Name: Dr Rachel Ranson Current Job: Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences Scientific Discipline/Field: Neuroscience/ageing Country: United Kingdom Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q,+, etc.): i’m really not a fan of labels but some will identify me as T. Website: https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/our-staff/r/rachel-ranson/ Twitter or other social media handle: @RansonDr What does your job involve? Teaching students from foundation level... Continue Reading →
An interview with Dan Loveard
Name: Dan Loveard Current Job: Community Engagement Officer Scientific Discipline/Field: Wildlife Conservation Country: United Kingdom Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q,+, etc.): G Website: project work: https://www.exploredunsmore.org/ Twitter or other social media handle: @DLBirder What does your job involve? My work involves developing and delivering community engagement work across parts of Coventry, Leamington and Rugby by encouraging... Continue Reading →
An interview with Paige Tynan
Name: Paige Tynan Current Job: HE Sessional Lecturer and Science Communicator Scientific Discipline/Field: Forensic Science Country: Wales, United Kingdom Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q,+, etc.): NA Website: https://paigetynan.co.uk/ Twitter or other social media handle: Twitter @PaigeTynan_ Instagram @fore.nsic What does your job involve? • Planning, preparing, and delivering instructional activities that facilitate learning. • Developing lesson... Continue Reading →
An interview with Jonathan Davies
Name: Dr Jonathan Davies Current Job: Postdoctoral Research Fellow Scientific Discipline/Field: Psychiatric Epigenetics Country: United Kingdom Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q,+, etc.): G, Q Website: https://www.epigenomicslab.com/ Twitter or other social media handle: @Jon_Davies27 What does your job involve? Mostly I am a laboratory based research scientist and I spend the majority of my time at work... Continue Reading →
An interview with Kirk Taylor
Name: Kirk Taylor (He/Him/His) Current Job: Postdoc Researcher, National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London Scientific Discipline/Field: Cardiovascular research/Cell biology Country: UK Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q,+, etc.): G (Gay) Website (personal, work, ORCID, – you don’t have to put one down): http://www.Imperial.ac.uk/people/kirk.taylor https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4599-7727 Twitter or other social media handle (if applicable): Twitter: @Dr_KTaylor What... Continue Reading →
An interview with Claire Davies
Name: Claire Davies Current Job: Post-doctoral Research Fellow Scientific Discipline/Field: Astronomy Country: UK Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q,+, etc.): I would always use “gay” or “queer” (depending on the possible sensitivities of a particular audience to the latter term) rather than “lesbian” as a descriptor of my sexual orientation but I guess “L” is my letter. Website: https://cldaviesastro.github.io/ Twitter or other social... Continue Reading →
An interview with Roo Nicholson
Name: Roo Nicholson Current Job: Solo Science Technician (Education) Scientific Discipline/Field: Developmental Biology Country: UK Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q,+, etc.): T Website: NA Twitter or other social media handle: @DrRoo01 What does your job involve? Preparation of practical equipment for GCSE & A-level sciences for secondary school, 6 teachers currently, but should be more. How... Continue Reading →
An updated interview with Stephanie Rankin-Turner
You can read Stephanie's first interview here. Name: Stephanie Rankin-Turner Current Job: Postdoctoral Research Associate Scientific Discipline/Field: Analytical chemistry Country: UK Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q,+, etc.): L Twitter or other social media handle: @stephrankin2 What does your job involve? I use mass spectrometry, an analytical technique for measuring and identifying components in a sample, to... Continue Reading →
An interview with Hollie Riddell
Name: Hollie Riddell Current Job: PhD Student Scientific Discipline/Field: Environmental Science Country: United Kingdom Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q,+, etc.): L Twitter or other social media handle: @RiddellHR What does your job involve? I am researching the environmental footprint of extensive upland sheep systems in comparison to intensive lowland systems, including greenhouse gas and ammonia emissions,... Continue Reading →
An interview with Charlie Wand
Name: Charlie Wand Current Job: Postdoctoral Researcher Scientific Discipline/Field: Chemistry/Chemical Engineering Country: United Kingdom Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q,+, etc.): B,T (Q) Twitter or other social media handle: @craywand What does your job involve? I’m a postdoctoral researcher working at the University of Manchester in Chemical Engineering. I work in multiscale modelling looking at how the... Continue Reading →
