Author Archives: Nathalie Pettorelli

At School, I never thought about becoming a scientist: Meet Catherine Back

Dr Catherine Back is a Post-Doctoral Research Associate in the School of Oral and Dental Sciences at the University of Bristol. She is a molecular microbiologist with particular interest in microbial surface adhesins – molecules that help bacteria stick to … Continue reading

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Your day-to-day science can be productive AND fun: Meet Caroline Morris

Dr Caroline Morris is a postdoctoral researcher in the School of Chemistry at the University of Bristol. Her area of study is synthetic biology, specifically in designing peptides, small proteins with many exciting potential applications. Here, Caroline answers some questions about … Continue reading

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I love the potential of what my work is capable of achieving: Meet Alice Banks

Alice Banks (@alice_banks) is a research associate working at the University of Bristol in the School of Biological Sciences. Her research is in the area of drug discovery and she is working to identify new antibiotics being produced by mushrooms, … Continue reading

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Never let anyone underestimate you – Meet Maddy Nichols

Maddy Nichols is a first year PhD student at the Bristol Centre for Functional Nanomaterials.  She works in the area of science on the nanoscale – 1000x smaller than the width of your hair!  It’s an interesting area to investigate … Continue reading

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Autism is nothing to be A-shamed about: reflections on the muddled messages from the media

By Dr Rachel Moseley, a Bristol Soapbox Science Speaker   There are various taboo words we all avoid, but here’s a new one; do you know what I mean by the “A word”? Many of you reading this may have … Continue reading

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Nothing in the world works in isolation: Meet Tosin Onabanjo

Tosin Onabanjo is a Research Fellow in Energy Systems at Cranfield University, UK. Her research is actively contributing to the development of the Nano-Membrane Toilet, a project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and designed for people lacking … Continue reading

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We’re not science automatons – we’re people: Meet Joanna Bagniewska

Dr Joanna Bagniewska is a zoologist working as a teaching fellow at Reading University’s School of Biological Sciences. Her research interests encompass ecology and conservation biology, particularly the subject of invasive species. She is a very keen science communicator – she … Continue reading

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Science solves problems – who is not inspired by that? Meet Erika Degani

Erika Degani is a PhD student at the University of Reading. Her research combines agriculture and ecology which is ideal as she’s equally passionate about both. She has been involved in a wide range of science outreach activities and is … Continue reading

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Science was one of the subjects I didn’t struggle with: Meet Kathryn Woolley

Kathryn Woolley is an air quality consultant with Hilson Moran. Her job involves her undertaking all kinds of air quality assessments from residential site suitability assessments to permit applications for power generation. Come and meet Kathryn in Reading, where she’ll be … Continue reading

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Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: Meet Manuela Gonzalez-Suarez

Manuela Gonzalez-Suarez is a Spanish ecologist who recently became a lecturer at the University of Reading. Her research is largely motivated by her concern about the current widespread loss of biodiversity. In the hopes to prevent future extinctions she studies … Continue reading

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