​​​​​​​​I am the Head of Communications and Impact for STFC Scientific Computing. I look at the fascinating, valuable - but often very complex - work our computational scientists are doing and I find ways to demonstrate the impact they are having in accelerating crucial scientific research, or supporting the economy and our society.  

I target a wide variety of audiences, from  the UK Government, academia and industry, to families or school students making career choices.  I'm always on the lookout for exciting news to tell people about or ways in which we are making a computational or research process simpler and more cost-effective; problems we are solving; projects where we are contributing to the health and wealth of the UK; and where we are leading in international collaborations.

​I am a professional science communicator with extensive experience of media liaison, writing for the media, interviews, crisis and reputation management. During my career I have worked for an urban regeneration organisation, was the Chief Press Officer for NERC for many years​, have been a freelance ​reporter for a regional newspaper, and I even did a brief stint as a radio presenter for a community radio station.
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