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School of Chemistry postgraduate student Kate Hamer will soon be briefing politicians on science and health matters at Westminster following the award of a BBSRC funded placement at the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST). The highly competitive selection process involved Kate writing a briefing document on ‘legal highs’ and a challenging panel interview.

Kate’s BBSRC funded research is focussed on rapid synthesis of chemical probes of bacterial communication under the supervision of Dr J. Dowden and in collaboration with Prof. Paul Williams. Kate has a keen interest in scientific writing and during her studies has written and published numerous articles for the Society of Chemistry and Industry (SCI) in their publication ‘Chemistry and Industry’ and was subsequently elected to the Fine Chemicals Committee within the SCI.

Kate said “my ambition is to develop a career in science communication and I am excited by this challenging opportunity to present science in a way that counts.”