Soapbox Science London 2022

Southbank will transform into a hub of scientific learning and discussion, as some of London’s leading scientists take to their soapboxes to showcase their science to the general public.

The event’s mission remains the same: to help eliminate gender inequality in science by raising the profile, and challenging the public’s view, of women and non-binary people in science.

Speakers

Selected from a competitive pool of researchers, our 12 speakers will be sharing their work in technology, science, medicine and engineering. The speakers and their discussion topics are:

Dr Grazia Todeschini (@Grazia_Tod), King’s College London, “Renewable energy sources in everyday life”

Dr Sophie Common, Zoological Society of London, “How to maximise wild animal health during translocations”

Professor Chloe Orkin (@profchloeorkin), Queen Mary University of London/ Honorary Consultant Barts Health NHS Trust, “Where science meets social justice”

Amelia Ramage (@amelia_jRamage), Zoological Society of London and University College London, “The importance of genetics in conservation, using the African wild dog as a model”

Dr Bhavana Solanky, University College London, “Magnetic Resonance Imaging- an introduction”

Anamaria Leonescu (@AnaLeonescu868), University College London, “How to make diamonds out of thin air”

Dr Cintia Akemi Oi (@Cin_Oi), University College London, “What we can learn from wasps?”

Dr Anna Moore (@annamoore83), Barts Health NHS Trust, “Our Amazing Lungs: what do they do and what do they need?”

Alessia Favaron (@AleFavaron), University College London, “Feeling moody? Ask your tummy!”

Michelle Calvert (@Michelle_Calvert), Horniman Museum & Gardens, “Coral spawning in South East London”

Professor Andrea Townsend-Nicholson, University College London, “The Virtual Human – The body double that could improve your health“

Dr Stephanie Longet, (@stephanie200586) University of Oxford, “Antibodies: one of our body’s weapons against viruses and bacteria“