy. She has eight years experience of PE (from workshops with schools to museums...
Cheryl is the Policy Officer in the Research Councils UK (RCUK) Public Engagement with Research team, leading on the RCUK involvement in schools activities and resources such as Nuffield Science Bursaries and Schoolscience.co.uk as well as managing our involvement with festivals.
I'm a Research Engineer at the University of Manchester, working on wing technologies that can help reduce the environmental impact of aircraft. STEM Ambassador, Widening Participation Award Holder and EPSRC NOISEmaker.
After a BSc in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence (AI) and a PhD in AI at Edinburgh, I’m now a Senior lecturer in Computer Science at Heriot-Watt University. My research interests lie in technology enhanced learning and most of my recent work investigates the educational potential of...
Been at Salford Uni now for about 7 years, after only planning to be here for 3, so that kind of proves my love for the world of sound. I'm an acoustics researcher, trying desperately to work out how the sounds around us effect us the ways they do. I'm also a huge fan of anything loud,...
I graduated from Nottingham University in 2004 with a first in Mechanical Engineering with Mathematics. I pursued my interest in Engineering and sport by started a PhD at Sheffield University working with the International Tennis Federation. I continue to work with my research group down the road...
I am a marine biologist who combines laboratory, field and modelling approaches to study animal behaviour, population dynamics and the influence of climate change on fish and fisheries. I am also a prize-winning science writer, and regularly communicate science to primary and secondary schools and...
I undertook a PhD that looked at the design process of low-energy housing. I then became a Research Associate at Loughborough University looking at adaptable buildings and joined the University of Bath in November 2008 as a Research Officer working on the development of a prefabricated straw bale...
BSc (Cell Biology); PhD (Biophysics); Research Assistant, USA (2 years); Education Projects Manager for the Biochemical Society (8 months); Research Associate in Neuroscience at the University of Bristol (5 years); Professional Tutor at Cardiff University since September 2009 (teach physiology to...
I am a Lecturer in Computing in the Department of Information Systems at UWIC in Cardiff. I completed my PhD at the University of Bath in 2009 and my research interests lie at the interface of hardware and software: code optimisation, compilers, microprocessor design, applications of logic...
I studied Medical Electronics and Instrumentation at The University of Liverpool. During my degree I choose to take a 'Year in Industry' at Lancaster Royal Infirmary, where I realised my passion for combining engineering and medicine. In 2006, I began a PhD in understanding...
I work as a research associate in the Research Institute of Health and Social Change. I am writing up a PhD exploring the impacts of local regeneration initiatives on the health/well-being of residents in East Manchester. My research interests include: visual methods (photography/video diaries),...
Initially I worked as a Life Scientist (ultimately making replacement arteries). I did an MSc and a PhD in my spare time. I am currently working as a Statistics Lecturer.
My work examines late 19th and early 20th century English and American literature. I taught for several years at Edinburgh University, Boston University, Harvard, Cambridge, and Heidelberg prior to joining Oxford's English Faculty in 2009. My first book, Henry James, Oscar Wilde and Aesthetic...
RCUK fellow since 2007, working on mouse models of ageing and obesity at University of Aberdeen. 2003-2007, American Heart Association Fellow at Harvard Medical School, Boston, researching mouse models of obesity and Type 2 diabetes. University of Dundee 1999-2003, PhD in Biochemistry. 1995-1999,...
My first degree was in chemistry. I worked on computer-related jobs and left it late to return to academia. I did a Masters in computational intelligence and a PhD in Neuroscience. I have worked in research now for 4 years on two post-doc projects both investigating the way that we interpret the...
DPhil Mathematics, University of Oxford, 2005, now an early career lecturer and researcher. My research involves applications of probability theory in questions motivated by biology. I am an EPSRC NOISEmaker.
I am a Research Associate in the Realities centre (part of the National Centre for Research Methods) exploring how associations with friends, neighbours, and colleagues matter in both positive and negative ways. I am currently completing a part-time PhD investigating sibling relationships and the...
An Environmental Social Scientist with 15 years experience of helping scientists and engineers solve complex technical problems. Recently completed a PhD at the University of Manchester in stakeholders perceptions and influence on decision making associated with the decommissioning of nuclear sites...
After having been a lecturer in France for 9 years, I started as a lecturer at the University of Plymouth in 2006. Here I found a stimulating and supportive environment in which I created and developed a developmental psychology research unit called the Plymouth Babylab.
After a BSc in biochemistry at the University of Leeds, and a PhD in molecular virology from UCL, I've been working at the National institute for Medical Research (NIMR) as a research scientist for seven years. I investigate human papillomaviruses, and am involved in PE activities through a...
I completed my PhD at the University of St Andrews in 2009 and started as a research-active Teaching Fellow at the University of Aberdeen. My research focuses on Welsh-French poet Heather Dohollau, whom I have interviewed since 2002. I have participated in several public outreach projects aiming to...
I studied at the University of Birmingham - BSc in Biological Sciences, MSc in Applied Genetics and PhD in the regulation of calcium signalling in fertilisation. In Liverpool I worked as a post-doc on the regulation of prolactin transcription. In 2010 I became a Senior Imaging Scientist working on...
An architect with experience in office building design and architectural conservation work. Currently I am a second year PhD student working on assessing sustainable technologies on office buildings.
With a first degree from Cardiff University in 2001, I then studied a PhD with Prof Mike Edmunds until 2004. I obtained a fellowship with the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 and then carried on my research at Cardiff . I am interested in space dust and use ESA's Herschel Space...
I am programme leader for the Chartered Institute of Housing MSc and the Professional Diploma courses, and teach on undergraduate and postgraduate housing programmes. My research focuses on Gypsies and Travellers and I work with community members as interviewers for surveys on accommodation...
I have been a research assistant at the University of Plymouth's Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research since 2010, where I completed a PhD in computer music under Professor Eduardo Miranda. Research areas include: algorithmic composition/performance, musical emotion, music and...
I'm a weather and climate researcher at the University of Manchester. My research focuses on severe weather over the UK and Antarctic climate change
In 2000 I obtained my PhD from the Babraham Institute, Cambridge, in epigenetics and imprinting. In 2002, I joined Cardiff School of Biosciences to identify genes and pathways critical in initiation and progression of colorectal cancer. In November 2009, I obtained a Wellcome Trust VIP award to...
2001 Master's of Science (University of Tuebingen, Germany) 2006 PhD in Neurobiology (University of Freiburg, Germany) 2007 - 2008 Post Doc at the University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada 2008 - current Post Doc at Cardiff University, Wales, UK.
During completion of my PhD I discovered the buzz of science communication and the rewarding nature of schools outreach work. I was appointed at UCLan in a Knowledge Transfer post, but my enthusiasm for public engagement was soon noticed and was built into my role. I am now Public Engagement...
