Profile

My CV

• Education:

  Early education:
  I went to a Church of England primary school in a small village in the South of England, a secondary school that wasn’t very good at the time, then I went to a 6th form college near my hometown which has since closed down. While at school I really enjoyed learning about science and technology, my favourite classes were always Science or Design and Tech. I enjoyed building things and solving problems. I also really enjoyed History and English as I loved listening to stories.

  At college I studied, Physics, Maths, Further Maths and Economics.

  I actually had quite a difficult time at school, so I had to a tutor for help in Mathematics so that I could achieve higher grades. For a long time I was in the lower set and had to work hard to improve my grades. I also used to get in trouble sometimes.

  I took a gap year before university, where I worked in a clothes shop. I knew that I wanted to study for a long time as I wanted to do science, so I decided to take a break before going back to education. I really enjoyed working and it taught me a lot about management and communication.

  Higher education:
  For my undergraduate degree I went to Royal Holloway University of London
  For my Masters I attended University College London
  At university I studied Physics and Astrophysics. I think I needed 3 A’s to get in and so I was lucky.

  I participated in a lot of sports and societies while at uni and I was the president of my sports club (Mixed martial arts). I also enjoyed socialising with my friends. I spent a lot of time volunteering outside of class in science communication and tried to get an internship each summer for work experience.

  I actually graduate with a 2.2 after having some difficulties during my third year at university and ended up volunteering for a year in a lab to gain research experience that would enable me to pursue my PhD.

  For my PhD I went to Northumbria University where I studied the Sun for 3 years and published some scientific papers on the subject. My work was focused on understanding the energy contained in the Sun’s atmosphere.

  I discovered during my Masters degree that I was both Dyslexic and Dyspraxic which helped me understand why I found some subjects difficult at school.

• Qualifications:

  11 GCSE A-C
  4 A-Levels A-C

  MSci – Physics 2.2

  PhD Astrophysics

• Work History:

  Officers Club – sales staff
  Phones4U – Sales staff
  National Physical Laboratory – intern
  Royal Holloway – intern
  Mullard Space Science Laboratory – intern

  Various chairties – Science Communicator
  Real VNC – Software developer
  Northumbria University – Researcher
  National Physical Laboratory – Higher Research Scientist
  Science Technology Facilities Council – Advisor
  Valerann UK – Data Scientist
  Synaptiv – Data Scientist

• Current Job:

  Currently I work on developing technology for smart cities