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Ioana Butnaru
City Coordinator
I'm a molecular neuroscientist interested in mechanisms of pathological ageing such as dementia.
Marta Mangiarulo
City Coordinator
I am a social psychologist, and my job is to ask (and possibly answer) questions such as: how do we make decisions? How do we interact with others and form impressions of them?
I have a soft spot for equality issues, scientific outreach, and coffee.
Samantha Tyler
City Coordinator
I am a postdoctoral researcher interested in researching visual function and visual cognition in different populations including older adults, dementia, Alzheimer's disease, PTSD, and retinoblastoma, and how we can screen and monitor vision-related changes. I am also interested in Open Science pract…
Richard Badge
Our Body Event Manager
I am a life scientist interested in the things lurking in the darkest corners of genomes, and how they impact organisms. Also, a big fan of computers, open science and land rovers!
Emma Bridger
Our Society Event Manager
I am a psychologist researching how our social ecologies affect our health and wellbeing. I'm very excited for a fascinating evening hearing about how we're impacted by and can impact on societal issues such as homelessness, racism and climate change.
Livv Kus
Beautiful Mind Event Manager
I'm currently doing a master's in research methods in neuroscience and I am working as a research assistant doing a project about reading! I also have 2 guinea pigs called Sigmund Freud and Ivan Pavlov. In the photo it's me (in the glasses) and Sig.
Emily Sample
Our Body Event Manager
I am a PhD student at the University of Leicester, studying the circadian clock in fruit flies.
Genovefa Kefalidou
Tech Me Out Event Manager
I am a Computer Scientist and Psychologist specialising in Human-Computer/AI and Data Interaction. I am doing research in User Experience in Autonomous/AI systems and service contexts. My research spans across Transport, Healthcare and critical services more broadly and I am exploring the realm of m…
Marta Boscaglia
Beautiful Mind
I am a neuroscientist and I like beer, so I couldn't not be part of Pint of Science!
Elizabeth Kawesa
Beautiful mind
I'm Elizabeth Kawesa, a postgraduate researcher exploring the well-being of ethnic minority students in higher education. I'm passionate about fostering inclusive learning environments and love using participatory research methods to amplify people's voices.
Thrilled to volunteer at Pint of Scienc…
Aimee Vaughan
Our body
I am a biochemist my current project is investigating how immune cells respond to anti-cancer therapies. I have been involved in pint of science for the last 3 years and look forward to this year's event.
Zahra Khorami
Beautiful Mind
I am a PhD student
Milena Rota
Beautiful mind
"Hyperactive and messy cognitive neuroscientist with great passion for the outdoors.
When I am not in the nature or the lab, you may find me having a drink with some friends whilst, contemporarily bothering them with various fun facts about the world. Super excited to be part of PoS to help spread …
Frannie Stephens
Our Body
I am doing a PhD in circadian rhythm genetics at the University of Leicester. I work on fruit flies but I'm interested in all animals, whether they have 2, 6, or 750 legs!
Dr Anand Sengodan
Tech Me Out
I am a Teaching Fellow in Computer Science within CMS at the University of Leicester and I am a passionate teacher who wants to ensure his students succeed. I am an expert in Cyber security and currently working on Data Analytics.
Sally Watson
Beautiful Mind
This is my first time helping out at Pint of Science and I'm excited to get involved !! I'm a management graduate from Co Durham and as well as the events I'm happy to chat about cricket, music, dogs and the North East. :-)