…arriers would you say exist to you as a woman scientist and how can we overcome them? My experience of barriers as a woman scientist in the world of sport, operating in my different roles, has been predominantly related to stereotypes and the resulting impact of these in the environments within which you are operating or trying to enter. Although improving, they continue to impact a number of women in these fields. There is pressure on women to pr…
…u were early in your career? While seeking my first research post, I would comb my local library for anything to do with the ethnic patterning of health and disease, but without much luck. I then came across the work of Dame Elizabeth Anionwu: the UK’s first sickle cell and thalassemia nurse specialist, academic, and champion of race equality in nursing. Although in a different field to mine, Dame Anionwu’s work was an early inspiration to me, on…
…arriers would you say exist to you as a woman scientist and how can we overcome them? I would consider lack of representation as one of the major barriers for a woman scientist. For example, the construction industry is predominantly dominated by men due to the nature of the work and adverse site conditions. It has been that way since the beginning. I personally have been in sites where there were at least 300 men, and I was the only woman. This s…
…ccines, diagnostic assays and produce proteins for R&D in universities and companies worldwide. What made you want to become a scientist/academic? A fascination with viruses and how they interact with cells. Did you have any role models/anyone that inspired you while you were early in your career? No one person really, but the late Prof David Beadle, who became Head of Biology soon after I joined Brookes, was instrumental in supporting and helping…
Professor Sarah Barman is Professor of Computer Vision at the School of Computer Science and Mathematics, Kingston University. Tell us a bit about your career in science and how you came to focus on your specialism. My research specialism is medical image analysis and my interest in this developed by chance. I was in the process of finishing my PhD in Optical Physics at King’s College London and a postdoctoral position became available in the Ima…
After completing his undergraduate degree at the University of Southern Denmark and Masters at University of Iceland, Badi joined Teesside University in 2019 as part of the first cohort of Horizon2020 co-funded DTA3/Cofund doctoral fellows to undertake a PhD within the School of Computing, Engineering and Digital Technologies. In an attempt to improve energy development decision-making processes, Badi’s is looking at the interrelationships and dy…
…tise to understand public perception of new energy technologies. FLEXIS is comprised of 8 Research Themes with integrated research, development and innovation activities spanning across 18 work packages under these themes. The University of South Wales work is focused under the theme CymruH2Wales2 – Hydrogen and Fuel Cells which includes the following work packages: WP5 Hydrogen Energy Storage WP6 Sustainable Production and Purification of H2 Rich…
…ity will develop bilingual questionnaires and conduct interviews involving commons stakeholders such as the public, farmers, tourism boards, WP etc. The aim will be to determine stakeholders’ understanding, attitudes and management of the pony in terms of the threat it is under, its role in upland biodiversity and conservation of sites of high nature value, including its role in farming and wider Welsh heritage and identity. It is critical to unde…
…is an electrical circuit that is driven by microbes such as bacteria. Two compartments are separated by a membrane; the microbes sit on one side and use dirty water like urine as a food source. In doing so, they produce electrons in a chemical reaction, which flow into the clean compartment. This flow of electrons creates electricity, with the amazing by-product of a clean water source. “It’s important to us to raise public awareness of any new t…
…alternative fuel, will create hundreds of jobs, while seeing the region become a global leader in the green hydrogen sector. Combined with renewable electricity, hydrogen can be produced, stored and used to generate heat and electricity without producing any greenhouse gases and with huge reductions in many other air pollutants. The knock-on benefits of a strong hydrogen economy could add up to £7billion to the region’s economy from now until 205…
