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Mark Haw's Profile
I am a physicist working in a chemical engineering department. I am a firm believer that dividing science into 'disciplines' or 'fields' is a 19th century idea that we really should get over. My public engagement 'career', such as it is, was initiated by a short media fellowship working on news articles at the journal Nature. Since then I have written news and features articles when I can find time, as well as a popular science book, 'Middle World', published by Macmillan. I've done café scientifique, Royal Institution & British Science Association talks in various places.
Ben Spark's Profile
Ben is a part time maths teacher, part time musician and part time maths speaker who is occasionally found busking on street corners - both with music and (sometimes) maths. He has an MSc and a PGCE and still gets excited about complex numbers (among other things)
nickfyson's Profile
My undergrad was in natural sciences at cambridge uni, ultimatly specialising in phyics. After a year as a research assistant I joined the 'Bristol centre for complexity sciences', where first year included lectures on a wide range of subjects. My PhD is based in the 'Intelligent systems laboratory', where I work on the flow of information, eg. in twitter and the news media, and I'm due to start sn epidemiology-related Post Doc position in January.
andrew.holding's Profile
I am a research scientist who is currently employed by the Medical Research Council (MRC) in the Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge. My research involves the study of protein-protein binding by way of using small isotopically-labelled linker molecules. These linker molecules bind between residues that are within range of each other and then the cross-linked protein complex is digested and analysed by mass spectrometry. The interactions we investigate are important for understanding and developing new cures for a wide range of diseases including cancer.
jenni.tilley's Profile
Materials Science PhD Student (Biomaterials) and keen science communicator.
2nd runner up, 2011 Young Person's International Lecture Competition (http://www.iom3.org/news/mitali-kakran-wins-2011-young-persons-lecture-c...)
Jamie Gallagher wins FameLab Scotland final
A Chemical Physicist from the University of Glasgow has won the Scotland Heat of FameLab UK 2012, the competition to find the new voices of science communication.
A Chemical Physicist from the University of Glasgow has won the Scotland Heat of FameLab UK 2012, the competition to find the new voices of science communication.
Jamie Gallagher had just three minutes to pitch a complex scientific idea to the panel of judges, which included TV producer, Jonathan Sanderson, writer and comedian Timandra Harkness, Director of British Council Scotland Lloyd Anderson and Glasgow Science Centre Director of Science Robin Hoyle.
Andrew Steele Wins Famelab SE Final
Andrew Steele, from Oxford, has beaten off ten competitors to win the Famelab South East Regional Final at Science Oxford Live. Andrew won the competition in just three minutes by wowing the judges about how human activity makes clouds whiter and whiter clouds are cooling our planet.
Andrew Steele, from Oxford, has beaten off ten competitors to win the Famelab South East Regional Final at Science Oxford Live. Andrew won the competition in just three minutes by wowing the judges about how human activity makes clouds whiter and whiter clouds are cooling our planet.
The four judges were Andrew Pontzen (former Famelab national finalist), Chris Lintott (co-presenter of 'The Sky at Night'), Georgina Ferry (science writer) and Timandra Harkness (Comedian and Writer).
NASA Makes Science Communication Competition Interplanetary
Cheltenham Festivals (UK), NASA, and the Blue Marble Space Institute of Science (BMSIS) are pleased to announce a partnership to operate Cheltenham Festival's flagship science communication activity – FameLab® – within the USA for the first time. The competition will be held in the fields of astrobiology and planetary sciences, and is open to all scientists working in these diverse areas of research.
Cheltenham Festivals (UK), NASA, and the Blue Marble Space Institute of Science (BMSIS) are pleased to announce a partnership to operate Cheltenham Festival's flagship science communication activity – FameLab® – within the USA for the first time. The competition will be held in the fields of astrobiology and planetary sciences, and is open to all scientists working in these diverse areas of research.
Sam Durley wins Famelab Wales Final
A PhD student from Cardiff University has won the Wales Heat of FameLab 2012, the competition to find the new voices of science communication.
A PhD student from Cardiff University has won the Wales Heat of FameLab 2012, the competition to find the new voices of science communication.
Sam Durley had just three minutes to pitch a complex scientific idea to the panel of judges: Director of Science Made Simple, Wendy Sadler; Mark Lewney, FameLab UK winner in 2005; Hamish Fife, co-Director of the George Ewart Evans Centre for Storytelling at the University of Glamorgan, and writer and comedian Timandra Harkness.
caspar's Profile
Caspar Hewett is the Director of The Great Debate. He has twenty years of research and management experience in academia, industry and the private sector and has taught and lectured a variety of subjects including mathematics, numerical methods, hydraulics, catchment management, philosophy of science, environmental issues and English as a Foreign language.
