Outline of the seminar

1.  Introduction – Professor Jeanette Rotchell, Associate Dean for Research, Faculty of Science andEngineering - (5 mins)

2.  PGR Presents – Interdisciplinary working and geoscience outreach - (20 mins)

Kelly Stanford – Postgraduate Researcher, Geography, Geology and Environment and the Energy and Environment Institute 

Kelly is a science communicator, researcher and artist who combines her three talents to share science with the public and inspire people to get involved in STEM.  Her accomplishments include taking an active role in organising the 2020 Postgraduate Research Conference, being a co-ordinator for the ‘Pint of Science’ and being a voice for peers on the Faculty Research Committee.

Questions - 5 mins.

Panel Feedback - 5 mins with the academics in attendance.

 

3.  Spotlight on - something special by Professor Brad Gibson, Director, E.A. Milne Centre for Astrophysics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Hull. 

Details to be confirmed but likely to cover why PGRs should engage in outreach activity/impact and the value to career and to STEM subjects generally. 

 

4.  Perspectives on - 'Securing the job you want in a time of economic crisis' – (20 mins plus Q&A 10 mins)

Dr Vicky Skoulou, Director of Research, Senior Lecturer and Principal Investigator in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 

Dr Skoulou will share her experience of searching for a relevant Post Doctoral Research Assistant role in a prestigious university during a financial crisis and what helped her secure that role when she found it.

 

5. 'Any other business / future seminar topics'

 

 

NB: Due to illness it is not possible for Dr David Milan to deliver his talk as plannned.  We will endeadvour to feature David in a future PGR Research Culture Seminar.

(Dr David Milan -  'Rivers and wine: my lockdown experience in France' – Dr David Milan, Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography - (15 mins plus Q&A 5 mins) 

Dr Milan will talk about some of the research he recently started with French colleagues as an Advanced Study Fellow at Collegium de Lyon (20201-2021), using LiDAR to scan large wood on the Allier river, tributary junctions on the Severaisse catchment, and a vineyard in Beaujolais to assess soil erosion). 

 

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If you have any general questions about the seminar programme please contact Jackie McAndrew at the Doctoral College in the first instance on jackie.mcandrew@hull.ac.uk