Selected from a competitive pool of Welsh researchers, our 12 speakers will be sharing their work in technology, science, medicine and engineering. The winners and their discussion topics included:
Ms Sophia Komninou (@SophiaKomninou), Swansea University “Did your mum really give you a sweet tooth? How tastes preferences develop and can you ever learn to like vegetables?”
Professor Cathy Thornton (@fuvjones), Swansea University “Your placenta and you”
Dr Claire Hanley (@clairejhanley), Swansea University “Stimulating the Ageing Brain”
Ms Pippa Beston (@pippabeston), Bangor University “How do we encourage cooperation? Social interaction quality and punishments are important”
Dr Youmna Mouhamad, Swansea University “Screen printing, a technique with endless applications. From colour images to electronics devices”
Dr Nelly Villamizar, Swansea University “Mathematics in computational design: from Renault and Citroen in the 50’s to World of Warcraft”
Dr Rachel Woods (@Rajal1066), Swansea University “Smart technology that allows capture of solar energy for heating building spaces all year round”
Dr Catrin Williams (@DrMicroCat), Cardiff University “What the deep sea can tell us about microwaves”
Miss Dannii Harte (@DanielleHarte94), Swansea University “DNA damage: What is it? How do we test for it? and the artificial intelligence being developed to analyse it”
Dr Rowena Jenkins (@jenkins7ro), Cardiff Metropolitan University “Honey! a magical medicine?”
Dr Mabrouka Abuhmid (@M_abuhmida), Swansea University “The Internet of Things”
Dr Jenny Stanford (@JennyDStanford), Swansea University “How do you lose an ice-sheet?”
From: 8 Jul 2017, noonTo: 8 Jul 2017, 3 p.m.
Location: City Centre, Oxford Street, SA1 3AE, Swansea
Swansea will be hosting their fourth Soapbox Science event on Saturday 8st July 2017. Our soapboxes will be moved inland from the beach to the city centre’s Oxford Street vicinity. The city will be buzzing with shoppers, families, tourists and other city dwellers – we aim to stop them in their tracks with women at the forefront of science and technology from all over Wales and beyond talking about their research! The event’s mission is to raise the profile, and challenge the public’s view, of women in science, technology, engineering, maths and medicine (STEMM).
Contact: Dr Geertje van Keulen
Website: http://soapboxscience.org/soapbox-science-2017-swansea/
Event created by: e.j.turner