Profile

When I’m not science-ing, I like to keep an active and varied lifestyle through running, hiking, climbing, swimming and dancing. Of course, this is followed by a cosy reading session with a cup of tea. At university, there are clubs or ‘societies’ of practically anything you can think of and loads of opportunities to have a big social life. I often have movie nights, dinners and other outings with friends after work or at the weekends.

I use a combination of maths, physics and computing (writing code) to solve problems. Currently, my work involves how climate change can affect the energy production of wind turbines. I still apply many of the principles I learnt in my GCSE maths and physics when solving research questions. My work is very exciting because I am working on things that haven’t yet been figured out, so I get to make new contributions to science and be a discoverer.

My typical day involves a lot of coding, solving equations and reading work by other physicists / mathematicians / engineers. I try to keep up to date with renewable energy news and the different techniques other people are applying to solve problems. Usually, we have lunch all together as a research group of about 20 people and on Fridays we go out for ‘Fun Lunch Friday’. As a research student, my work schedule is very flexible and I often try to work the way that suits me best.