Dashboard – I'm a Scientist 2024/25

Profile

About Me:

I’m Federica and I am originally from Italy, although have lived in the UK for almost a third of my life. I like walking, cycling, and cooking.
My pronouns are:

She/her
My Work:

I research how people read, and record participants’ eye movements and brain potentials in my experiments.
My Typical Day:

I start my day by checking and replying to emails. Then, depending on the schedule of that day, I might have meetings with other colleagues or students, teach classes, be in the laboratory to collect some data, run analyses of my research data, write manuscripts for publication. I finish by making sure all deadlines for that day have been met, and checking what is the following day’s schedule.
What I'd do with the prize money:

If I win the prize money for further STEM public engagement I would like to organise some events for young people to come and see the laboratories in my university and try some of the experiments out. I would then ask some of the young people if they agree to be video recorded, and if so, I would then create a video summarising the experience, also recording some interviews about what young people enjoyed the most. I would then use the video to show other young people what is like to be in the university and in the research laboratories.

Federica Degno