Tag Archives: PhD
Open season for female scientists
By Dr Joanna Bagniewska (@JMBagniewska), University of Reading. Catch Joanna on her soapbox today, 12-3pm, in Manchester’s Piccadilly Gardens, where she’ll be talking about ‘What do scientists see in poo?’. Because I’m a zoologist working in a rather gender-balanced and female-friendly environment, I … Continue reading
Finding something new is fascinating: Meet Jessica Duffill Tesnig
Miss Jessica Duffill Telsnig (@JTelsnig) is a PhD student at Newcastle University. Her research, funded by NERC Industrial CASE studentship with CEFAS, is about assessing ecosystem resilience using stable-isotope data. Here, Jessica tells us about her passion for the oceans; how inspiring … Continue reading
The never ending WHYs and HOWs: Meet Sesime Coffie
Sesime Coffie is currently a PhD student at Queen’s University, Belfast. She is a chemist, a STEM Ambassador, and a keen science communicator. Here, she tells us how her mum inspired her to pursue a career in science; how she believes … Continue reading
Attracted to IT from a very young age: Meet Karen Murphy
Karen Murphy is a PhD student in High Performance Computing at the School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Queen’s University, Belfast. Her field of research is data analytics. Here, Karen tells us how she decided to go for a PhD after years … Continue reading
Little Kolumbus
My name is Anne Schmidt and I am in the middle of my last year of PhD. If I would have to describe my PhD with a famous people it would be Christoph Kolumbus. Why? The first reason has nothing … Continue reading
That cultural factor: Meet Miriam Garcia
It’s the first time that I’m going to participate in something like Soapbox Science this year. I feel quite nervous because I haven’t presented to the general public before but I’m also looking forward to see the reactions of the … Continue reading
Laughed at when suggesting a career in science: Meet Rebecca Douglas
Rebecca Douglas is a PhD student at the Institute for Gravitational Research, University of Glasgow. She is also the local organiser of Soapbox Science Glasgow, which will take place this Sunday, 11am-3pm, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. Here she tells us … Continue reading
It’s almost like being a wizard! Meet Francesca Day
Francesca Day (@FrancescaDay) is a PhD student based at University of Oxford. She is currently researching the astrophysical signatures of dark radiation. Francesca will be standing on one of our soapboxes at our London event, on the 30th of May, from 2-5pm. … Continue reading
High heels, big computers and planetary size cakes
By Miss Amy Edgington (@AmyEdg), who is currently doing her PhD at University College London (UCL). Amy will be standing on one of our soapboxes at our London event, on the 30th of May. Come and hear her talk about “Atoms: … Continue reading
Why Soapbox Science?
By Miss Lydia Bach (@lylubach), Queen’s University Belfast. Lydia will stand on one of our soapboxes in Glasgow, on the 7th of June. She will be talking about food webs, with a talk entitled: “Food (webs) for thought – Or … Continue reading
