Monthly Archives: June 2016

You should do it mum! Meet Stacey Heath

Stacey Heath is a PhD student in the Department of Psychology at the University of Exeter. She has a BSc in Psychology and an MSc in Social and Organizational Psychology. Here she tells us about leaving her working life to … Continue reading

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Just a kid from Bombay: Meet Shanti Shanker

Shanti Shanker is a Lecturer in Cognitive Psychology at the University of Bournemouth. She works on the brain mechanisms of cognitive control and executive functions. Come and hear her speak about the “Spotless mind: the science behind selective forgetting!” in … Continue reading

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Not just nerds or geniuses: Meet Kate Littler

Dr Kate Littler is a Lecturer in Geology at the University of Exeter, based in Penryn, Cornwall. She specialises in reconstructing ancient climates and oceanography using sediment samples recovered from deep beneath the ocean floor. She is a STEM Ambassador … Continue reading

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From the Azores to Exeter to become a “Neuroepigeneticist”: Meet Isabel Castanho

Isabel Castanho is an Azorean PhD student in the University of Exeter Medical School, funded by the Alzheimer’s Society. Her current research is focused in understanding the association between epigenetics (the mechanisms that control how our genes are turned “on” … Continue reading

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Of trees and mice: Meet Eleanor O’Brien

Dr. Eleanor O’Brien is an evolutionary biologist, interested in the genetic factors that enable populations to adapt to new environments.  This is important for understanding why species live where they do, and for predicting whether species and populations will be … Continue reading

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On being an attribution scientist: Meet Claire Burke

Claire Burke is a climate scientist at the Met Office Hadley Centre for Climate Science and Services in Exeter. She has an MPhys in Physics with Astrophysics and a PhD in astrophysics. Here she tells us about moving between scientific … Continue reading

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Inspired by Nature: Meet Ayoe Hansen

Dr. Ayoe B. Hansen studied challenges in air pollution modelling focusing on transport, model evaluation, and human health during her PhD. She is currently employed in the Atmospheric Dispersion and Air Quality group at the Met Office, where she conducts … Continue reading

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Twixt sea and pine: Meet Amy Lusher

Dr Amy Lusher is currently working as a postdoctoral researcher at the National University of Ireland, Galway. She is a biologist and a keen science communicator. Here, she tell us how growing up in a seaside town and the support … Continue reading

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Must not give up: Meet Nicole Pacchiarini

Nicole Pacchiarini is a PhD student at Cardiff University investigating how memory is represented in the brain. Her aim is to link the fields of Psychology and Biology by using established methods from each subject to answer important scientific questions. Come … Continue reading

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Harnessing talent from less privileged countries: Meet Dominique Tanner

  Dominique Tanner is a postdoctoral researcher at Cardiff University. She is an Australian geologist and seeks to understand how magmas and fluids concentrate valuable metals within the Earth’s surface. Dominique is currently part of a team of UK researchers … Continue reading

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