Profile

My CV

• Education:

  St Margaret’s School Exeter (age 11-18), and University of Manchester (undergraduate degree and PhD)

• Qualifications:

  GCSEs – Maths, English Literature, English Language, French, Latin, Chemistry, Biology, Music, Art.

  A-levels – Maths, Physics, Chemistry (but I found it really hard to decide – studied bits of Biology, Human Biology and Music A-levels too)

  Undergraduate degree – Physics (learning how the world works, more maths, lab experiments).

  PhD – Particle physics (more physics and maths, and learning to code)

• Work History:

  Washing up in a cafe, waitress in a restaurant/bar, working in a lab, steward in a concert venue. Then after my PhD: lots of research jobs, then I became a lecturer in 2014.

• Current Job:

  My official job title is “Reader in Climate Change” but that’s a bit odd so I just say “climate scientist”. I do a mixture of research, teaching and talking to people about climate change.