Tom
meet the team About me: I’m an interdisciplinary scientist. This means I do a little bit of everything. From zoology at Edinburgh to an MRes/PhD program at UCL where I’ve learnt a lot about physics, maths, computing and microbiology.
My highlight: was when I stumbled across the schools programme. It was great to see so many youngsters getting excited about being taught science (well, actually they were excited by predicting how much pain their hairiest teacher was about to experience… but they were still learning). Favourite speaker: Robert Winston was on form, Simon Singh was charming and Jim Al-Khalili’s rug has to get an honourable mention. However, my highlight has to be Stuart MacBride and his discussion of how much crack you can fit in your… crack. I’ve never seen so much laughter at a science event and it gave a perfect example of how expert opinions can vary (or results can depend upon experimental methods). Favourite cheese: a really good cheddar... Super power: The ability to dig right to the bottom of the barrel in order to find a poster pun? About me: At the moment, I am fresh out of university, and I have a BSc in neuroscience and psychology (I know, not a real science) and a huge passion for all things sciency.
Olivia
My highlight: Being in the same pub as Robert Winston, Jim Al-khalili and Bill Bryson. Favourite speaker: Jim Al-Khalili. I’m no physicist but he is an excellent speaker with a marvellous hairy chest. Although saying that, there were lots of memorable speakers/speaker moments. Favourite cheese: I want to be different and say something like Cornish Yarg but we can't always get what we want so it's got to be Cheddar. Superpower: The power to morph into anything I like. Final comment: I absolutely loved my week at the festival, it was like a big geeky holiday and I'd do it again in a second.