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  • Zoltan Lipp

    About Me:

    I’m an Engineering Manager now, but graduated and started working as a Physicist. I’m living in Cambridge with my wife, Andrea and 2 kids (Linett 16, Daniel 13). We moved to the UK in 2017 from Hungary. I like doing many kind of sports in my free time.

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    Latest Question:
    where and who do you work with

  • Yannick Verbelen

    About Me:

    I’m an engineer, physicist and inventor with a passion for electronic circuits, robots, and anything related to ionizing radiation and radioactivity. I grew up in Belgium, but moved to England when I found out that Cornwall has loads of abandoned uranium mines waiting to be re-discovered and explored!

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    Latest Question:
    have you worked with nuclear things to blow stuff up

  • Vicky Fawcett

    About Me:

    I live in Newcastle and work at Newcastle University researching Astronomy โœจ๐Ÿ”ญ.
    I love surfing ๐Ÿ„๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ, music festivals ๐ŸŽธ, and space ๐Ÿš€

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    Latest Question:
    where and who do you work with

  • Tristan Kleyn

    About Me:

    Hi there, my name’s Tristan and I’m a PhD student and bioacoustician (someone who studies the sounds that living things produce) living and working in St. Andews, Scotland. Outside science, I’m still a lover of all things sound! In my free time I love learning new musical instruments and listening to music of all kinds. I’m a friend of the flora and an amigo of the animals – I love exploring nature, hiking, and wild swimming.

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  • Thomas Rowe

    About Me:

    I currently live in Glasgow, but I’ve lived all over Scotland – growing up in the highlands and moved to different cities for university and jobs! I enjoy going abroad when possible, and going out for food

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    Latest Question:
    When did you discover what field of science you wanted to work in?

  • Stuart Clare

    About Me:

    I live in Oxford, and when not doing medical research I support our local swimming club as a timekeeper and official.

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    Latest Question:
    What shape is the brain??

  • Rosina Simmons

    About Me:

    When Iโ€™m not in the office, I love to cook and bake (I am especially proud of my triple chocolate brownies!) I nearly always end up blinking in photographs (Iโ€™m not sure why!) and Iโ€™m a bit of nutter for sports.

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  • Ollie Thomas

    About Me:

    I live with my partner in Oxford. I’m a PhD student trying to make the world a better place with better batteries. I love cooking, gaming, napping, and most importantly science!

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  • Nora Martin

    About Me:

    I enjoy book clubs, learning languages, going for runs and meeting up for coffee with friends.

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  • Nikita Klimovich

    About Me:

    I’m a Ukranian physicist most recently coming to the UK from the United Sates. I love vegan cooking, chess, and Star Trek!

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    Latest Question:
    whats the best thing about being a scientist

  • Mia West

    About Me:

    Hi there, I’m Mia. I’m a PhD student at Durham University. My hobbies are hanging out with my cat, Tibbs ๐Ÿฑ, baking chocolatey breads & cakes ๐Ÿฐ, and adventuring! I also love playing dungeons and dragons ๐Ÿ” with my friends.

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    Latest Question:
    can air make a shadow

  • Lucien Heurtier

    About Me:

    I live in Durham, and work at the University as a researcher, but I also love arts and music, and I enjoy very much nature and outdoor activities.ย  I also love dancing and cooking!

    When I was a kid I loved maths and was working hard to be good at it, people thought that was weird. Now I work on the Big Bang theory, and people say ‘waoooo so fascinating’, so it was worth it! ๐Ÿ˜‰

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    Latest Question:
    If you keep failing in science will you ever succeed ?

  • Kathryn Boast

    About Me:

    I live in Oxford but love to travel and I have an old VW campervan ๐Ÿš™ I like: reading books ๐Ÿ“š being outdoors ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐ŸŒพ making stuff ๐Ÿงต eating ๐Ÿ• and singing ๐ŸŽถ – though not usually all at once.

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    Latest Question:
    What’s your favourite theory about dark matter?

  • Kanad Mallik

    About Me:

    I live in Oxford with my wife. I work as an engineer/scientist for my day job. I like driving and reading in my spare time. I love cats.

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    Latest Question:
    Are you looking forward to the Physics Zone? Students will be able to send questions (like this!), and there will be

  • Joshua Bibby

    About Me:

    Hi, my name is Josh and I’m a PhD student at the university of Oxford. When I’m not working on my research I enjoy playing lacrosse, watching sports on TV and going on nature walks.

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    Latest Question:
    what is your favorite sport?

  • John Hadden

    About Me:

    I am an experimental physicist working on Quantum Light Sources at Cardiff University. I like designing and making things and figuring out how things work – which I get to do as job now. Outside of work I love exploring the hills and beaches near Cardiff.

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  • Jasmine Robbins

    About Me:

    I live in South East London with my family and my sausage dog. I work as a Signalling Apprentice on the Railway during the day and in my spare time I play Badminton and Dance! I love DIY Projects and going on hikes with my dog.

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  • Helena Cotterill

    About Me:

    I work in Materials Science now, but I originally studied Physics as a student at Oxford University. I’m from Nottingham where I grew up with my mum, and I was the first in my family to go to university. I now live and work in Oxford with my two cats, Tia & Maria. When not doing science, I play violin, sing, and lark about on stage in various musicals!

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    Latest Question:
    What was your favorite subject in school besides science?

  • Fergus McKiddie

    About Me:

    I live in Aberdeenshire with my wife and work at a large hospital in Aberdeen. I love running, cricket and heavy metal and punk music. Our 2 kids have moved out so we now have two delinquent Jack Russells.

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    Latest Question:
    Hi guys , we are charlotte and imogen we was wondering if you would ever visit chernobyl for research

  • Emma Harris

    About Me:

    Hello, I’m Emma! I live in Devon with my family and my dog Bella ๐Ÿถย I love playing netball, watching football, and listening to Taylor Swift ๐ŸŽผ

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    Latest Question:
    how often do you do experiements

  • Christian Killow

    About Me:

    Hello,

    I live in north Wales with my wife, son and dog.ย  I work as an engineer designing night vision optics where I use my experiences as a research physicist from my previous job.

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    Latest Question:
    why did you decide to study night vision optics?

  • Chelsea Sargeant

    About Me:

    Hi, my name is Chelsea and I’m a PhD student living in Manchester. I love reading, exploring new places and going to music concerts.

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    Latest Question:
    what’s your favorite book?

  • Clรกr-Brรญd Tohill

    About Me:

    I am an astronomer from the University of Nottingham working on distant galaxies! I love to travel and spent last year working at a telescope ๐Ÿ”ญย in the Canary Islands! I love bouldering ๐Ÿง—๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ , animals (my dog is called Bob), learning different languages, and I also love to play video games ๐ŸŽฎ when i’m not working.

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    Latest Question:
    my name is dion and mat, my question is what are the things you specialise in

  • Brian Zielinski-Smith

    About Me:

    I live in Cambridgeshire, enjoying time with my family. I am an active STEM ambassador, school governor, sci-fi enthusiast and runner. I have a real love of travel and experiencing different cultures. I am a Technical Director with a new space company developing suborbital rockets to help develop the UK’s space program.

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    Latest Question:
    Are you looking forward to the Physics Zone? Students will be able to send questions (like this!), and there will be

  • Barak Gilboa

    About Me:

    I live and work in Oxford.

    I’m an imaging expert by day and an avid parent of two children ages 7 and 9 the rest of the time.

    I love travelling, hiking and meeting new people and new cultures.

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    Latest Question:
    where and who do you work with

  • Ansh Bhatnagar

    About Me:

    Hi, I’m Ansh and I’m a PhD student at Durham University! In my spare time I love acting in and directing short films ๐ŸŽฌ and theatre ๐ŸŽญ, playing Dungeons and Dragons โš”๏ธ, and climbing mountains โ›ฐ๏ธ.

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    Latest Question:
    how much do you get paid as a scientist?

  • Allyson Lister

    About Me:

    Scientists get to lead an exciting double life! We love being quiet and focused on our work, but also get to be loud and talk to lots of interesting people (communication is very important in science). And there’s another way I lead a double life: I grew up in America, live in the UK, and am a citizen of both countries!

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    Latest Question:
    How can I prepare for studying a physics degree at university? If you applied to uni, what sort of things did you do to

  • Adam Steinberg

    About Me:

    I’m currently working on a PhD in particle accelerator science, on a joint programme between Manchester and Melbourne universities. If I’m not tinkering at work or cooking at home, you can probably find me out in town searching for the perfect brunch.

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    Latest Question:
    What’s it like to be a scientist??

  • Liang Zhang

    About Me:

    I am doing research on physics. I am interested in study how to electrons can interact with the electromagnetic waves. An example is how the microwave oven works.

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    Latest Question:
    what is hex code (base 16)?

  • Kay Dewhurst

    About Me:

    I am from Manchester ๐Ÿ and live there with my partner and two cats ๐Ÿˆโ€โฌ› Actually, my current job is in Switzerland at CERN, so I live there on my own for a lot of the year and visit home as much as I can. I like yoga, wildlife and sci-fi/action films. I am also a scuba diving instructor.

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  • Katie Ireland

    About Me:

    I live with my husband and two children on the coast near Newcastle. I like to go for walks along the beach and in the mountains (looking at rocks!) and also love going to gigs and festivals to see a different type of rock! Rock

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  • Fehn Chua-Short

    About Me:

    Hi, I’m Fehn! I’m a trainee radiotherapy physicist at a hospital in Liverpool. I’m learning how to treat cancer patients using high-energy radiation.

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    Latest Question:
    where and who do you work with

  • Ewelina Florczak

    About Me:

    Hi! I’m a geomagnetism scientist from Edinburgh who loves space science, working out and baking delicious goodies for my soon-to-be husband.

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