• Question: are you famous from science

    Asked by anon-234286 to Phill, Liam, Kohinoor, Karolina, Jack, Debbie on 9 Nov 2019. This question was also asked by anon-233919.
    • Photo: Liam Wignall

      Liam Wignall answered on 9 Nov 2019:

      Nope! At academic conferences, I have had people come up to me and ask “are you Wignall?” (Because in research, we only really publish articles using our last names). I said I was Wignall and they told me they liked me papers. I’ve also had the opportunity to speak on podcasts and to news around the world about my research.

    • Photo: Jack Joyce

      Jack Joyce answered on 9 Nov 2019:

      Probably not — my research was shown on Channel 4’s ‘The Last Leg’, and I help run a small YouTube channel with a few thousand views about my field but that’s it!

    • Photo: Karolina Urbanska

      Karolina Urbanska answered on 10 Nov 2019:

      I have 1000 followers on Twitter, does that count? Jokes aside, it happens that people know me from Twitter when I meet them in person, but I don’t think it’s famous. I’d say it’s just well-networked.

    • Photo: Debbie Kinsey

      Debbie Kinsey answered on 11 Nov 2019:

      Nope! I went on the local BBC news once talking about my research, but that’s about it

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