Profile
Demetris Soukeras
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About Me:
I live in London in a flat with a friend from school and one new friend! Twice a week I’ll play water polo , often I’ll go on runs to the park and back to clear my head after a difficult day.
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I’m dyslexic but love to read and terrible at singing but have joined a musical society that puts on plays.
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My pronouns are:
He/Him
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My Work:
I am using artificial intelligence and machine learning to predict the impact of climate change on farming.
However my PhD was about discovering new materials to make computers out of. -
What I'd do with the prize money:
I would spend it on a ferrofluid sculpture that would be displayed at the Imperial festival.
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Education:
I went to school in Ealing
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Qualifications:
GCSEs :
Maths, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, RE , History, Classics, English Lit, English Lang, Technology (Art), Sports Science, German and Greek
AS levels:
Maths, Further Maths, Physics, Chemistry and Philosophy + Ethics
A levels:
Maths, Chemistry and Physics
Undergraduate degree:
Materials Science and Engineering
Masters Degree:
Physics
PhD:
Nanotechnology
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My Interview
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How would you describe yourself in 3 words?
Science, Music and Inventing
What did you want to be after you left school?
All I had was a general sense that being a scientist would be cool
Were you ever in trouble at school?
Very much so, more detentions than I can count and less than I deserved.
If you weren't doing this job, what would you choose instead?
I think I would find being a researcher in quantum computing interesting
Who is your favourite singer or band?
Moon Hooch
What's your favourite food?
Massaman curry
If you had 3 wishes for yourself what would they be? - be honest!
1) Ability to learn anything instantly 2)
Tell us a joke.
Accordion to a recent survey, inserting musical instruments into sentences largely goes unnoticed.
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