saturnsheila
saturnsheila
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| Member | May 4, 2011 (15 years) |
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Bio
Sheila is a Londoner by birth but a space cadet in her heart.
From the age of 13 she knew that space was the inspiring force behind her decisions. After successfully finishing school Sheila took a gap year doing voluntary work in Mexico and Peru, followed by an Honours degree in Physics with Astrophysics from the University of Manchester. She attended Space School UK as a student and was chosen to represent the UK at space camps in Alabama, USA and Moscow, Russia. Life has simply picked up speed since then!
She has worked at the famous Jodrell Bank Observatory, lived at an Australian telescope facility to search for exoplanets and now she resides in an old mansion in Surrey. In her spare time Sheila is completing a PhD in planetary science; using the Cassini spacecraft to study the Lord of the Ring, Saturn. When she finishes in 2011 she hopes to use the inspiring qualities of space science to enthuse future scientists, engineers and mathematicians.
She teaches and mentors at Space School UK, is a STEM ambassador for science and has visited many schools, given hundreds of talks and workshops, and enjoyed every single one! She was chosen to represent the science ambassadors on a TV channel called Teacher's TV and has subsequently been in more educational programs. Her new favourite thing to do is science comedy in the pub; last night she made a comet in a bucket in a pub in London whilst making people laugh about astrobiology.
Sheila is a world (and one day space) traveller, a lover of good music (she plays the jazz saxophone), a dancer (modern tap) and an advocate for anything vampire related.
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