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Tina-Jaine Haigh
About Me:
I’m an engineer, a scientist and an artist, maybe in that order. In my free time, I love to dance, and to design and sew clothes.
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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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Steven Thomas
About Me:
I live in sunny(!) North Wales and love to make and repair things!
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Steve Markham
About Me:
Hi, I’m Steve and I live in Newcastle upon Tyne. I’m a contract engineer this means that I work for many different companies all around the UK so I’m often away from home. I enjoy music – I play keyboards and I love to sing karaoke, even if others don’t particularly like to hear me!
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Stephen Powley
About Me:
I’m a Senior Researcher in Systems Security working at a university. I research better ways of capturing, recording, organising and displaying information. This is called knowledge engineering and is needed for engineering projects so that we can ensure that everything necessary has been done to ensure systems are secure.
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Stefania Bormetti
About Me:
I am 27, I live with my fiancé and 3 year old and studied chemistry in university. Im a research and development scientist by day and ice skater by nights. I love sports, dogs and crocheting
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Sheridan Williams
About Me:
I am retired but started life as a Rocket Scientist with the Ministry of Defence.
After that I became a lecturer in Mathematics and Computer Science.
I am a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and show people around the Open University’s observatory.
I lead a tour company taking people all over the world to see astronomical events such as eclipses, aurorae, meteor showers.I now take education groups on visits to the National Museum of Computing located at Bletchley Park. I have my own Enigma machine
Enigma machine
and demonstrate Colossus
The world’s first electronic digital computer
and very early computer systems e.g. the WITCH
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Samuel Bloomfield
About Me:
I live with my wife in Norwich. During the day I research food microbiology and in the evening I enjoy board games and video games.
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Sam Gilbert
About Me:
I live in Solihull (near Birmingham) with my husband, 15 year old Son, 13 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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Ruth Aldred
About Me:
I am a nuclear physicist. My job involves modelling nuclear reactors and demonstrating that they are safe to operate. I love travelling, exploring and reading.
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Rachel Armitage
About Me:
I live in Leicester with my husband and daughter. I work as a Technical Services Manager in a School of Archaeology and Ancient History. I enjoy walking and mountain biking. I also have a sweet tooth and like eating chocolate!
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Queenie Chan
About Me:
I am a planetary scientist and also a senior lecturer at Royal Holloway University of London. I study rocks coming from outer space ☄️🧪🌠!
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Noelia Yusta
About Me:
I moved to the UK 22 years ago from Spain, my country of origin. I live in Glasgow with my Canadian husband and my 8-year-old Scottish boy, so we have a multicultural family! I am a vet with a very active mind, so I keep busy learning languages, tattooing, and traveling as much as possible!
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Mohammad Reza Allazadeh
About Me:
I received my BS/MSc degree in manufacturing technology from the University of Miskolc in Hungary, MSc degree in mechanical engineering from Brown University in the USA, and PhD in mechanical engineering and material science from the University of Pittsburgh in the USA.
My past academic positions are teaching assistance and two post-doctorate contracts at the University of Pittsburgh, assistant professor at Vespreme University (Panonia), research fellow at Hungarian academy of sciences, and associate professor at Obudai University, successively.
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Mazdak Salavati
About Me:
I live in Edinburgh, Scotland and I am computational/data scientist. I used to be a vet working with dairy cows mainly but I liked animal research more than vet practice, so here I am 🙂 I love open water swimming and walking our dog on the beach.
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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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Martin Johnsson
About Me:
Hi! My name is Martin, and I’m looking forward to speaking with you as part of this zone. I’m an animal geneticist at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. I work with the DNA of cows, pigs and chickens … and sometimes dogs, horses, any farm, companion or sport animal, really.
Status: Live chatting was intense and fun. Whew.
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Martina Conti
About Me:
I’m Italian but I’ve been living in York for 13 years. I’m a chemist during the day, and in my free time I enjoy yoga, martial arts, reading, playing the piano and travelling. I live with my partner and we have a cat and 3 tropical fish tanks.
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Louise Roberts
About Me:
I live in Malvern, in Worcestershire, with my cat and my mum and daughter. I am a food safety consultant which means that I help business owners to sort out their food safety usually after a visit from a client or the local EHO (Environmental Health Officer) who has found a problem with their paperwork.
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Lisa Allen
About Me:
I live in Oxfordshire with my partner and I am a scientist working in catalysis. I’m a big fan of cycling, karaoke, and pancakes!
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Ling Lim
About Me:
I’m a research scientist at Manchester Metropolitan University. I live near the border of Cheshire with my husband, 2 teenage kids and 18-year old cat.
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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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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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Kate Belson
About Me:
I live with my friends in Bristol. I’m an engineer by day, and I enjoy reading, Pilates, running, travel and rock climbing! I’m also improving my cooking and baking skills, and love spending time with my dog 🐶
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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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Jess Gallacher
About Me:
I’m an environmental consultant based in London. I love to keep active and to travel the world, especially when it means I get to go scuba diving.
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Jean-Luc Bulber
About Me:
Engineering a better world
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Jack Hughes
About Me:
I live in Bristol with other apprentices, studying aerospace engineering (If this counts as being a scientist but I’ll leave that up to you!). I like volunteering, hiking and getting out of the house!
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Isabelle Luk Hang
About Me:
I am Isabelle I relocated from Mauritius 5 years ago and live in Wimbledon.
I love manga , drawings and do enjoy Legos and puzzles.
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Hugh Birkmyre
About Me:
I’m a Scottish chemist now living in England with my wife and baby daughter. I work for a company that makes high-end plastic for aircraft, cars, medical implants and so on. I like baking cakes, reading (fantasy, history and crime are my favourites) and making my own beer.
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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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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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Dave Baker
About Me:
I run the DNA sequencing facility at the Quadram, I love all things football related and manage an under 12’s football team. I love going to the Greek Island of Corfu for my holidays.
Status: Vote Davo!!!!!!
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Cliff Williams
About Me:
I am and engineer who lives in Manchester. I work at customer sites all over the UK.
Outside of work I enjoy being with my grand children, swimming, martial arts, dancing and watching sport. -
Clara Ferreira
About Me:
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Charlotte Wessels
About Me:
Hiya!
I live in Buckinghamshire with my husband, cat and dog. I love to dress up for work, and enjoy working in London.
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Catherine Boyle
About Me:
I live with my husband & 3 teenaged children in Belfast. I love singing in the car, listening to audiobooks and baking.
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Caitlin Lewis
About Me:
I live and study in Nottingham as a PhD student in chemistry at the University of Nottingham. ⚛️ Apart from science, I love to dance, and my favourite style is salsa! 💃
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Beatriz Costa Gomes
About Me:
I am Portuguese, but currently live with my partner in a small town close to Bath! I am a researcher during the day, and attempt to do some stand up comedy at night. My favourite hobbies, as boring as it sounds, are reading, LEGO and boardgames!
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Arlene Ditchfield
About Me:
I live with my husband and two children in a small village in the Scottish Highlands. I followed my love for the sea by pursuing a job in marine science. When I’m not enjoying the seaside I can be found wandering around the Scottish hills.
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Anna Hills
About Me:
I am a Technical Project Manager working on fusion energy. Outside of work I love fencing (yes, with swords!), gardening, crochet and sewing.
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Amina Moss
About Me:
I am a mom of 2 girls 👭(4 and 9 years old). I’m from The Bahamas 🏝️and love to swim with sharks 🦈 and turtles 🐢! I teach about Aquaculture which is about growing fish 🐟 and shrimps 🦐.
