STEM for Britain

Seven University of Glasgow academics will be presenting their work at this year's STEM for BRITAIN event at Westminster next week.

  • Dr Raimondo Penta is 33 and a Lecturer in Applied Mathematics who comes from Brescia in Italy. Raimondo’s poster illustrates research about Multiscale modeling and simulations of fluid and drug transport in vascularized tumours. 
  • Dr Richard Taylor, 29, a research associate hailing from Aylesbury. Richard’s poster details research about the minaturisation of cold atom systems for quantum technologies.
  • Louise Mason, 24, a PhD Researcher from Rutherglen. Louise’s poster is about investigations into the mechanical properties of cells used to study cancer migration and drug response.
  • Dr Richard Middlemiss, 29, is a research associate from the Isle of Lewis. His poster reflects research on tiny gravity sensors that can be used to image the inside of volcanoes.
  • Dr Trevor Almeida, 33, is an LKAS research fellow from Johannesburg, South Africa. His poster shows how electron microscopy is used to visualise nano-scale magnetism for applications in magnetic data storage and palaeomagnetism.
  • Gavin Macauley, 24, from Johnstone, is a PhD researcher in Physics. His poster describes how arrays of nano-scale magnets can help build the next generation of computers.
  • Robert Webster, 24, is a PhD researcher from Perth. His research involves designing nano-structured alloys to improve the efficiency of thermoelectric generators which create electricity from waste heat.

They were shortlisted from hundreds of applicants to appear in Parliament. Judged by leading academics, the gold medallist receives £2,000, while silver and bronze receive £1,250 and £750 respectively.

The Parliamentary and Scientific Committee runs the event in collaboration with the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Institute of Physics, the Royal Society of Biology, The Physiological Society and the Council for the Mathematical Sciences, with financial support from the Clay Mathematics Institute, UK Research and Innovation, Warwick Manufacturing Group, Society of Chemical Industry, the Nutrition Society, Institute of Biomedical Science and the Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Research.

Young Author Achievements Award

Jaclyn Carberry, supported by her mentor Colin Berry, with the University of Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, has been awarded the American College of Cardiology’s prestigious Young Author Achievements Award. She is thus recognized as one of ten outstanding researchers published in one of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology’s sister journals. She will be recognized at ACC.18 in Orlando in March during the JACC Editorial Board meeting. 

The Young Author Achievement Awards are awarded to researchers within the first five years of their training. Editorial boards for each JACC sister journal nominate winners chosen from research submitted in the prior year. 

First published: 5 March 2018

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