Hartismere School

At the end of November a group of A-level physics students attended a day full of inspiration, challenge and experimentation across the breadth of physics at Warwick University.

Appearing on the day were:

• Dr Mark Lewney, the Rock Doctor, winner of the first ever FameLab competition and guitar physicist specialising in superstring theory.
• Dr. Victoria Egerton, a palaeobiologist at the University of Manchester who uses synchrotron light to untangle the chemistry of ancient life. This work has recently been featured in Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough
• Emma Chapman an astrophysicist at Imperial College London. She is a world-leading researcher in search of the first stars to exist in our Universe.
• Michael de Podesta, A Fellow of the Institute of Physics and in 2009 received an MBE for Services to Science.
• Leah Morgan a project engineer and science communicator working in fusion energy research at the UK Atomic Energy Authority.