Author Archives: Nathalie Pettorelli

Siobhan Gardiner is a PhD student at Cranfield University. Although she is currently on placement as an ice cream scientist with the likes of Walls and Ben & Jerry’s – Siobhan’s background and passion is in plant sciences, and she … Continue reading →

Lauren Samet is one of our Milton Keynes speakers. She volunteered as a Research Assistant on biodiversity monitoring projects with Operation Wallacea whilst undertaking a BSc (Hons) Biological Sciences degree at the University of East Anglia. She has worked within … Continue reading →

Laura Crook is currently a research technician at Rothamsted Research, an agricultural institute in Harpenden, Hertfordshire. She is a weed ecologist studying herbicide resistance in black-grass, a major weed affecting yields in cereal crops in the UK. Here, Laura explains … Continue reading →

Rosie Johnson is a PhD student in space plasma physics at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester. The focus of her research is the infrared aurora of Jupiter. Here, Rosie tells us how she went from studying … Continue reading →

Dr Lydia Cole is an ecologist who got distracted by peat.  Generally interested in how people and the environment mesh, or not as the case may (mostly) be, she has spent quite a bit of time exploring how people interact with … Continue reading →

Dr Joy Sumner gained her Bachelor’s, Master’s and PhD degrees in Natural Sciences (focusing on materials science) from the University of Cambridge, but tried to break this up by spending a year at MIT in the USA.  Returning to the … Continue reading →

Raffaella Villa is a Senior Lecturer in biopress technology at Cranfield University. Raffaella is an applied microbiologist with particular expertise in microbial and enzymatic processes, which she has adapted to the waste and environmental sectors. She is leading national authority … Continue reading →

Vibha Srivastava is currently a PhD student at The Open University, Milton Keynes. She is fascinated with space and has a strong interest to contribute towards a future where humanity will settle at other planetary bodies like Moon and Mars. … Continue reading →

Emily Lines is a lecturer at the School of Geography, Queen Mary University of London. Her research interests combine ecology, remote sensing and the terrestrial carbon cycle, with particular emphasis on forest ecology and data assimilation. She is interested in answering questions on … Continue reading →

By Tosin Onabanjo, Cranfield University   In the movie ‘Divergent (2014)’, Beatrice Prior was born into in a world governed by division into factions: a system where you could only be one thing — abnegation, amity, dauntless, erudite or candour. … Continue reading →