Outreach activities and public engagement organizations that I am involved with
I am the Head of Business Engagement (Advanced Manufacturing) in the Faculty of Science & Engineering.
I was awarded the 2017 Media Fellowship of the British Science Association. I was placed with BBC North West over the summer of 2017, and report for the BBC from the 2017 British Science Festival. I was selected for the Royal Society Pairing Scheme (2013), to spend a week in Westminster with Lucy Powell, MP for Central Manchester. I was awarded the 2013 Joshua Phillips Award for Innovation in Science Engagement (Josh Award) I am a leader in public engagement at the National Graphene Institute (NGI). I was the Web and Communications Coordinator and member of the outreach team at the Department of Materials. Check out our UoM Materials Blog. Learn more about my outreach events in the Outreach Blog section. News, video and audio from outreach activities in Media/Press tab. My public lectures on Graphene
Graphene - Unexpected Science in a Pencil Trace 2021 17/05 - Stockport U3A (Online)
21/01 - Manchester Futurists (Online) 2020 Engagements cancelled due to COVID19 pandemic 2019 30/11 - Nine Lessons and Carols for Curious People, The Lowry, Salford 14/11 - PechaKucha Night Manchester 12/06 - Bramhall & Woodford Rotary Club 13/05 - Bollington SciBar 30/04 - Cheadle & District Rotary Club 2018 27/02 - Wilmslow Dean Rotary Club 07/02 - Ormskirk and Aughton U3A 2017 27/11 - Wilmslow Guild 02/11 - Oundle School 09/07 - Bluedot Festival 10/05 - Widnes Scibar 2016 17/11 - IMechE North West Centre of the Process Industries Division 03/11 - Rotary Club of Manchester Trailblazers 23/05 - Pint of Science Manchester 16/03 - IET Yorkshire Region Prestige Lecture 2015 11/11 - Otley Science Festival 04/06 - Cheltenham Science Festival 09/02 - West Didsbury Astronomical Society 13/02 - MANCEP training day, Manchester 29/01 - IMechE North-West, Warrington 27/01 - IoM3 lecture, University of Manchester 2014 02/12 - How To Academy, London 27/10 - Salutation Scibar, Hulme 06/10 - Warrington Literary and Philosophical Society Lecture 10/09 - Royal Aeronautical Society, Bedford 08/07 - How to: Academy, London 18/06 - Manchester Insights Lecture, London 16/06 - Manchester Insights Lecture, Manchester 22/05 - IoP North East branch, Newcastle upon Tyne 28/04 - Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society Ramsden Lecture 18/03 - STAR Lecture, University of Manchester 02/03 - TEDxManchester 26/02 - Rotary District 1280 Excitement of Science Lecture 2013 13/11 - Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), Barrow-in-Furness 24/10 - TEDxOldham 09/10 - Widens Scibar 08/05 - IoP Derby 14/01 - Bollington Scibar 08/01 - Knutsford Scibar 2012 12/11 - Institute of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), Manchester 05/11 - Wilmslow Guild 22/10 - Macclesfield Scibar 20/08 - London International Youth Science Forum 25/07 - Manchester Cafe Scientifique 23/01 - IoP in Scotland, Royal Society of Edinburgh 2011 22/06 - Institute of Physics (IoP) Teachers Conference, Manchester |
Photo tour (download as pdf) of the graphene exhibit/roadshow, featured in the Summer Science Exhibition, Manchester Science Festival, Live at Jodrell Bank, Saturday Science at MOSI, National Science & Engineering Week, etc.
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