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Steve Potterill
About Me:
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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Sophie Morse
About Me:
I am a Research Fellow and Biomedical Engineer enthusiastic about science and keen on getting you excited too!
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Sam Page
About Me:
I live in a small town in between London and Cambridge, in the same town as my workplace. At weekends, I explore my local area or travel to Lincoln to stay with my partner. I love watching movies and reading books, especially science-fiction.
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Samet Sahin
About Me:
I am from Turkey and have lived and worked in three countries (Turkey, the USA, and the UK) before moving to the UK (the second time) to relocate to Lancaster in 2023. I am a chemical engineer and work as a Lecturer at Lancaster University. This means that I do lots of scientific research and higher education teaching. I love being active and try to travel as much as possible. My wife and I love road trips. I love sports activities, especially snowboarding, football, and working out!
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Ruth Augarde
About Me:
I grew up in Durham but now I live and work in Bristol as a mechanical engineer. I love to read and play board games and video games
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Richard Barton
About Me:
My wife and I moved to Cornwall in 2019 when I got a digital job at Cornwall Council. We enjoy body boarding, walks and wish we had more time to ride our motorbike.
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Polly Osborne
About Me:
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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Oyinkansola (Oyin) Olotu
About Me:
🙋🏾♀️My name is Oyin and I am Nigerian and Scottish. I moved to Scotland when I was 7 and lived there for most of my life. I am a Food Research student in Reading 🍴👩🏾🔬 .
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Oscar Chow
About Me:
I’m currently based at Fermilab (a national Particle Physics lab), near Chicago in the USA. I’m a particle physics researcher living in London, working on studying a tiny, invisible particle called the neutrino! I love the physics that I work on, but I also love football, skateboarding, baking bread, caring for my house plants and travelling the world!
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Nick Humphries
About Me:
I’m from Liverpool, now living in Leeds. I am interested in strength and fitness, but I now have a young daughter so these days I spend most of my spare time with her and my partner doing family activities.
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Min Yap
About Me:
I’m Min, originally from Singapore but now living in Norwich. I study bacteria to understand how they adapt to survive on foods and/or make food unsafe for us. I love going on walks, runs, cooking and watching sports.
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Michael Sullivan
About Me:
I live in Manchester with my wife and son. I work from home on Scientific Software but also love video games, snooker, running, and rock music! I also love learning new things like British Sign Language.
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Martin Pike
About Me:
I am a 52 year old married father of two children, a radiologist by trade, I am interested in many subjects beyond my work, especially aeroplanes. I build balsa wood planes that fly by themselves.
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Kevin Burke
About Me:
I live in the North of England, we have 3 kids (all of whom have now got successful careers in STEM related areas), I’ve always played guitar, so have a ‘healthy’ collection of these (plus ukuleles and banjos!), and I support Sunderland football club (all sympathies gratefully accepted)
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John Easton
About Me:
Some people think I work in IT. Really though I get to ‘play’ with cool technology, use it to solve interesting problems and get paid to do that 🙂
I have a family (a wife, two sons and cats) and we live in Hampshire. I’m a big fan of Lego (especially Spike and Serious Play) and a long-distance trail runner in my spare time.
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Jess Hawkins
About Me:
I live in Birmingham with my partner Harry. We are both studying for PhDs in Chemistry. In the evenings I go climbing, practise yoga, and I crochet! I love reading, and watching Parks and Recreation
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Isabelle Secord
About Me:
I am a biology undergraduate student who just completed working in a pharmocology company for my year in Industry 🥼. I spent my summer in Canada 🍁 working as a field assistant for a research internship studying bats 🦇🌳🏞. I love animals, plants and Archery! 🏹🐱🌿
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Holly Duns
About Me:
I’m from Scotland and been living in the south since 2017. I’ve been to two different universities to do an undergraduate degree in criminology and a masters in digital forensics. I now work as a Principal Digital Forensic Scientist for the Police and MOD.
I’ve travelled, worked and lived overseas and now live near Oxford.
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Henry Duke
About Me:
I live in south Somerset and I am a project lead software engineer in the Aerospace and Defence industry – I work on software to support planes and helicopters. Outside of work I train in aerial silks. I’m married with two children.
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Heather Walton
About Me:
I live in Glasgow, work as a chemist in a factory, and enjoy all kinds of outdoor activities – running, hill-walking, climbing, watersports – but not being cold! I also keep as many houseplants as can fit in my flat and dream of having a vegetable garden some time in the future (and a cat).
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Gemma Egan
About Me:
Hi, I’m Gemma from Glasgow. I live with my husband, David, and our cat, Ben. I love going for walks, Taylor Swift, drinking tea, and cooking.
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Francesco De Batté
About Me:
I’m very into coding and playing video games. I’m hoping to learn to code some games of my own! I learned all about how plants grow and evolve at university and since then have loved going to botanic gardens and admiring all the pretty plants, now that I appreciate them for how they got to be that way.
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Festus Ejikemeuwa
About Me:
I live with my wife and two children in Royston Herts. I am a Control and Instrument Engineer by background but have now transitioned into Project Management.
I play football and table tennis and I love to also watch – a Manchester City fan.
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Erminia Romano
About Me:
Hi! I am Erminia and I come from Naples, the place in Italy where PIZZA was born.
I am a Biologist and I currently do cancer research.
In my free time I like to go to the gym and bake cakes for my friends.
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Erin Coates
About Me:
I live with my Husband, Daughter, and very large labradoodle Winston in Wiltshire. I love walking, swimming, paddle boarding, reading and spending time with my friends. My greatest passion is travelling the world with my family.
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Emma Agnew
About Me:
I’m from the Highlands of Scotland, but now live in East Lothian with my husband, little boy and dog (Finn the fox terrier). I love being outdoors so as soon as I’m clocked off from work you’ll find me in the sea doing some wild swimming or walking through the a muddy forest with my dog.
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Emily Walls
About Me:
I am a astrophysics PhD student in Manchester 🛰️ My research involves studying stars in galaxies that are ‘close’ to us.
Outside of research I like to keep active with going to the gym & running! I love my dog 🐶, travelling and reading 📖!
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Emily Hill
About Me:
Hi! I’m Emily. I live on the West Coast of Scotland with my partner and our dog, Jessie. During the day, I am an Environmental Analyst for a Salmon Farming company.
When I’m not working, I love exploring the outdoors with Jessie and I’m usually close to water, be it a loch or the sea! I also love to cook and play video games. -
David Threlfall
About Me:
I live on the edge of the Peak District, near Derby with my Wife and 2 Teenagers
I love running, swimming and climbing mountains. My favourite science experiments go bang!
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David Cussans
About Me:
I am live in Bristol with my wife. We have lived here since 1999. We have one son, who has just finished studying at University.
My job is a researcher at the University of Bristol.
My main hobby is rowing – I am out on the water once or twice a week and I serve on the rowing club committee.
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Daisy Shearer
About Me:
I’m a postgraduate researcher in experimental quantum physics who drinks way too many cups of tea ☕ When I’m not in the lab I like to read, bake, knit and play with my cat. I love cosy games like animal crossing, pokemon, stardew valley, and genshin impact 🎮
Status: Thanks everyone for all of your amazing questions! I had a great time over the past month 😊
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Christie Waddington
About Me:
Im a scientist from Kent, now living in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. I’m the only scientist in my family, and I love running, board games and singing (I’m in a band!). Currently watching the new Avatar series on Netflix and loving it!
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Chloe McGeorge
About Me:
Hi I’m Chloe!
I live with my partner and our cat in Durham. I work as a research physicist but in the evenings I like to do creative things like knitting, crochet and sewing. I also love running, reading and Disney!
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Catherine Perry
About Me:
I live in Nottingham and outside of working for the Royal Society of Chemistry, I like to sing and perform in musicals 🎭 I also love forensic science, travel and reading!
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Catherine Mcquillan
About Me:
I am an geoscientist. I may also be called a geo-environmental engineer, environmental scientist, or environmental consultant.
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Ashley Hecklinger
About Me:
I live in Aberdeen, but I am originally from the United States of America. I am a marine biologist. I love travelling, animals, and my favourite food is tacos!
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Anita Richardson
About Me:
I am a mum to two young children. I am a Scientist that works in the dark making products that respond to light. The products I make turn into pictures taken with a camera. I enjoy yoga, being outdoors, dancing and arts and crafts.
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Andrew McDowall
About Me:
Full time chemist, part time history and mythology buff and former backswordsman with a taste for cheese and bad habit of idle dreaming.
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Amber Villegas - Williamson
About Me:
I’m a Data Centre Engineering Expert, total geek, wannabe comedian, dog lover and all round STEM enthusiast.
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Amal Lavender
About Me:
I am someone that likes to naturally lead, get things done and do the right thing.
I’m bubbly, truly enjoy helping others succeed and making changes for the positive. -
Alexander De Bruin
About Me:
I live with my wife (a science teacher!) in Reading. By day I am a research scientist and by night I sing with and/or run several choirs. My non-work life is completely filled with music and I even judge singing competitions! I also enjoy cooking, cycling, and reading sci-fi/fantasty novels.
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Alessio Spampinato
About Me:
I am an aerospace engineer who moved to the UK from Italy about 9 years ago and I now live with my wife and my kids (boys, twins!) in Staines, Surrey. I have lived also in Nottingham (during my PhD years) and Derby (when I was a Rolls-Royce engineer working on aero engines).
