ROle Models
It’s so important for children to see people similar to themselves succeeding. Our Role Model programme highlights disabled STEM professionals in wide-ranging roles across the sector, with very different disabilities and experiences. We want to celebrate diversity within STEM to help inspire disabled children to realise their potential.
After all, you can’t be what you can’t see.
Physics Role Models: Video Interviews
Dr Patrick Dunne
Job Title: Lecturer in Physics and Data Science, Imperial College London
Disability: Asperger's, Dyspraxia, Tourette’s
Dr Hamied Haroon
Job Title: Research Associate in Magnetic Resonance Imaging, University of Manchester
Disability: Charcot Marie Tooth Disease
Dr Jessica Boland
Job Title: Senior Lecturer in Functional Materials and Devices, University of Manchester
Disability: Hard of Hearing
Sara Fletcher
Job Title: Head of Impact and Engagement, ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Disability: Dystonia
Dr David Cornwell
Job Title: Senior Lecturer in Geophysics, University of Aberdeen
Disability: Type 1 Diabetes
Temple Grandin
Job Title: Professor of Animal Science, Colorado State University
Disability: Autism
Geerat Vermeij
Job Title: Distinguished Professor of Paleobiology and Evolutionary Biology
Disability: Blindness
Dr Hannah Barham-Brown
Job Title: Doctor, Speaker, Disability and Gender Campaigner.
Disability: Ehlers Danlos Syndrome with Dysautonomia
Glen Cornhill
Job Title: Space Project Lead and Tutor at G2G Communities CIC / Chief Technology Officer at Artemis Space / Open University Masters Student
Disability: Dyslexia and Irlen syndrome
Dr Camilla Pang
Job Title: Postdoctoral Scientist, Author of ‘Coding People’ due out in March 2020.
Disability: Autistic spectrum disorder (Asperger’s syndrome), ADHD.
Amy-Charlotte Devitz (Charlotte)
Job Title: Frontier’s Masters Student in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Michigan
Disability: Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and Pandysautonomia (EDS + PANDYS)
Lucy Williams
Job Title: Assistant Editor at the Royal Astronomical Society
Disability: Visually Impaired (Oculocutaneous Albinism)
Daisy Shearer
Job Title: Physics postgraduate researcher & experimental quantum physicist
Disability: Autism Spectrum Disorder
Lara Ayris
Job Title: Managing Director of WPS Compliance Consulting Ltd
Disability: Autistic and Irlen Syndrome
Emily Radley
Job Title: Head of Manufacturing and Technical Customer Support at Hexigone
Disability: ADHD and Dyslexia
Laura Martin
Job Title: Master’s student in Observational Astrophysics (Liverpool John Moores University)
Disability: Autism Spectrum Disorder & Chronic Migraine
Andrea Chapman
Job Title: Application Support Brachytherapy
Disability: Dominant Optic atrophy
Alexia Alexander Wight
Job Title: Trainee Science Teacher and Physicist
Disability: Mental Health Disability
Dr. Claire Malone
Job Title: Science Journalist and Inclusion Consultant
Disability: Cerebral Palsy (rare subset, choreoathetoid)
Natalie Hiller
Job Title: Chartered Accountant and Co-Chair of Disability Awareness Network at PwC
Disability: Mobility and dexterity, wheelchair user
Elli Harpum
Area of Work: Quantum Physics
Disability: Type 1 diabetes, wheelchair user, complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS), deaf
Vicky Bowskill
Job Title: PhD Researcher and Science Illustrator
Disability: Autism, Dyslexia, and Irlen Syndrome
Dr Christopher Baily
Job Title: Research Scientist for Servomex
Disability: Visually impaired, living with the degenerative eye condition Retinitis Pigmentosa