Networking, a skill we all know is important, but often don’t do enough of. Sometimes it is just easier to stay in your comfort zone and stick with who or what you know. As scientists we can’t afford the luxury of a comfort zone, particularly when trying to present your research to the wider scientific community and beyond. Conferences provide a perfect platform from which … Continue reading
Diamond is the Girl’s Best Friend by Lil Read
I’m Lil, a 1st year PhD student based at the downtown department in Cambridge and at Diamond Light Source. Thats not a picture of me doing any science, thats a picture of me having fun, which PhD students do sometimes.
I’m looking at climatic paleoproxies and how they can be refined, in order to be better understand out planet’s past climate, and hopefully know a … Continue reading
Claire Nichols – 1st Year – Mineral Sciences
I’m Claire, a first year PhD student working in our Downtown department. I’m now six months in and starting to really get to grips with my project. I’m looking at nanopaleomagnetism in meteorites in order to understand their fundamental magnetic properites, and say something about the planetary body the meteorite came from.
In order to image magnetism on a nanoscale, I … Continue reading