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Category Archives: 2018 speaker blogs
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
Science, and understanding how science works, is important for everyone: Meet Antonia Misch
Dr. Antonia Misch (@AntoniaMisch), LMU Munich, is taking part in Soapbox Science Munich on 7th July where she will give a talk: “Wir und ihr: Warum sind Vorurteile wichtig? (Us and them: Why stereotypes matter (for better and for worse))” … Continue reading
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Find good people to work with and build comradery: Meet Merry Crowson
I am a Remote Sensing Technician at the Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London. My research focusses on mapping deforestation in Sumatra, Indonesia, where large areas of tropical peatland forest are being lost and replaced by plantations. I monitoring … Continue reading
The things you are passionate about are not random, they are your calling: Meet Katharina Seilern-Moy
Katharina is a wildlife veterinarian and research associate at the Institute of Zoology at London Zoo. She is working for the Garden Wildlife Health project (@wildlife_health), a Citizen Science project, looking into diseases as potential contributing factor to species declines … Continue reading
Equality is a good goal, but equity is even better: Meet Samuela Guida
Samuela Guida started her PhD at Cranfield University in March 2017. Her project is about the removal of ammonia and phosphorus from wastewater and the recovery of these products as fertilizers. Before being discharged into the water streams, the wastewater … Continue reading
Communicating findings to farmers is critical: Meet Dr Helen Metcalf
Dr Helen Metcalfe is a postdoctoral research scientist working at Rothamsted Research. She is an agricultural ecologist and her work looks at how farming systems respond to changes in management practices. She particularly focuses on weeds within agricultural landscapes and … Continue reading
Look beyond your discipline: Meet Chioma Vivian Ngonadi
Chioma Vivian Ngonadi is a PhD student at the Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge. She is a Gates Scholar and a mum to two young boys aged 3 and five years old. Her research examines how the West African … Continue reading
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