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Author Archives: Isla Watton
Science should not just be shared with scientists: Meet Alison Connolly
Alison Connolly is a PhD candidate in the School of Physics at the National University of Ireland (NUI) Galway. Alison is an exposure scientist conducting research on how professional gardeners in Ireland may be exposed to the chemicals they work … Continue reading
What in the world are cephalopods!?: Meet Morag Taite
Morag Taite is an Irish Research Council funded PhD student working with Dr Louise Allcock on cephalopod evolution at the National University of Ireland Galway. She will be taking part in Soapbox Science Galway on 7th July with her talk: … Continue reading
There is no such thing as a stupid question: Meet Sophie Arthur
Sophie is a PhD student studying stem cell metabolism at the University of Southampton. Originally from Wales, Sophie studied that the University of Bath before moving to Southampton. Currently in her final year of a PhD, she also makes time … Continue reading
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Follow your heart: Meet Tara Salter
Tara is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Sussex, studying Astrochemistry. After an undergraduate degree in physics at the University of Oxford Tara did not want to do a PhD straight away and so went to work at … Continue reading
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Role-Models and Women Researchers: Meet Divya Seernani
Divya Seernani (@DSeernani), Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Hospital Freiburg is taking part in Soapbox Science Berlin on 1st June. She will give a talk entitled: “I see it in your eyes: What Eye-movements can tell us about Brain … Continue reading
Viruses at Soapbox Science in Halifax!: Meet Alyson A. Kelvin
Hello! My name is Alyson and I am a Virologist. I work as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Dalhousie University and the IWK Health Centre, studying viruses to find out how they make you sick. Since … Continue reading
The importance of taxonomy: Meet Teresa Darbyshire
What was I thinking when I said yes? by Teresa Darbyshire Soapbox Science is a fantastic initiative to promote the role of women in science by getting them to stand on a soapbox in the middle of a city centre and … Continue reading
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Get out of your comfort zone: Meet Iulia Darolti
I am a final year PhD student at University College London. Through my research I am addressing questions about the evolutionary processes underpinning the extraordinary differences between males and females that we frequently observe in nature. You can catch Iulia … Continue reading
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Even ‘experts’ are normal people too: Meet Jess Fisher
Jess Fisher (@jessjessfisher), University of Kent, is taking part in Soapbox Science Canterbury on 23rd of June where she will give a talk: “Happiness hotspots: why we need nature in the city” SS: How did you get … Continue reading
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Against all odds, into science: Meet Anna-Maria Getoš Kalac
Prof. Dr. Anna-Maria Getoš Kalac, University of Zagreb – Faculty of Law; Max Planck Partner Group for Balkan Criminology, is taking part in Soapbox Science Munich on 7th July with her talk: “Violence Research Lab; Gewaltforschungslabor” SS: Why did … Continue reading