Real people, real careers. Explore our profiles of people who work in STEM.
Ruth Amos
Engineer, inventor and YouTuber Ruth Amos - her story, challenges, and motivations.
Emmanuel Olaiya
Meet Emmanuel Olaiya, a Particle Physicist with the STFC.
Juna Sathian
Rory Harris
Meet Rory, a Science Communicator placement student with the STFC
Jane Entwistle
Profile of Jane Entwistle, Professor of environmental geochemistry at Northumbria University, Newcastle.
Askwar Hilonga
Profile of chemical engineer and clean water entrepreneur and campaigner, Askwar Hilonga. Featured in the Inventive Podcast, episode 4.
Alana Godfrey
Monitors flights at one of the world's busiest airports, to ensure environment disruption is minimised. Read her full profile and career path.
Jack Haworth
Caitlin Pugh
Physics and Astrophysics undergraduate at Northumbria University
Stewart Franks
Elise Walters
Elise is an electrician. She did Level 1 and 2 qualifications at college, then an apprenticeship. She enjoys the practical work and working as part of a team.
Greg Bowie
Biomedical materials engineer Greg is featured in the Inventive Podcast. Join him to find out how the structures he designs help injuries heal.
Roma Agrawal
Structural engineer and author Roma Agrawal describes her life and motivations: how did she become an engineer?
Linzi Dodd
XinRan Liu
Meet XinRan Liu, a research associate at Edinburgh University
Mika Shearwood
Meet Mika, a software engineering apprentice with the STFC.
Enass Abo-Hamed
Angus MacGregor
Meet Angus, a geotechnical engineer that provides advice and guidance to his colleagues.
Melinda Baptista
Sian Cleaver
Ellie Gangel
Software development apprentice with Accenture in Newcastle.
Milly Kelly
Foundation course physics student, patching her missing maths A-level before going on to a full Physics degree at Kent.
Jens Dopke
Meet Jens, a senior detector scientist at STFC.
Sophie Robinson
Profile of aerospace engineer, eVTOL pioneer and swimmer, featured in Inventive Podcast episode 3.
Paula McMahon
Christopher Robinson
Meet Christopher, an electronics technician at ISIS with STFC
Kirsty Lindsay
From aircraft technician, to physiotherapy, to improving the health of astronauts: Kirsty's gone from an apprenticeship to a research career, and found her way to a job linked to her childhood love of space.
Shrouk El-Attar
Profile of electronic design engineer and campaigner, featured in the Inventive Podcast.
Carolina Costa
Manjot Chana
Larissa Suzuki
Kate Winter
Harri Beatie
Steph Hills
Meet Steph, a European Communications Manager for the STFC
Ashley Davenport
After a successful technician apprenticeship, Ashley looks after teaching labs at a university, ensuring they run smoothly and safely.
Paul Mann
Joshua Macabuag
Jacqui Miller
Selling engineering product from Cramlington to the world
Katy Ellis
Meet Katy, a computing liaison working at CERN
Josslynne Masters
Ann Cairns
From serving coffee in Newcastle Station as a teenager, to President of International Markets for one of the largest finance companies in the world.
William Pilcher
Meet William, the deputy IT service delivery manager with the STFC.
Talib Butt
Wakil Shazad
Wakil creates sustainable water and cooling systems, spanning research and commercial work.
Emma Meehan
Meet Emma, the senior science technician working on experiments in the deepest mine in the UK!
Vikash Kumar
