I’m a Scientist, Get me out of here! is back this March. Between Monday 9th and Friday 20th, students will be putting their questions to 6 scientists in the Electromagnetic Zone.

For the latest news and announcements about the event, find us on Twitter @imascientist, and follow the hashtag, #IASUK.

Let’s meet the scientists and schools taking part…

The Electromagnetic Zone is a themed zone supported by STFC.

Megan Maunder | PhD Student, University of Exeter

The Sun is constantly giving out energy. Sometimes this is in the form of large bursts of mass which hurdle towards Earth and can cause what we call Space Weather. I observe these large objects to try and learn more about them.

Katherine Graves | PhD STudent, University of Leeds

My experiments turn plastic waste into more valuable things, which I look at using x-rays and microscopes.

Jesse Dykes | Optical Scientist, Qinetiq

I work out clever ways to fire lasers through the air, and hopefully into space and back.

Dave Constable | Postdoctoral Researcher, Lancaster University

I study the aurora at the two largest planets in our solar system, Jupiter and Saturn. I use computer simulations to try and understand how they work.

Amelia Edwards | PhD Student, CERN

I test new technology which will be used in the future to accelerate electrons by 100 million volts every metre.

Arjuna James | PhD Student, University of Oxford

I study Uranus & Neptune, the two planets that are furthest away from the Sun in our Solar System. I use pictures taken with big telescopes on the Earth & in space to study the atmospheres of both planets.

The Schools

• Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School, Brentwood
• Brighton Hill Community School, Basingstoke
• Greenacre School, Chatham
• John F Kennedy Catholic School, Hemel Hempstead
• Northwood School, Northwood
• Prestatyn High School, Denbighshire
• Queen Elizabeth’s Girls’ School, Barnet
• Robert May’s School, Hook
• The Petchey Academy, London