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Sophia Komninou
Co-ordinator
Lecturer on Infant & Child Public Health at Swansea University with an interdisciplinary background that combines nutrition and psychology. My research interests are mainly on babies, their parents, and their behaviour.
Clare Lehane
Co-ordinator
I am an impact support officer at Swansea with a background in marine ecology and STM publishing (transferable skills are my thing!). I first came across Pint of Science in Oxford and am thrilled to be helping to bring it to Swansea for the first time in 2018.
Tom Lake
Co-ordinator
Researcher at Swansea University, working with the Marine Energy Research Group. Looking at tidal turbines with computer modelling and sensors. Working with floating things gets tricky!
Jessica Fletcher
Publicist
I’m a Lecturer in Applied Medical Sciences at Swansea University. I love communicating science and all things human body! When I have spare time I like to make YouTube videos about the science of everything from vaginas to vampires (and other things that don’t begin with ‘v’).
Lloyd Hopkins
Publicist
I'm a PhD student putting hi-tech movement tags on marine animals, mostly sharks, and hoping they give them back afterwards. We can then spy on how they move and behave in their environment. I also like pubs, which has worked out well.
Sara Correia
Treasurer
Sara is undertaking a PhD on cybercrime victimisation at the Hillary Rodham Clinton School of Law. She is also a tutor in both the Law and Criminology departments and a co-presenter of the Swansea Law and Security Podcast. Sara is interested in crime, cyberspace and digital rights.
Amy Jenkins
Event Manager - Beautiful Mind
A research fellow at Swansea University Psychology Department. I'm passionate about engaging & inspiring the public regarding anything to do with the human body & mind. To be part of a festival which brings this passion to life in one of my favourite venues (a pub!) is very exciting indeed!
Tanisha Douglas
Event Manager - Beautiful Mind
I am a Psychology PhD student exploring one’s motivations to eat. Pint of Science is a way of sharing our research outside of the traditional lecture hall which poses its own challenges which will be a new and exciting way of communicating with people outside of the university.
Russ Wakeham
Event Manager - Atoms to Galaxies
I am a chemist and my research is about designing catalysts to turn CO2 into products that have value. Outside of work, I'm a husband, father, enthusiastic brewer & a lover of cycling.
Mike Warwick
Event Manager - Atoms to Galaxies
I'm a chemist and my research has always focused on energy science with my MSc & PhD in energy efficient windows. Then I moved to Italy where I got my first taste of H2O splitting and developed an appreciation for Italian wine. I now combine nano-particles of rust with other metal oxides to use sunl...
Marco Taddei
Event Manager- Atoms to Galaxies
I am a chemist interested in developing new porous materials for capturing CO2. Since I am a lazy researcher, I do outreach because I want to persuade people that it is easier for them to reduce their carbon footprint than for me to discover some fancy material that can capture a lot of CO2 and save...
Emily Speller
Event Manager - Atoms to Galaxies
I'm researching a new generation of solar panels (organic photovoltaics). I'm passionate about sustainability and, hope to contribute to creating a greener planet. Currently finishing my PhD - so when I'm not in the lab, I can be found writing or feeling guilty about not writing!
Amrita Yasin
Event Manager - Atoms to Galaxies
I'm a postdoctoral researcher at Swansea University; my research is on metal-oxide nanoparticle synthesis and film deposition and functionalization for perovskite solar cells. I did my bachelors in chemical engineering and PhD in materials engineering and now I work with chemists so I have been in a...
Olivia Howells
Event Manager - Our Body
I'm a Nanotechnology PhD student researching the applications of teeny tiny
needles (microneedles) which are pain-free! I'm passionate about teaching & promoting
science to kids. When I remember life goes on outside the lab, I'm either trekking to the top of a mountain or in the pub at the end.
James Cronin
Event Manager - Our Body
I’m a lecturer in Genetics & Biochemistry. My research focuses on the link between the immune system and metabolism in the progression of cancer. I am particularly keen on promoting postgraduate student engagement in communicating our science to the public. I am very much looking forward to being pa...
Claire Price
Event Manager - Our Body
I’m a post-doctoral researcher at Swansea University Medical School researching members of a family of enzymes called Cytochromes P450, which can be used as targets for new and existing drugs or can be used to make new chemicals for industry.
Josh Reed
Event Manager - Our Body
I am a currently a second year PhD student at Swansea University. My research focuses on understanding how designing therapies based on the action of GLP-1 (a hormone released by the gut after eating) could provide better treatment for type 2 diabetes.