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Caren Frosch
City Co-Ordinator
I am interested in how we think and in particular how 'coulda, woulda, shoulda' thoughts influence how we feel and help us make decisions.
Vrushant Lakhlani
City Co-Ordinator and Our Body Event Manager
My area of interest is in Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuropsychology, mainly relating to multisensory perception and illusory sensations.
Kelly McCormack
City Co-Ordinator
I have around 10 years event management experience in public engagement and science festivals. I love everything about Pint of Science, the City of Leicester and the connection that talking to others can provide.
Neil Humpage
Planet Earth
I am a scientist who takes to the skies to test new airborne technologies for remote sensing of greenhouse gases. I also look at how measurements we make from aircraft and the ground can help us to better understand the atmospheric carbon cycle.
Marta Mangiarulo
Beautiful Mind Event Manager
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.
Kerry Blair
Our Body
I am researching the structure and mechanisms of the proteins that are involved in DNA replication.
Ed Thomas
Planet Earth Event Manager
I am a Lab Technician in the School of Geography, Geology and the Environment. My interests are varied and include dinosaurs, volcanoes, microplastics and green energy. My interests outside of work include pub quizzes, football and hiking.
Ed McGowan
Planet Earth
I am a PhD student at the University of Leicester studying ancient explosive volcanoes in the English Lake District. I also research geology within popular video games and how they could be used as an educational tool.
Rodolfo Marin Rivera
Planet Earth
I am a postdoc (Marie Curie Fellow) working in the Material Centre at the University of Leicester. I have a great passion for developing sustainable process engineering for minerals and metals.
Richard Badge
Our Body
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!
Abhijit Parameswaran
Our Body
I am a PhD student at the University of Leicester studying the neuronal communications involved in the biological clock of flies.
Charlotte Fawcett
Beautiful Mind
I'm a PhD student at the University of Leicester based in Cardiovascular Sciences. I also have a strong interest in genetics, neuroscience and statistics!
Emily Sample
Our Body
I am a PhD student at the University of Leicester, studying the circadian clock in fruit flies.
Pẹ̀lúmi Obasaju
Beautiful Mind
I’m Pẹ̀lúmi, an award-winning poet and Neuroscience PhD candidate who gives the mess of life a poetic voice. Follow me on Twitter @Pelumi_Obasaju
Bianca Semczuk
Beautiful Mind
I'm an MPhil student at the University of Leicester in the School of Psychology and Vision Sciences, and after eagerly anticipating it for four years, I'm thrilled to finally be attending the Pint of Science event!
www.twitter.com/biancasemczuk