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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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Uzair Abdullah
About Me:
I’m from Swansea but now live and work in Cambridge researching computational materials science, using code to understand how materials behave. I love reading about all sorts of fascinating ideas 📚, travelling ✈️, and playing football with my friends’ team “LessThan Athletic” (we’re all actually quite athletic 💪)!
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Stuart Clare
About Me:
I live in Oxford, and when not doing medical research I support our local swimming club as a timekeeper and official.
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Stephanie Bayne
About Me:
I am interested in educating the clinical physiology scientists of the future! In my spare time I love make music, tasty food and enjoy walking in nature.
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Stefan Bon
About Me:
Originally from the Netherlands, I live with my husband ,who is from China, in Coventry. I am a first generation professor in polymer and colloid chemical engineering in the day. In our free time we enjoy weekend trips, cooking, gardening, and watching fantasy/sci-fi. 🏳️🌈 🇪🇺 🇳🇱🇨🇳
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Saged Elghatas
About Me:
I live in Darlington northeast of England. I’m a dad with two daughters in primary school, and my wife is studying for her PhD. I love watching Premier League football and enjoy taking walks in nature, spending time in the environment.
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Rohin Titmarsh
About Me:
I’m a research engineer working on automation of electric vehicle battery manufacture. I’m a big fan of motorsports, love cars and upcycling!
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Nuno Brito
About Me:
I am a Portuguese PhD student living, studying and researching in Plymouth. I specialize in a branch of Theoretical Physics called Quantum Field Theory, which tries to describe how particles behave and interact with each other. Whenever I am not pushing the boundaries of our physics knowledge, I am either working out or playing (maybe too much) computer games!
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Nikki Antoniou
About Me:
I am a married mum of two (aged 4 and 6) and live in Surrey. I’m a spacecraft engineer 🛰️📡🪐 during the day and in my free time I love going to the gym, roller skating and spending time with my kids. 🛼🏋🏻♂️🛝
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Nick Downer
About Me:
I live with my partner in West Yorkshire. I love to travel and go on adventures, one of my goals is to see as much of the world as possible!
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Michael Taylor
About Me:
My undergraduate degree was in Maths and Physics and I hold a PhD in Nuclear Structure Physics. I’m an academic at the University of Manchester currently working in proton beam therapy, researching and developing novel techniques and technologies to improve proton beam therapy for cancer care.
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Matthew Gata Esperanca
About Me:
I currently live down in Plymouth. I work as a Naval Architect, which means I am an Engineer that gets involved with fixing and working on submarines and surface ships on the naval base here. During my spare time I enjoy going snowboarding and playing games.
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Mark Basham
Status: Looking forward to answering your questions!
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Maddy Carter
About Me:
I live in Edinburgh with my boyfriend (who is also a science researcher).
I’m a cell biologist working in a biotechnology company in a beautiful university campus just outside the city centre – the same place where Dolly the sheep was made!
I love to go hillwalking, from my desk you can see the Pentland Hills, and enjoy other sports like swimming and cycling outside of work.
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Luke Tuxworth
About Me:
I live with my wife and 1 year old son in North Yorkshire. I am research scientist in a chemical company. I love hiking, motorsport and growing my own vegetables.
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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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Lucy Crockford
About Me:
I live in a town called Shrewsbury on the beautiful River Severn but I’m originally from Ireland. I’ve always been interested in the natural environment and water particularly so I lot of what I’m interested in is related to those topics BUT I also enjoy cricket and ballroom dancing!
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Louisa Buckley
About Me:
I am a trainee Clinical Scientist specialising in Medical Physics, specifically Radiotherapy for cancer treatment 👩🏼🔬
I love netball and getting into Padel tennis! 🎾
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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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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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Jonathan Mound
About Me:
I grew up in rural Canada and now live in Leeds. When not studying the Earth, I like to get out into nature. Since moving to the UK I’ve developed a fondness for cricket and try to get out to as many matches as I can.
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John Weston
About Me:
My Name is John Weston, I am married with one son and currently work for a CRO that is owned by Cadburys (lots of cheap chocolate!)
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Jenny Roberts
About Me:
I live in Lancaster with my husband and 3 kids. I’m a lecturer in mechanical engineering, so I teach students 👩🎓 but I also do exciting research…like make homes for bumblebees 🐝, help amputees drive lorries 🚛 and look at how nature can inspire design! I love cycling, especially up big hills ⛰️🚴♀️…but engineering is my super power 🦸!
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Jarrod Hart
About Me:
I am a chemical engineer who is helping find sustainable ways to make all the stuff we need – houses, cell phones, cars and so on!
I am also a dad of 3 😜
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Jamie Stevens
About Me:
I live in Reading with my wife, 4 year old and 1.5 year old.
I do Karate when I can and did lots of Jujitsu at Univeristy.
I like doing DIY and making things in my spare time.
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James Bron
About Me:
I live with my partner in the highlands of Scotland with two dogs, some woodworm, some invading mice and the occasional woodlouse that got lost. When not working I walk dogs, play video games, read science fiction and fantasy, watch junk TV and do a lot too much cooking and eating.
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Helen Littler
About Me:
I live in Sunny Southampton with my partner and baby daughter. I work as a Civil Engineer designing cycle routes to get more people cycling. I love going for walks and going for coffee with my little family.
Status: On the bus to work trying to answer your science questions
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Ella Ray
About Me:
I live in Bedford, and moved here for my job. Originally, I am from the Midlands and I studied Chemical Engineering at the University of Nottingham. I am a Process Engineer and, outside of work, I love to be creative such as painting and baking. I also like reading, watching films and going to the gym.
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Edd Bilbe
About Me:
I live and work just north of Reading. I normally cycle to work and I cook from scratch every day. I am dyslexic and very good at my job.
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Duncan Smallman
About Me:
I live with my wife and our two boys in Cardross, in Scotland, near the Firth of Clyde and not far from Loch Lomond. I enjoy listening to true crime, NFL, 40K and weird stuff podcasts and listening to audiobooks. When I can I like to paint Warhammer 40k, read sci-fi and fantasy and be out on our seashore. Otherwise just spend time doing things with our boys! I volunteer with our community seashore group and help undertake marine biodiversity surveys. I am a qualified diver though mainly snorkel now.
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Dorota Ferguson
About Me:
Privately:
Married to Ray, a mother to two wonderful children.
Regularly runs, swims, cycles and practices yoga and boxing. Avid reader
Professionally:
Clinical Scientist, Chartered Scientist, Medical Physics Expert, Radioactive Waste Adviser, Fitness to Practice member and Occupational Assessor.A link between the science and medicine in nuclear medicine, PET and Radiopharmaceutical production field.
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Don Clark
About Me:
I’m a retired Analytical Chemist and now have my own business giving guided walking tours in and around Canterbury. I like progressive rock music, walking and beer!
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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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Ciara Byers
About Me:
I live with my fiancé near Oxford. I love cats, the fluffier the better! I like to play board games, and video games too. I’m very clumsy so I’m not very good at sports 😅 But I do play taiko (that’s Japanese drums), which can be very energetic!
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Chris Bridges
About Me:
I live with my partner near Guildford. By day I teach electronics for space and running a team of researchers at the University of Surrey. By night, I like python coding, playing with amateur radio, practicing my terrible guitar skills, and attempting to learn Japanese.
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Carly Bingham
About Me:
I live near London with my husband. I work in a children’s hospital during the day and in the evening I like to play video games and crochet. I love playing board games and reading.
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Ben Dryer
About Me:
I live with my partner and 5-year-old in Milton Keynes (city of dreams). I am a passionate space scientist and physics educator and hope I can help students to find their career in the space industry. I love to swim, cycle, and eat pasta.
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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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Anush Mataghchyan
About Me:
I’m a Chemical Engineer from Armenia. I live in Leeds with my partner and 2 lovely guinea pigs – Bryson and Peanut. My free time is usually spent upside down, spinning on an aerial hoop or bouldering .
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Antony Hodgson
About Me:
Hello! I’m a Systems Engineering Graduate living in Salisbury, Wiltshire. Originally from the Lake District, I love hiking, running and being outdoors. I’m also a private pilot, and I fly light aircraft and microlights whenever possible!
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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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Ana-Maria Raclariu
About Me:
I am originally from Romania. I am a theoretical physicist and lecturer at King’s College London. I like learning new languages, playing the piano and traveling.
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Alison Benn
About Me:
Engineer who loves cats, football and singing.
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Alex Ttofi
About Me:
Typical Analytical Scientist – Not the media type Nerd – but like to Have Fun in the job whilst solving serious Oil based chemistry issues
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Abigail Alex
About Me:
I live with my friends in Macclesfield. I’m a chemical engineer in the day at Astrazeneca and I love my job. In the evenings I love going to the gym, doing ju-jitsu and playing the piano and flute.
