Meet the speaker: Min Zhang

Dr Min Zhang is a Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) researcher at the Open University. She was born and educated in China with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and a Master’s degree in Software Engineering. Doing a PhD in HCI at the University of Nottingham has completely changed her career pathway. Through her 5-year self-exploration, she transformed …

Meet the speaker: Dhouha Kbaier

Dr Dhouha Kbaier is currently a Senior Lecturer in Computing and Communications at the Open University, recognised for her outstanding contributions and multiple best paper awards. She holds a PhD with highest honours from Telecom Bretagne (Brest, France) and specialises in Space Communications Systems. Her research interests include signal processing applied to communications and oceanography, …

Soapbox Science Milton Keynes, 2024

The Soapbox Science Milton Keynes event is back for its ninth year, taking place at Middleton Hall in Centre MK shopping centre. This year, ten brilliant presenters will share their diverse science topics with the public, offering a unique opportunity for learning and engagement. The event is scheduled for Saturday, July 6th, 2024, from 12pm to 3pm.

Meet Elisa Oliveira da Costa

We caught up with Elisa Oliveira da Costa, one of our speakers from this year’s Soapbox Science Milton Keynes event to ask her some questions in the run-up to the event Elisa is a second-year PhD student at the Open University. She is funded by the European Union through the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions within the FluidNET …

Meet Ramla Khan

Hi, my name is Ramla, and I am a PhD student at the Open University. I started my professional career as a junior engineer in a private construction company where I designed roads and bridges mostly. After that, I moved on to working on drought monitoring across the globe as part of my master’s degree …

Meet Emily Swaby

Hello! I’m Emily Swaby, and I’m a Palaeontology PhD research student within the School of Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences at the Open University in Milton Keynes, where I have been studying since October 2020. I graduated with a First Class BSc (Hons) degree in Palaeontology at The University of Portsmouth (2015 – 2018) and …

Are trees sometimes the ‘bad guys’?: Meet Alice Fraser-McDonald

Alice studied a BSc in Conservation Biology and Geography at the University of Exeter in Cornwall. She then went on to undertake an MSc in Earth Science with the Open University. This culminated in an independent research project investigating the impacts of increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide on the carbon and water cycles from tree-ring stable …