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I love music and regularly attend gigs (although I didn’t manage to get Oasis tickets !). I have taught myself to play guitar, piano, harmonica and ukulele. I have always had a passion for flying and was going to join the RAF instead of doing a PhD. I now fly recreationally and can fly basic aerobatics. I am also a qualified open water sub aqua diver although I haven’t dived in the last 15 years or so. I love games, in particular, modern board games. I also love sport, both playing and watching and I play football on average three times a week.

I’m a senior lecturer in proton therapy physics and I co-led the design, development and commissioning of the UK’s only dedicated high-energy proton beam therapy research facility which I now manage and run. Prior to taking on this role my research focussed on fundamental nuclear structure physics and I worked at a number of Universities/Laboratories around the world performing experiments that shed light on the nature of the universe we live in. I’m a north west STEM ambassador and so I’m quite active in public engagement.