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From Engineering to Finance to Physics: Meet Katy Clough

Posted on April 11, 2016 by Nathalie Pettorelli

Katy Clough is a PhD student in Physics at King’s College London. She works on Einstein’s theory of General Relativity (GR), a theory of gravity which tells us that spacetime is curved by the presence of energy and matter. Join her … Continue reading →

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Women have strong contributions to make to the world: Meet Claire Grierson

Posted on May 30, 2015 by Nathalie Pettorelli

Claire Grierson (@PR0FG) is a Professor based at University of Bristol. Her research is about development and differentiation – that is, how molecules and cells become organised.  Claire will be standing on one of our London soapboxes, on the SouthBank … Continue reading →

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We are science

Posted on May 8, 2015 by soapboxscience

By Ana Neves (@seveNSIanA) Associate Research Fellow, College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, University of Exeter     I guess I always knew I was meant to be a scientist. Why? I remember I used to dismantle my toys … Continue reading →

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My family thought I wasn’t going for a “proper job”: Meet Monika Bohm

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Nathalie Pettorelli

Monika Böhm (@MonniKaboom) is a researcher at the Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London. Much of her work focuses on the Sampled Red List Index, which is derived from the IUCN Red List Index and aids the measurement of general … Continue reading →

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