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Krishnaa Mahbubani
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My Typical Day:
After a breakfast fit for a champion, my day starts with checking on my growing cells before running experiments in the lab, occassionally a little bit of teaching and finally a session at the gym picking up heavy things with my friends before I go to bed, ready to start again!.
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What I'd do with the prize money:
I would like to use the prize-money to modify a car jack so that it can be used to convert solid chocolate pieces into flexible chocolate laces. The jack would be a wonderful device to explain how pressure, not just heat, can change the chemical structure of materials. Plus, who doesn’t love a bit of flexible chocolate!
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My Interview
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How would you describe yourself in 3 words?
nerdy, sporty and surprisingly tiny
What did you want to be after you left school?
A firefighter
Were you ever in trouble at school?
All of the time – I was never very good at being quiet and sitting still. Too many questions to things I didn’t understand.
Who is your favourite singer or band?
The Barenaked Ladies
What's your favourite food?
anything that has bacon :)
Tell us a joke.
What’s grey and goes round and round ? An elephant in a washing machine!
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