Category Archives: 2018 speaker blogs

We need to talk about… kelp: Meet Kate Schoenrock

Kate Schoenrock (@katesrock) is originally from California, and decided to become a marine botanist after a long internship working with marine mammals. After cleaning up poop for years, she found that the intricate adaptations  of marine algae (honestly all the different … Continue reading

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Be brave & look beyond the boundaries of your discipline: Meet Kyra De Coninck

Kyra De Coninck (@KyraDeConinck) is a Lecturer at the University of Kent. She will be taking part in Soapbox Science Canterbury 2018 on 23rd June, giving a talk entitled “Getting under your skin: the secret life of fascia”         … Continue reading

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Be prepared, network, and grab every opportunity: Meet Kathryn Harriss

Dr Kathryn H. Harriss (@KentImpactGroup), is a Research Associate at the School of Physical Sciences, University of Kent. You can catch Kathryn on a soapbox on 23rd June as part of Soapbox Science Canterbury 2018, giving a talk entitled: “Planetary Science with … Continue reading

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From the Caribbean Sea to the Arctic Ocean: Meet La Daana Kanhai

I am a Doctoral Candidate in the Erasmus Mundus Program Marine Ecosystem Health and Conservation (MARES). My ongoing fascination with the natural environment is the thing that propels me to study it and focus on key environmental issues such as … Continue reading

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Lift others as you climb: Meet Jess Wade

Hello! My name is Jess. I’m a postdoctoral researcher at Imperial College London making clever light emitting diodes (LEDs) from carbon-based materials. (If you’re REALLY in to display technologies, we’re the people being the O in OLED TVs). Outside of … Continue reading

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Software engineering is all about people: Meet Dora Dzvonyar

Dora Dzvonyar (@DzDorie) is an Informatics PhD candidate and avid lecturer at Technical University of Munich, who will be taking part in Soapbox Science  Munich on 7th July! Her talk is entitled: “Dealing with change in development”       SS: … Continue reading

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