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Even though I only play cricket and lacrosse now, I used to swim competitively, play tennis, american football and golf. I believe that sports should be everyone and that science and sport can mix, despite any stereotypes that exist.

Now I’m in the second year of my PhD and have got settled into Oxford I am looking into doing more outreach. I hope to explain to young people what scientists do to inspire interest in studying science and increase people’s understanding of how modern technology is researched.

These materials need to be thin as the effects that we are looking for are on very small scales. To find these effects we use lots of different methods using strong magnetic fields, x-rays, extremely powerful microscopes and electrical measurements. These materials have the potential to be used in sensors and computer processers that use less power than what we have now. This is an important thing to focus on as we try to limit the affects of climate change.

While my normal day I eat breakfast and get into the lab around 9am and leave around 6pm, sometimes I have to leave at lunch for a big lacrosse match before coming back in the evening to catch up. My supervisor lets me set my own hours as long as the work gets done which I’m very grateful for. Also a couple of times a year we have a big experiment which we have to travel to Spain, France or Germany to do. It’s quite fun to see different place and travel but we have to work very hard to get everything done while we are there.