Crucible alumni

Alan Bloodworth

Alan lectures in the School of Civil Engineering and the Environment at the University of Southampton. His research interests include bridges, tunnels, recycling of waste materials, and novel forms of structure and foundation.

Alexander Orlov

Alexander is a Chemist, Cambridge University. He has three MSc degrees in addition to a PhD. The main theme of his work is environmental protection, via engineering. He has previously worked as an intern at US Congress on several science and technology issues at the Legislative and Democratic Whip offices.

Alina Andras

Alina is a Research Associate, University of Newcastle, Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle General Hospital. She also lectures part-time for the Open University and has enrolled on an MBA programme.

Amer Diab

Amer is a biochemist working on developing genomic tools for bio-monitoring of pollutants and their effects on fish health. He is based at the Institute of Aquaculture, Stirling University.

Andrew Byde

Andrew is a Royal Society Industry Fellowship at Southampton University's computer science department, researching market-based control and autonomous multi-agent systems.

Andrew Challinor

Andrew is a Research Fellow, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading. He is one of the founding members of the University of Reading Crops and Climate Group, looking at crop and climate modelling to answer key questions about food security. He has made contributions to national policy discussions on these issues.

Andrew Wills

Andrew is a Royal Society University Research Fellow at University College London and at the Royal Institution. He has a broad research background including materials research, software engineering, and physics within three countries, and is fascinated by magnetism - which he describes as the science of almost everything.

Ann Light

Ann is a visiting research Fellow at the Department of Computer Science at Queen Marys at The University of London. Ann is interested in understanding peoples experience with technology. Ann combines research, disseminating research findings though the web and designing new technologies within industry.

Anthony Hirst

Anthony is an Artificial Intelligence Lecturer, Open University - Department of ICT, Milton Keynes. Founder of the Robotics Outreach Group and editor of www.robofesta-uk.org and interested in developing links with science communicators from many disciplines.

Autumn Rowan-Hull

Autumn is based at the Nuffield Department of Surgery at the University of Oxford. Her research focuses on how the pancreas develops during vertebrate embryogenesis.

Barry Gibb

Barry is a researcher at the Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, studying how brain cells communicate. He is also a digital filmmaker and is interested in finding new approaches to science communication. Currently he is developing a project to try and create a new 'visual language for science'.

Cait MacPhee

Cait is a Nanotechnology Researcher, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University. Member of the Royal Society education committee and engaged with science communication issues. As an Australian, she can bring an international perspective into discussions regarding UK science issues.

Carla Molteni

Carla is a Physics Lecturer at Kings College London who is interested in condensed matter physics. Carla is proactive in promoting the role of women in physics.

Caspar Hewett

Caspar is a research associate at the School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences at The University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Caspars research interests include earth systems engineering and the impacts of human activity. Caspar has a commitment to the public engagement of science and is an active speaker and debater.

Charlotte Allender

Charlotte is a biologist looking at genetic diversity in crop plants and wild relatives. She is based at Warwick HRI, part of the University of Warwick.

Cheryl Golding

Cheryl is a Research Fellow, Human Appetite Research Unit, Biopsychology Group, University of Leeds. She has participated in road-shows for the public on nutrition and Colon Cancer Concern.

Christine Sprigg

Christine is a Lecturer in Occupational Psychology, University of Sheffield. She has been involved in some research on call-centres which provoked media attention - interviewed on BBC radio 4, and 5, radio Sheffield and invited to appear on the regional news programme BBC Look North. Involved in art collaborations via The Wellcome Trust.

Clare Davy

Clare is an Investigator Scientist with the Medical Research Council. Clares expertise is virology and she is also involved in initiatives aimed at increasing interest and performance of school children in science.

Craig Childs

Craig is a Research Fellow, Accessibility Research Group, University College London, working on pedestrian movement in street environments. He is interested in promoting engineering in schools.

Daniel Ozanne

Daniel is a Research Fellow studying alterations in gene expression patterning in diet-induced obesity using genomic technologies. The research forms part of a collaboration between the Rowett Research Institute, the University of Aberdeen and other academic and industrial research sites, known collectively as the Aberdeen Centre for Energy Regulation and Obesity (ACERO).

Daniel Raymer

Daniel is a geophysicist working in Cornwall for Vetco Gray, a subsidiary of Vetco International Ltd. His work involves the detection and analysis of microseismic activity in hydrocarbon and geothermal reservoirs. He is a co-founder and director of ResearchSEA Ltd.

David Jenkins

David works as an EPSRC Advanced Fellow at the University of York. David research in experimental Nuclear Physics and Nuclear Astrophysics has a strong international collaborative element which has nurtured his global view of science. Outside his research he participates in outreach activities as well as having a personal interest in music and visual arts.

David Rippin

David works as an RC-UK Academic Fellow in the Department of Geography at the University of Hull. His research interests are focussed on the controls on the dynamics of glaciers and ice-sheets. He has teaching and science outreach experience and is interested in the potential of interdisciplinary research.

David Skirvin

David is a biologist using computer simulation models to investigate the relationship between plants and predators. He is based at Warwick HRI, a department of the University of Warwick.

Denis O'Hora

Denis is a Lecturer in Behaviour Analysis within the School of Psychology at The University of Ulster. Denis has contributed to the first MSc in Applied Behaviour and sits on the Committee of the Northern Ireland Branch of the British Psychological Society.

Duncan Simpson

Duncan is the Interdisciplinary Research Network Manager at Cambridge University. Based in the Biological Physics Group of the Cavendish laboratory, his role is to encourage and support research collaborations and communications between physicists and biological scientists at Cambridge.

Ed Marshall

Ed is a Chemist, Imperial College, London. Long standing interest in the history of science and communication. Media experience with the BBC World Service and he has also participated in the VSO (Volunteers Service Overseas) programme.

Fariba Bahrami

Fariba is an Environmental Science Programme Manager, Synchrotron Radiation Dept, CCLRC, Daresbury, Warrington. Co-ordinator of the Daresbury Women in Science and Technology group. Her other interests include working with British Trust Conservation Volunteers.

Gabriel Cavalli-Petraglia

Gabriel is a Research Assistant, School of Chemistry, University of Southampton. Coming from Uruguay he is particularly interested in science and globalisation. He also takes a keen interest in the theatre.

Gail Preston

Gail is a Royal Society University Research Fellow working on plant diseases and plant growth-promoting microorganisms at the Department of Plant Sciences, Oxford University.

Gemma Satterthwaite

Gemma is a Bioinformatics Team Leader in a R&D department in industry. Gemmas scientific background is Biochemistry and Cardiovascular medicine and she places a high value on good science teachers, so is committed to outreach work in local schools.

Geoffrey Batt

Geoffrey is a Senior Lecturer in Geology at the Royal Holloway University of London, and believes firmly in the engagement of society with scientific research. He is committed to exploring science, as an educator and as a parent.

Hayley Fowler

Hayley is a researcher at the University of Newcastle specialising in extreme rainfall, climate variability and change, and flood and drought risk. She is participating in a European Framework 6 project on hydrology.

Huda El Mubarek

Huda is a RAE/EPSRC Research Fellow in the field of semi-conductors. Huda also uses poetry to communicate the intricacies of the world around her. She is a strong advocate and campaigner for women in science.

Hugh Tuffen

Hugh is a Volcanologist based at Lancaster University. Hugh enjoys inspiring amateur geologists and is also interested in music and a keen photographer.

Jason Reese

Jason is the Weir Professor of Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics at Strathclyde University. He is a co-founder of the spin out company Brinker Technology Ltd, which is commercialising a leak detection system for pipelines.

Jasper Graham-Jones

Jasper is Senior Lecturer in Manufacturing Engineering at Portsmouth University.

Jen Gristock

Jen is a writer, scientist and policy specialist based at City University in London. Her work explores the ways in which communications across space, time and between communities encourage economic growth and social change. She is interested in creativity and the nature of technology, lay expertise and user-driven innovation.

Jeremy Baumberg

Jeremy holds the joint chair in the Departments of Physics and Astronomy and Electronics and Computer Science, at the University of Southampton and heading a new initiative on nanotechnology. He is also involved in a spin-off company in research into photonic crystals (Mesophotonics Ltd).

Jerry Wu

Jerry is a Senior Research Scientist at The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridge. Has a wide research field consisting of electrical engineering, computer science, biology and bioinformatics. His voluntary work includes the Cambridge Science Festival and he has been a participant in The Royal Society MP-Scientist Pairing Scheme.

Jill Stocks

Jill holds a Daphne Jackson Fellowship at the Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health at Manchester University. She is investigating the effect of environmental and genetic factors on semen quality.

Joanna Ashbourn

Joanna is a Research Fellows in Physics at Oxford. Outside of research Joanna is interested in the public understanding of science and is a Science and Engineering Ambassador as well as organising the annual Oxfordshire Science Writing Competition.

Joanne Baker

Joanne is a Royal Society University Research Fellow in Astrophysics, Oxford University. Participated in a BAAS Media Fellowship and the Royal Societys Scientist-MP pairing scheme. She has just completed a Masters degree in Landscape Architecture.

Jose Munoz

Jose is a Bioengineer, ECLAT, Kings College, London. Wide understanding of issues surrounding science policy in relation to military applications. His interests include volunteering at the Brixton Refugees Council.

Katherine Lewis

Katherine holds a Royal Society Research Fellowship in the Anatomy Department at Cambridge University. Katherines public engagement activities range from being a member of SciTalk to competing in Famelab. Katherine is also interested in alternative healing and rites of passage.

Katherine Smart

Katherine is the Scottish Courage Reader in Brewing Science and an Enterprise Fellow at Oxford Brookes University. She is also the founder of Smart Brewing Services.

Katrien Van

Katrien is based at the Institute of Zoology as a Research Fellow investigating fish reproduction. Katrien has recently presented her research to a wide public audience via the exhibits Fish n Chips and Spermatology.

Keith Davies

Keith is a Senior Scientist at the Nematode Interactions Unit, Rothamsted. He is active in the science and society dialogue, and brings international experience to the group.

Kheng-Lim Goh

Kheng-Lim has a background in medical physics and is currently working in a biological context. His work at Cardiff University uses X-ray diffraction, electron microscopy and mechanical testing to investigate the changes in tendons in the body caused by ageing.

Lucie Green

Lucie is a space scientist who has recently been awarded a Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Research Fellowship. Lucie is keen to develop her already well-established science communication skills through Crucible.

Magdeline Pokar

Magdeline is a Geophysicist by training and currently holds the posts of Managing Director for ResearchSEA Limited and online portal to connect research institutions and experts in Asia with international Journalists.

Maggie Aderin

Maggie is a Senior Project Manager, Sira Technology Ltd in Kent, working on a satellite detection system funded by the European Space Agency. She has also set up Science Innovation Ltd to promote public understanding of science.

Mark New

Mark is a lecturer in Physical Geography at Oxford University, with research interests in climate change and climate variability. Current research projects include analysis of trends in daily climate extremes, predictability of rainfall onset in southern Africa, land-surface/vegetation/climate interaction in Africa and Amazonia and uncertainties in climate change prediction.

Mark Reeves

Mark is a technical manager with Oxford Lasers Imaging Division (Didcot, Oxford). He is also director of Lothian Imaging Science Ltd (Edinburgh), which develops custom measurement equipment based on lasers, imaging devices and image processing software.

Matt Cottingham

Matt researches avian virology and its application to human vaccines at the Institute for Animal Health near Newbury.

Michael Murray

Michael is a civil engineer. He has worked on a wide range of numerical models and is interested in methods of modelling the effect of human activity on robust engineering models.

Neil Stokes

Neil is a microbiologist working at Prolysis Ltd, a biotechnology company in Oxfordshire. His research focuses on the discovery and development of novel antibiotics.

Nicola Englyst

Nicola carries out research to better understand the mechanisms involved in controlling blood clotting in stroke as part of a Fellowship funded by Research into Ageing. She is based at the University of Southampton's Endocrinology and Metabolism Unit at Southampton General Hospital.

Nicole Grobert

Nicole is a Dorothy Hodgkin Research Fellow in the Department of Materials at the University of Oxford. Nicola has acted as a communicator of nanotechnology in a number of different guises and looking forward to interaction with people from backgrounds other than scientists.

Patricia Harkness

Patricia is a Senior Researcher, Department of Pharmacology, University College London, working on molecular and cellular neuroscience. She has experience of work in an industrial research lab and has wide ranging interests in neuroscience and in promoting science communication. Contributes to UCLs Writing and Learning Mentors scheme.

Paul Adderley

Paul is a soil scientist based at the University of Stirling. His work considers the long-term sustainability of past and present-day agrarian societies through their interactions with the natural environment.

Paul Andrews

Paul is a cell Biologist at The Wellcome Trust Biocentre at the University of Dundee. Paul has a passion for art and enjoys collaborating with artists for educational and communication purposes. His own microscopy images have been exhibited as Sci-art and won critical acclaim.

Perdita Barran

Perdita is a chemist using physics to solve biological problems. Her inter-disciplinary work at the University of Edinburgh investigates the structure of biologically relevant molecules using mass spectrometry techniques. These range in size from small model peptide systems to protein complexes.

Peter Taylor

Peter is a Research Scientist for Sharp Electronics in Oxford Science Park. He brings industry experience and has been involved in communicating this to young people via Open Industry events.

Peter White

Peter works as the interface of theory and policy in controlling infectious diseases, as a Coordinator for the UNAIDS/WHO Reference group ion Estimate, Modelling and Projections. Peter brings an international perspective and is also committed to sharing the benefits of education to youth groups.

Philip Langley

Philip is an EPSRC Research Fellow in the Medical Physics department at The University of Newcastle. Philip has a creative outlook and participated in a range of outreach activities.

Pragya Agarwal

Pragya is a Lecturer in Geographic Information Science in the Department of Geomatic Engineering at University College London. Her research is aimed at finding better synchronicity between technology (especially ubiquitous and pervasive technology such as location-based services) and human perception and cognition.

Ramesh Marasini

Ramesh works as a construction specialist at the B2B Manufacturing Centre, School of Science and Technology, University of Teesside. He is a civil engineer specialising in simulation modelling, construction IT and project management.

Rebecca Wright

Rebecca works at the UCL Centre for Mathematics and Physics in the Life Sciences and Experimental Biology (CoMPLEX). Her research project is combining experimental and theoretical approaches to produce a mathematical in-silico model of the liver.

Sam Elliot

Sam is Senior Lecturer in Biological Sciences at the University of Gloucestershire. His research concerns the use of fungal and bacterial pathogens as alternatives to chemical pesticides, most notably against mite and locust pests in Brazil and Africa.

Sam Wong

Previously working as a journalist in Hong Kong, Sam is currently a lecturer in the School of Earth and Environment at the University of Leeds, UK.

Sarah Kemmit

Sarah is a soil Researcher at Rothamsted. Sarah is committed to environmental protection and her outreach activities include the initiation of the Bangor Forest Garden Project.

Seirian Sumner

Seirian is a entomologist, London Zoo. She is committed to science outreach and public communication. She has an active interest in film-making and has made a number of films on social insects that have been shown publicly at the National Honey Show, Royal Entomological Society, Beekeepers Association of Britain and international scientific events, e.g. International Union for Study of Social Insects.

Sergio Lozano-Perez

Sergio is a Researcher, Department of Materials, University of Oxford. Has industry experience in Nuclear Energy and is keenly aware of the sensitivities around this energy source. He volunteers at Oxford Museums and Department open days.

Shelley Wilkins

Shelley is a chemist researching the control of ink-media interactions at the Department of Materials, Oxford University.

Sophie Duport

Sophie is based at The Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability and holds the duel role of Research Governance Manager/Research and the Editor of Brainwaves, the newsletter of the Institute of Complex Neuro-disability.

Stephen Rae

Stephen is Lab Manager at the University of Dundee within the Wellcome Trust Center for Gene Expression and Regulation.

Previous to this Stephen was a cereal geneticist at the Scottish Crop Research Institute, investigating barley malting quality quantitative traits within commercial material to aid marker assisted breeding of elite cultivars.

Sue Black

Sue is a Senior Lecturer in Computing at the South Bank University with a strong interest in women in computing. Sue is an active member of the British Computer Society.

Susan Brooks

Susan is a Senior Lecturer in Cell Biology at Oxford Brookes University. Susan is committed to fostering public interest and understanding in science and her PhD lab notebook was chosen to be displayed at the Science Museum.

Susan Rosser

Susan is a Lecturer in Biotechnology at the University of Glasgow. Susan has been involved in a variety of public outreach activities to young people and international researchers.

Tetyana Mykhaylyk

Tetyana is a Research Fellow in the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the University of Sheffield. Tetyana is committed to pursuing the development of her understanding of the global and philosophical issues surrounding the role of scientists.

Timothy Foxton

Timothy is a Research Associate with the Cambridge Centre for Climate Change Mitigation Research (4CMR). Timothys background is mathematics and his current interests lie in sustainability. He holds the position of Secretary of Scientists for Global Responsibility.

Trina Dinnis

Trina is a Research Fellow, Institute of Digital Communications, School of Engineering and Electronics, University of Edinburgh, working on aspects of wireless networks. His previous experience in industry has been the designing and testing of hard drives for computers. She is involved with Girls Get SET, a scheme to encourage women to study engineering.

Victoria Larner

Victoria work at the Department of Biology, University of Leicester. Passionate about promoting plant science and the role of women in university education. Participates as a scientific volunteer at the Birmingham Science Museum, as well for as the National Science Week.

Walraj Gosal

Walraj is a Research Fellow, Department of Biochemistry, University of Leeds, working on the area of "protein folding". He is particularly interested in politics and world affairs. He has also enrolled in the Researcher in Residence programme to work with schools.

William Hanage

William is a Research Associate in Evolutionary Biology at Imperial College London. He is a natural communicator; a part-time actor and writer. Some of this activity is centred round science; he is a columnist at LabLit.

Yang Hao

Yang is a Lecturer, Department of Electronic Engineering, Queen Mary College, University of London. Successful at obtaining funding from a variety of sources for 3 EPSRC research projects in electromagnetics and published widely on Electromagnetics. Promotes connections with China by recruiting MSc students in electromagnetics.