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Yumi Stow
About Me:
Hey, I’m Yumi! I am a process engineer working for an energy consultancy – we help our energy clients make important decisions in areas such as oil & gas, hydrogen and renewables. I live in Edinburgh with my partner, and love spending time exploring new cities, skiing and cooking (mostly for the eating!)
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Will Breeze
About Me:
UK based Chemist. I enjoy reading, walking, and dogs.
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Thomas Swift
About Me:
I live in South Leeds, but I grew up south of Birmingham. I’ve been running a research group in Polymer chemistry for 7 years now, working with brilliant people to solve big problems. I’ve always liked writing and talking – I used to run a radio show at University (heavy metal music for the masses) and write my own science fiction stories (I have a letter from the BBC from around 2002 saying they didn’t need a 12 year old to write any Dr Who stories). Now I write scientific papers and talk about them at conferences.
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Stephen Raggett-Batchen
About Me:
Hello, my name is Stephen, I am 37 and currently live and work in Glasgow, Scotland. I am a civil engineer and specialise in bridges, and outside work I enjoy spending time with my family, going to the cinema, eating out with friends and volunteering – supporting the future engineers like you!
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Sophie Spinks
About Me:
I live with my boyfriend in Billingham. I am a project manager in the daytime and at night, I love to watch television, listen to podcasts or knit! I have a cat called Alan who loves cuddles and my favourite snack is a kinder bueno
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Sophie P
About Me:
I’m a materials scientist during the day 👩🔬, and in the evening I love videogames 🎮, board games 🎲, gardening 🌳 and trying new foods! 🍴
I’m originally from south Wales, and I live with my partner in Coventry.
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Siraj Sayed
About Me:
Fun and easy going, who loves to travel to experience different cultures across our beautiful planet.
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Sarah Weeden
About Me:
I am a mum of 2 teenagers (and 2 cats). I am a Chemical (aka Process) Engineer and design water and wastewater treatment processes. When not working I like walking, cycling and decorating cakes.
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Sarah Lyons
About Me:
I live in the north west with my other half and 2 cats. I’m a chemist working in drug and cosmetic manufacturing. I enjoy running, baking and cross stitch.
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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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Sam Gilbert
About Me:
I live in Solihull (near Birmingham) with my husband, 14 year old Son, 12 year old Daughter and our rescue Dog. I work for a Construction Company in an Information Technology role and I am currently studying towards a Masters Degree. I enjoy doing Ballet, Karate, reading and playing computer games in my spare time.
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Rouzana Pulikkal Thumbayil
About Me:
I am a scientist working in Johnson Matthey, Reading. I work Monday to Friday from around 9 to 4.30 in the office and the rest of the time I spend with my family. I love Chemistry and teaching or tutoring, more than that I love inspiring or motivating others. I live with my husband and my two beautiful kids in Reading. I don’t have any other close relatives in the UK. Luckily I have many good friends around me.
Until my masters, I studied in India and then moved out of the country with my husband. I am Muslim, as you can see from (I belive you can guess) the profile picture with me wearing hijab. One year in Norway, 6-7 years in Denmark and finally settled in the UK. I did my PhD from Denmark.
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Rebekah Tait
About Me:
I’m from Scotland, and stay in Glasgow – the biggest Scottish city! I live with my husband and my dog (a Scottie called Luna), and work in a university.
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Natasha Pushkin
About Me:
Originally from Essex/East London I now live in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire with my husband and cat Varjaka.
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Millie Court
About Me:
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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Mike Heyns
About Me:
I moved to London 🇬🇧 from sunny South Africa 🇿🇦 last summer. I absolutely love exploring and am always up for anything outdoors 🏖🏕. When not diving into space physics🚀, you’ll probably find me running around a squash court⚉.
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Matt Foulkes
About Me:
I am a process chemist at AstraZeneca. I live in Macclesfield, I am originally from Manchester, and love dogs, science, and hanging out with friends and family.
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Luke Fountain
About Me:
I am from the UK but live with my wife in Orlando, Florida. I am a plant scientist and work at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. I love space, Star Wars, theme parks, and watching rocket launches!
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Louisse Mirabueno
About Me:
Hi everyone! My name is Louisse. I live in Cambridge with my husband Mark. I like to sing (I spend a lot of time having karaoke evening with friends) and do Krav Maga once a week.
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Liz Kells
About Me:
I live in St Helens with my boyfriend. I like gardening, rugby and bird watching!
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Liz Barron-Majerik
About Me:
I always loved plants (their beautiful diversity and use in medicine) and was very jealous that my mum seemed to know all their names. So I studied all the sciences at school, then went to Edinburgh to study Botany (called plant science these days).
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Leon Willis
About Me:
I’m Leon, a scientist at the University of Leeds. When I’m not in the lab, I like having a laugh with my friends and family, playing the piano and getting some fresh air in the hills!
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Leigh Eisler
About Me:
I live on the Isle of Mull off the West Coast of Scotland with my partner and cat. I am a seaweed farmer, native oyster researcher, and an artist. I love playing video games, reading books and rockpooling.
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Kim Nash-Game
About Me:
I live with my wife and Shelby our dog in Essex 🐾.
I am a registered Biomedical Scientist and currently work at Siemens, training people how to run patients blood samples.
In the summer I love taking pictures of the night sky and flying our drone called Doris.
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Jozsef Vuts
About Me:
I am an enthusiastic scientist, who is very interested in all living things, especially insects. I ask a lot of questions about them and try my best to answer these questions.
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John Grasmeder
About Me:
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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Heather Thompson
About Me:
I live under a rocket ship (radio mast) with my family and for part of the year have very noisy sheep as next door neighbours! I love music and books and enjoy spending time outside, whatever the weather. My favourite thing is “wild swimming” in the sea during winter.
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Enrico Petrucco
About Me:
I volunteer with Reading Friends of the Earth and enjoy rock climbing, eclectic music, poetry and art exhibitions, and movies. I believe that if everyone spent at least 2 hours per month to volunteer to support a cause that is important to them then the world would be much closer to matching our best hopes and dreams.
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Emily Machin
About Me:
I live in Loughborough with my partner – in the day I work as a Scientist 🥼 and outside of work I love reading, trampolining, yoga 🤸♀️, plants and countryside walks.
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Daniel English
About Me:
I live near Stevenage in Hertfordshire. I am a Rocket scientist/engineer by day, and a frisbee player in the evenings. I enjoy learning about AI, have a passion for all things space, love the Simpsons and enjoy walking my dog!
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Caroline Roche
About Me:
I am a Control Systems Engineer, developing software for the nuclear industry. In my spare time, I like to spend as must as possible outdoors; exploring, hiking or down on the archery field.
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Ayla Cooper
About Me:
I am a 27 year old Civil Engineer originally from Scotland, now living in Lincoln. I am a scout leader, avid crafter and new dog mum.
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Audrey R
About Me:
I live in London, but I am originally from Boston, USA. I am a Sustainability Engineer, so I spend most weekdays at a manufacturing plant, and in the evenings I love to dance (I’m currently learning Salsa), read, and spend time with friends. On the weekends I like to get outside, whether it’s cycling, walking or jogging, and in the winter I love to go skiing.
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Arun Patel
About Me:
Born in Bristol but now a medical physicist living in Shrewsbury. I keep active by playing football and going running, and I love to travel – I’m hoping to do a big trip to South America later this year!
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Anirudh Sharma
About Me:
Ph.D candidate at Teesside University. I study medicines in gas form, how they break up and how they react. If I can understand how they react, I can find out how they work in our body.
I use one of the most advanced form of chemistry to study the fundamentals of chemistry.
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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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Andrew Lyon
About Me:
Hi, I’m Andrew. I live with my partner, 2 dogs, 2 guinea pigs and a rabbit. I work for the Environment Agency and in my spare time I write and produce music and also write about all things music on my website.
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Andrew Gartside
About Me:
I’m a researcher, with a PhD in forensic chemistry, living in Glasgow. I’m passionate about finding out about the causes of climate change. When I’m not working I love doing anything that’s outside! My favourite hobbies are canoeing, hill walking and skiing.
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Amit Vernekar
About Me:
I am working as a scientist in CSIR-CLRI, India. My expertise and research interests are in bioinspired and biomimetic chemistry, nanomaterials, nanozymes, and catalysis for hydrogen production.
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Alyson Downham
About Me:
I’m an electrical/ electronic engineer, working as a Delivery manager/ scrum master on various railway projects, supporting various STEM activities where I can. I enjoy baking, getting out and about and going camping with my family.
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Alberto Granero
About Me:
I live in Leicester with my family. I like taking photos of my kids and playing board games.
