Profile

Our team is composed of scientists and professionals from varied sectors;

• Dr Martin Khechara is an Associate Professor for Engagement in STEM. As a former research scientist, he specialises in Microbiology and has an international profile for his research.
• Phoebe Hinton-Sheley is a recent Microbiology graduate from the University of Wolverhampton and freelance science writer; publishing over 30 Life Sciences articles for the prolific medical website: News-Medical.net.
• Heather Angell is an active member of the Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences, and her current research investigates taphonomic changes for use in the determination of post-mortem interval and body location.
• Ellesse Janda is primatologist specialising in lemurs and nocturnal primate conservation. She has worked alongside global conservation organisations in five countries and has over eight years experience within the zoological and education sectors.
• Tafeem Kauser has a strong educational background, and her goals are supporting children and helping young people understand the opportunities and pathways into higher education, and encouraging more youngsters to get involved with STEM.

To learn more about our team, visit our webpage!

From science shows in theatres, street entertainment, corporate events or workshops in classrooms the STEM response team can bring STEM to life in any venue!

All of our workshops are exciting, interactive, and link in with the corresponding curriculum. Some of our most popular workshops include;

• What’s Inside Me? Working in groups, we explore the anatomy, as well as organ functions using our medical models – whilst also delving deeper and examining our skeleton.
• Introduction to Robotics. Using coding software “Scratch”, we will be using Finch robotics which you can program to sing, dance, and light up different colours.
• Potions! We will collaboratively experiment with a variety of different ‘potions’ that change their states. You will be allowed to experiment with polymerisation reactions by making slime, along with instant inedible alien worms.

We also have a plethoria of free resources such as worksheets and posters that you can use for your school! To see our full range of workshops and resources, please check out our homepage.