Category Archives: 2016 speakers blog

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →