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William Pilcher
Meet William, the deputy IT service delivery manager with the STFC.

XinRan Liu
Meet XinRan Liu, a research associate at Edinburgh University

Manjot Chana

Shrouk El-Attar
Profile of electronic design engineer and campaigner, featured in the Inventive Podcast.

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.

Jane Entwistle
Profile of Jane Entwistle, Professor of environmental geochemistry at Northumbria University, Newcastle.

Talib Butt

Stewart Franks

Rory Harris
Meet Rory, a Science Communicator placement student with the STFC

Enass Abo-Hamed

Paul Mann
Joshua Macabuag

Steph Hills
Meet Steph, a European Communications Manager for the STFC

Ellie Gangel
Software development apprentice with Accenture in Newcastle.

Ruth Amos
Engineer, inventor and YouTuber Ruth Amos - her story, challenges, and motivations.

Jacqui Miller
Selling engineering product from Cramlington to the world

Emma Meehan
Meet Emma, the senior science technician working on experiments in the deepest mine in the UK!

Ashley Davenport
After a successful technician apprenticeship, Ashley looks after teaching labs at a university, ensuring they run smoothly and safely.

Askwar Hilonga
Profile of chemical engineer and clean water entrepreneur and campaigner, Askwar Hilonga. Featured in the Inventive Podcast, episode 4.

Vikash Kumar

Sian Cleaver

Kate Winter

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.

Mika Shearwood
Meet Mika, a software engineering apprentice with the STFC.

Roma Agrawal
Structural engineer and author Roma Agrawal describes her life and motivations: how did she become an engineer?

Paula McMahon

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.

Wakil Shazad
Wakil creates sustainable water and cooling systems, spanning research and commercial work.

Carolina Costa

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.

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.

Juna Sathian

Harri Beatie

Melinda Baptista

Milly Kelly
Foundation course physics student, patching her missing maths A-level before going on to a full Physics degree at Kent.

Josslynne Masters

Jack Haworth

Larissa Suzuki

Sophie Robinson
Profile of aerospace engineer, eVTOL pioneer and swimmer, featured in Inventive Podcast episode 3.

Caitlin Pugh
Physics and Astrophysics undergraduate at Northumbria University

Katy Ellis
Meet Katy, a computing liaison working at CERN

Emmanuel Olaiya
Meet Emmanuel Olaiya, a Particle Physicist with the STFC.

Linzi Dodd

Jens Dopke
Meet Jens, a senior detector scientist at STFC.

Christopher Robinson
Meet Christopher, an electronics technician at ISIS with STFC

Angus MacGregor
Meet Angus, a geotechnical engineer that provides advice and guidance to his colleagues.

