Dashboard – Health Zone

About Me:

I live in Brixton with my best friend, and I’m a PhD student (training to be a Dr, but not the medical kind). I love rock climbing, which is a bummer because I’m terrified of heights.
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I do photography, drawing, and I’m about to start doing pottery. Anything creative is my absolute jam! Scientists aren’t all about maths and logic you know.
My pronouns are:

He/Him
My Work:

I work with germs, trying to figure out why the medicines we use against them don’t always work.
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Germs are tricky, and develop ways to evade medicines in the same way that a frog might camouflage themselves to avoid predators. The job of my lab is to figure out how and why. They can even share the ability to evade medicines with other germs!
My Typical Day:

I typically cycle in down the chilly/sunny London roads (weather depending), and grow some germs in special media. At lunch time I’ll meet some friends for a coffee, read some science, write some science, and set up experiments ready for tomorrow!

Then, I cycle back down the same chilly/sunny roads.
What I'd do with the prize money:

I’d use the £500 to generate more public engagement events at St George’s Hospital. There’s a lot of great research that goes on here, but not many people know about it!

Education:

Woking High School

Farnborough Sixth Form College

UCL

LSHTM/SGUL
Qualifications:

11 GCSEs – High School

3 A-levels – College

MSci – UCL
Work History:

I’ve worked many, many jobs.

Barista, Merch stand, Bar tender, Tutor, Brand representative, Research assistant during COVID, the list goes on and on.
Employer:

SGUL

Jacob Wildfire