Ask our PhD Students

To celebrate International Women's Day, we're sharing Clare's full conversation with Chi Onwurah, MP for Newcastle Upon Tyne Central and Shadow Minister for Science, Research and Digital. Learn more about Chi's experience as an engineer, her transition into politics and discover what the government are doing to increase diversity in STEM. This was originally recorded for the Holmes Memorial Lectures 2021 on Women in STEM. This is available here: https://youtu.be/DWIOzZfLuGk 

Medicinal Chemist and PhD student, Catherine Salvini answers your chemistry questions. Find out how medicines are made, what happens when you mix the wrong chemicals and of course, what happens when you mix dry ice, liquid nitrogen and orange juice... Watch the video highlights on our STEM Newcastle Youtube Channel.  Visit go.ncl.ac.uk/stemnewcastle to find out who is coming next and submit your questions. 

Mechanical Engineer and PhD student at Newcastle University, Jenny Olsen answers your engineering questions. Watch the video highlights on our STEM Newcastle Youtube Channel! Find out which Scientists and Engineers will be interviewed next and submit your own questions at go.ncl.ac.uk/askourexperts

Biochemist and PhD student, Ruth Walker, answers your question on making medicines, our immune system and what it's like to do a PhD. Watch the video highlights on our STEM Newcastle Youtube Channel. Find out who is coming up next and submit your own questions at http://go.ncl.ac.uk/askourexperts.

Here is a taste of what is to come from series two in January, when we'll be interviewing some of Newcastle University's PhD students. 

Physicist Paul Branch answers your question on magnets, electricity and superconductivity.  Watch the video highlights on our STEM Newcastle Youtube Channel. Find out who is coming up next and submit your own questions at http://go.ncl.ac.uk/askourexperts.

Computer Scientist and Lecturer in Digital Health, Dr. Jan Smeddinck answers your questions on Computer Science.  For more information about Jan's research and career see: OpenLab: https://openlab.ncl.ac.uk/ Website: https://www.smeddinck.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/smeddinck Watch the video highlights on our STEM Newcastle Youtube channel. Find out who is coming up and ask our experts your questions at: https://go.ncl.ac.uk/askourexperts 

This week we're interviewing Chemical Engineer, Fernando Russo Abegao. Fernando answers all of your questions on Chemistry, Engineering and how things are made. Watch the highlights of this episode on our Youtube channel - STEM Newcastle. Find out who we have coming up next and submit your own questions at go.ncl.ac.uk/askourexperts or tweet us @STEMNewcastle

Newcastle University's Prof. Mark Pearce and Dr. Emma Slack answer all of your questions on data and disease. Don't worry, the first question answered is what is Epidemiology!  You'll also get to hear about their career journeys in STEM as well as why COVID-19 affects some people more than others, how diseases spread and more. To find out who we have coming up and to submit your own questions to our experts, visit go.ncl.ac.uk/askourexperts. You can also see video highlights on our STEM Newcastle Youtube channel.

Naval Architect, Maryam Haroutunian, shares her journey to becoming an engineer as well as answering all of your questions on how boats float, how submarines find their way around how we test new ship designs at Newcastle University.