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Yana Bevan
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Hi, I’m Yana, a cancer researcher living in Newcastle upon Tyne ๐งฌ๐ฉโ๐ป I love running, concerts, travelling and science ๐โโ๏ธ๐ฌ
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Uzair Abdullah
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Iโm 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 ๐, travelling โ๏ธ, and playing football with my friendsโ team “LessThan Athletic” (weโre all actually quite athletic ๐ช)!
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Tina-Jaine Haigh
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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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Thomas Martin
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I live in Manchester with my partner and our cat Shadow. I enjoy D&D, video games, cooking, and dancing (Salsa and Bachata!)
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Stephanie Buttigieg
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I’m a Maltese astronomer ย in Cambridge, uncovering the mysteries of supermassive black holes ๐ณ๏ธ๐ญ. Outside of research, I stay active hiking, cycling, lifting, or rowing ๐ฅพ๐ดโโ๏ธ๐๏ธโโ๏ธ๐ฃโโ๏ธ โ and I love curling up with a good book and a cup of tea ๐ โ.
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Sophia Jones
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Hi! I’ve been living in Bristol for the last couple of years, and outside of work I love being near water, music and cinema. I am also a very keen beginner at chess!
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Sam Brown
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I live with my family (My husband and son) just outside of London.ย ย I enjoy traveling and spending time with my family. I also love listening and dancing to a variety of music.ย If given the chance, I would have a party on a Caribbean beach listening to Soca. I also love eating Caribbean food.
One thing you may not know about me is that I have spent a day walking with lions.
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Sally Anderton
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Richard Badge
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I’m a dad to twin girls, and live in Leicester with my wife (a Head Teacher!). I love science, computers, dragon flies and land rovers!
Status: Sad not to be doing imascientist anymore, but enjoying dropping in on the other zones to see what they are up to!
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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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Nikhil Mande
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Most of my schooling was done in India, where I also did my undergrad, master’s and PhD degrees. After this I spent 2 years doing postdoctoral research in Washington DC, 2 more years doing postdoctoral research in Amsterdam (in the same place where the famous programming language Python was developed)
I’ve been in Liverpool since early 2023. I’m a computer scientist by day. In my spare time I love speedsolving the Rubik’s cube and related puzzles (see my speedcubing profile)
I also love playing PC games and making memes when I can. Here’s a favourite meme that I made when a colleague told me he hated my monitors being apart at my workplace.
Monitors apart vs. together
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Nick Lynch
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Live in Woburn Sands, UK with my partner. Our son has left home and studying for a PhD. Play tennis and cycle when I can. I work in drug discovery using technology to help discover new medicines.
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Neville Yee
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Neil Barnby
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I live in Hull and always have, but I do love to travel. As a day job I am called a Data Science Product Manager but I love singing and drama and help out at some music and drama festivals in my free time. I also like balloon modelling and have been known to make some strange models from them, including a number of dresses!
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Natasha Pushkin
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Originally from Essex/East London I now live in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire with my husband and cat Varjaka.
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Michael Gillin
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I’m a Chemistry PhD student at the University of Liverpool who loves finding new ways to make materials more sustainable.
Outside the lab, I enjoy science outreach, 3D printing, and meeting up with friends and family!
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Mazdak Salavati
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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 ๐ I love open water swimming and walking our dog on the beach.
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Margaret Duff
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When Iโm 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. Iโm also training for a half marathon, so Iโm doing lots of running!
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Luke Humphrey
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I’m an astrophysics graduate ๐ from Hull ๐, working on fusion energy research โ๏ธ. Outside of work, I like gaming ๐ฎ๐ฒ, walking the dogs ๐๐๐๏ธ, and movie nights ๐ฅ.
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Lowri Thomas
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Hello! I’m Lowri, and I work with data. I’m also a half Welsh, half English, animal-loving, travel-enthusiast, currently living in Bristol.
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Lisa Chatterjee
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I live in BurgessHill in West Sussex with my husband and two children. I am a hydrologist which means I love rivers! I also love being out in nature and camping!
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Kyle Oman
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I live with my partner and 3 children in a small village near Durham. I work as a computational astrophysicist. Outdoors, I like to travel and explore the countryside with my family, and cycle to work and for fun. Indoors, I like painting, board games and video games.
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Kirsty Ross
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I love crafting (mostly quilting, sewing, crochet and gardening) and I’m slowly teaching my two girls (10 and 13 .y.o.) how to do it too. I live in the Central Belt of Scotland near the Kelpies. I’ve worked at 4 of Scotland’s 16 universities and have done a lot of commuting!
Status: Ask me anything!
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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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Kelvin Ojanomare
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Katie Barnes
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Hello! I’m a PhD student at Newcastle university researching the effects on climate change on the railway system. Outside of that I love to be creative weather that is painting, crocheting or learning a new song on the guitar ๐
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Kamila Svorad
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Jenna Matthews
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I live with my cat, my two year old daughter and my husband near Gatwick Airport. I love travelling, adventure and yummy food!
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James Blackshaw
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I’m James Blackshaw, a scientific data engineer in Cambridgeshire. When not in the lab, I like to garden, train in martial arts, and build things. I wear hearing aids.
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Izzy Newsham
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I am a computational biology researcher and I live in Guildford with my partner. In order to keep myself (relatively!) sane, I sing in a choir, go kayaking/canoeing and do boxercise classes.
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Hussam Alhassan
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I live in Didcot in Oxfordshire working as a software engineer. I like reading classic novels (Sherlock Holmes is a favourite of mine!) and playing video games (Terraria, anyone?).
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Hudson Baker
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I write code in the day and enjoy going out for a walk or cycle in the evening. In my spare time, I play drums in a band and games with friends.
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Heloise Robinson
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Fran Biggin
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I live in Cumbria with my wife and our dog Meg. I’m currently working in health research and work from home. In my spare time I love to play TTRPGs – Table Top Role Playing Games – like Dungeons and Dragons, and TCGs – Trading Card Games – like Magic:The Gathering.
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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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Duncan Smallman
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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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Dina Theodosiadou
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My name is Dina. I live in Bath, where I’m doing a PhD at the university. I enjoy travelling, DIY stuff, and I love cooking and creating new recipes.
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Dharmender Gaur
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Cong Chen
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I live in Cambridge and spend time talking to friends and playing computer games. I like finding/solving problems in the day and taking it easy in the evening.
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Cliff Evans
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Clemence Fraslin
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Ciara Byers
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I live with my fiancรฉ near Oxford. I love cats, the fluffier the better! I like to play board games,ย and video games too. I’m very clumsy so I’m not very good at sports ๐ But I do play taiko (that’s Japanese drums), which can be very energetic!
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Charlotte McNeill
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I live with my boyfriend in the Toon of Newcastle! I am a User Experience Analyst working as an employee at DXC Technology. ๐คย My hobbies include canoeing, yoga and training my dog who is a Rottweiler. ๐ถ ๐ง ๐พ I also love going to sea dips at the beach, watching futuristic TV shows like Black Mirror, and my favourite kind of food are Greek gyros or Tacos! ๐๐บ๐ฎ
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Charlie Boswell
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Arshia Keshvari
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Engineering better lives using technology is what I do !
Iโm an unconventional creative who loves making things work using electricity and lightโก, but Iโm also a big movie fan ๐ฌ who enjoys telling stories. When Iโm not solving tech problems, youโll find me writing โ๏ธ, building cool projects ๐ง, or playing video games ๐ฎ with friends!
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Archie Hanlon
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Anna Daley
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Andrew Senior
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I live near Cardiff, I speak French and I love to climb! I decode DNA for a living. But I also go climbing indoors every week and love to climb outside in the summer. I love to travel and have been to many countries like Japan, Canada, Hungary, Costa Rica and Croatia.
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Amy Smith
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I live in London with my partner and two cats. I enjoy craft, reading and all things creative.
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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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