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Becca Motley
City Coordinator
Becca is a PhD student and aspiring professional spreadsheet creator with a boundless enthusiasm for science. She works in the lab to expand our understanding of rare childhood epilepsies and is thrilled to have the opportunity to share her love of the science of the mind with the public.
Jelizaveta Pavljuk
City Coordinator
Jelizaveta is a third year PhD student looking at molecule diffusion within the sugary cell coat, working at the interface between biology, physics and chemistry. She is excited to be part of the Leeds team this year and help make science accessible and inclusive.
Kasia Hammond
Event manager - Planet Earth
Kasia is a final year PhD student doing a structural biology project which uses very big microscopes to look at very small proteins, usually found in the cell membrane. This is her fourth year of Pint of Science and she can’t wait to help share all of the exciting science in Leeds!
Erica Harris
Event Manager - Beautiful Mind
Erica is a Research Assistant and part time PhD student working on trying to understand the mechanisms behind rare neurodevelopmental disorders. She treats her “mini brains” she grows in the lab like her children & is looking forward to contributing to Pint of Science after many years as a big fan!
Jennifer Mclauchlan
Event Manager - Atoms to Galaxies
Jenny is a final year PhD student in Food Science and Nutrition at the University of Leeds. Her project explores proteins from oats, specifically how we can modify them to improve their texture and consumer acceptability. She is looking forward to organising her second PoS event in Leeds this year!
Alex Rzeszutek
Event Manager - Creative Reactions
Alex is a fourth year PhD student, looking at whether vitamins can influence response to chemotherapy treatment in breast cancer. She’s excited to contribute to Pint of Science for the second time this year and share the passion for science with the public.
Benedict Brown
Event Manager - Our Body
Benedict is a lecturer in pharmacy and a practicing pharmacist. His PhD was looking at methods to improve the speed of drug development within the pharmaceutical industry. Since taking up his lecturing position, he has developed a research interest in the use of AI in healthcare.
Dylan Casey
Event Manager - Planet Earth
My name is Dylan and I am from County Cork in the south of Ireland. I moved to Leeds last year to begin my PhD studies where I am investigating how errors in V(D)J recombination contribute to the development of childhood leukaemia. I have always been deeply passionate about science and look forward …
Jenny Barber
Event Manager - Planet Earth
I’m a PhD student in Biology at Leeds, working on a project to develop a biosensor to detect infectious diseases in wildlife. I’ve been to a couple of Pint of Science events in the past but now I want to get involved in organising, to get people talking about biotech and the environment!
Alisha Datta
Event Manager - Planet Earth
Alisha is a first-year PhD student exploring meiotic recombination in Arabidopsis using chromosome engineering. She’s especially passionate about sustainable agriculture and food security, so joining the Planet Earth Pint of Science team felt like the perfect fit! She’s also brand new to Leeds and c…
Max Davies
Event Manager - Atoms to Galaxies
Max is a first year PhD student in the Quantum Group at the University of Leeds. He works on the foundations of Quantum Mechanics, with a particular focus on how the classical world which we experience daily emerges from the strange quantum world.
Olivia Rowell
Event Manager - Creative Reactions
Olivia is a PhD newbie diving into the love lives of flies! She studies proteins that drive mating success, linking fertility and threats to food security. With a pint-sized passion for sharing science in entertaining ways, making biology accessible and exciting for all!
Charlotte Campbell-Broad
Event Manager - Our Body
Charlotte is a PhD student delving into the gut microbiome and its role in colorectal cancer, working from lab-based pathology samples to designing AI for slide analysis. She loves sharing the big impact of tiny microbes beyond the lab and is excited to be contributing to Pint of Science this year.