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Yessenia Jauregui-Sanchez
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Originally from Mexico, I currently reside in Belfast, Northern Ireland. At 36 years old, I work at Queen’s University Belfast. My passions include nature photography and music.
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Yana Bevan
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Hi, I’m Yana, a cancer researcher living in Newcastle upon Tyne 🧬👩💻 I love running, concerts, travelling and science 🏃♀️🔬
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Vicky Fawcett
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I live in Newcastle and work at Newcastle University researching Astronomy ✨🔭.
I love surfing 🏄🏻♀️, music festivals 🎸, and space 🚀Latest Question:
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Siddharth Ravi Venkatesh
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Sandra Robertson
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I live in Brechin, and travel daily to work in Dundee, where I am a Process Technician. My weekends are spent following my favourite rugby teams – Edinburgh Rugby and Scotland Rugby with my friends. I like to travel and explore new cities, where I like to visit art galleries and museums. The furthest I have travelled is Japan.
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Samikshya Kar
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Samantha Maysey
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I live with my 3 year old dog, Rhea 🐶. When I am not working or studying, I am helping my dad with building work or going on track days and driving fast cars 🏎️.
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Salma Louhaichy
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Rebecca Greer
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I’m originally from Northern Ireland, and I live with my partner in Newcastle. I work as a Trainee Genetic Counsellor during the week 🧬 and on weekends I love swimming in the sea 🌊, cooking 👩🍳 and travelling ✈️!
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Rachel Dimond
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Rachael Eggleston
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I live in Edinburgh, but I’m from Georgia in the US. I’ve just started my PhD studying plants, so I’m doing a lot of reading right now! My favorite thing in the world might possibly be dragons, but cats are pretty good too.
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Paul Machin
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I am an Global Operations Director for Johnson Matthey, live in Cambridge with my family (2 children, 6 and 11). I look after teams in the USA, India, UK and China.
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Nuno Brito
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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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Moira Taylor
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I live in a small market town about an hour from work with my husband, two teenage children and our cockerpoo. My son is doing a T level in Agriculture and my daughter is doing her GCSEs and is a keen football player. I don’t seem to ever quite have time for hobbies apart from walking the dog! I do however love it when we all go for a walk or watch a film or TV programme together.
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Mei-Li Holmberg
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I’m currently based in Geneva as a particle physicist at CERN. Whenever I have spare time and not feeling lazy, I will go out for a hike, ski, or ride my bike. When I do feel lazy, I sit at home and knit. Sometimes I play the guitar very badly too.
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Mehul Jesani
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Matthew Wadge
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Hi! I’m Matt and I’m a Materials Scientist that lives in Sandbach, Cheshire and works at Manchester Metropolitan University. I live with my partner Alice and my partially-sighted Cavalier King Charles Spaniel named Bert (see picture of him flying!) 🐶. If I am not in the lab, you can usually find me playing video games, swimming, travelling, playing football or drinking a lot of coffee (definitely not all at the same time 😉)
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Margaret Duff
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When I’m not working, I help lead a group of Guides and Cub Scouts. I love taking them camping and doing fun things outside. I live in Didcot, just south of Oxford, with my partner. We enjoy walking and exploring the countryside nearby. I’m also training for a half marathon, so I’m doing lots of running!
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Marc Amoyel
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I’m French and British and grew up speaking both languages. I live in North London where I go for long walks with my dog, Mouse (who’s very tall and not at all mouse-like).
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Luke Tuxworth
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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
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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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Lorelei Robertson
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Hi! I’m Lorelei, an Imaging scientist by day, by night a coffee addict with and obssesion for knitting, reading, games (board and video) and Dungeons and Dragons!
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Liz Kells
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I live in St Helens with my boyfriend. I like gardening, rugby and bird watching!
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Kirsty Lindsay
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I research how to look after astronauts in space, how to look after patients on Earth run a physiotherapy clinic and teach students physios. I like chocolate.
Status: I'm going on a parabolic flight next week- MicroG here I come!
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Kip Heath
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I’m a healthcare scientist in the NHS – this means I help patients by working out what is making them sick. In the evenings I tell science related jokes on stage!
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Kevin Burke
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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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Kerry Ann Brown
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I’m from Brighton in Sussex and now live in Exeter, Devon. I love surfing, snowboarding, and being outside in the fresh air!
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Kelvin Rose
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I live near Coventry but enjoy exploring all that the UK has to offer, as well as exploring closer to home – there is so much interesting stuff around us, if you know where to look!
In my spare time I do a bit of gardening to grow food for my Guinea Pigs. I also enjoy photography too, including editing the images myself to create weird and wonderful effects!
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Karina Matei
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I’m a chemist working in the pharmaceutical industry 👩🏻🔬and I’m based in London. I have three dogs and I love running 🏃♀️!
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Karen Edwards
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I now live in a small village in Devon with my husband but am originally from America and have dual USA/UK citizenship. I started my career as an actuary but went back to school to get a PhD in Oceanography. I love the ocean but also love to hike, cycle and read!
Andy and I on a trip to the Georgia mountains
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Hollie Wright
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Hi, I’m Hollie! I’m a researcher at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. I build lasers and develop advanced LiDAR (light detection and ranging) techniques in our optics lab.
I live with my partner, Byron and our dog, Rufus. In my spare time I like watching movies and walking in nature with Byron and Rufus. I also love eating tasty food like sushi and fried chicken!
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Glyn Barrett
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I live with my partner near Reading in a house with a big garden and some chickens. I love rock climbing and SCUBA diving.
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Georgia Brittain
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Hi, I’m Georgia! I am 27 years old and live in the North East of England.
I graduated in 2019 from Keele University where I studied BSc Chemistry and now work as a Research Technician within the chemical industry.
In my spare time, I enjoy training in karate, reading, watching movies/tv shows, and cooking/baking!
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Fiona Baines
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I live in Chester with my husband. I work as a statistician (maths) and enjoy running, orienteering, climbing and walking in my spare time.
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Emma Agnew
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I’m from the Highlands of Scotland, but now live in East Lothian with my husband, little boy and dog (Finn the fox terrier). I love being outdoors so as soon as I’m clocked off from work you’ll find me in the sea doing some wild swimming or walking through the a muddy forest with my dog.
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Ellie Mackay
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“Hi! I’m Ellie — a scientist, documentary filmmaker, and drone pilot who loves exploring remote nd wild places – from the Arctic to forests, oceans, and all the small creatures in between. When I’m not in the sky or behind a camera, I’m helping students spot hidden stories in nature and telling them through film.”
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Eleanor Yates
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My name is Ellie and I live in Sheffield. I am a materials chemist who loves to bake, crochet, and go to Zumba classes. I’m also currently trying to get better at running!
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Dominic Willcox
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I live in Edinburgh with my partner and two little cats (Beansprout and Parsnip). I’m a chemistry lecturer, but I also rock climb, cycle, play video games, and play keyboard in a band!
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Dave Baker
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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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Connie Harpur
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I study icy places using data from space 🛰👩💻 and from fieldwork 🌍🚣♀️. I love cooking, growing flowers and being outdoors 🏔
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Clemence Fraslin
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Christina Schoettler
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I have a passion for Astronomy and work as a computational researcher at Keele University. My background is not the classical way into this career as I used to work in industry. I love music and am trying to learn to play the guitar and play the piano (badly). I love the outdoors and have a particular interest in triathlons (swim-bike-run) and have completed several in the past, even though I am not fast.
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Cheryl Williams
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Married with a 12 year old daughter. I live in Greater Manchester and work for the NHS.
Status: Biomedical Scientist - also known as a healthcare scientist in the NHS
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Catherine Mcquillan
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I am an geoscientist. I may also be called a geo-environmental engineer, environmental scientist, or environmental consultant.
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Arlene Skipper
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I am originally from Ayrshire in Scotland but now living and working in south east England with my family. In my free time I enjoy travelling, drinking coffee, gardening and interior design.
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Archie Hanlon
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Anush Mataghchyan
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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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Aniruddha Nag
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Amelia Loustas-Cooke
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I am Amelia and I live in Surrey. I love playing the piano, going to the theatre and cooking!
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Amber Villegas - Williamson
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I’m a Data Centre Engineering Expert, total geek, wannabe comedian, dog lover and all round STEM enthusiast.
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