Molecules out and about

Graeme Jones is a senior lecturer in chemical ecology at Keele University. Graeme has a passion for public science and is mad about molecules and molecular models, the bigger the better. In 2002 he led the team that built the Guinness World Record making model of DNA in DNA DAY at the Potteries Shopping Centre.

Graeme is fully CRB checked and works with children and adults in both educational and public settings. Graeme is well known for his shows Saturday Night Science and Sex, Flies and Smelly Sticky Tape.

Tess Phillips is a research associate at Keele University where she balances a mixture of teaching, outreach activities and synthetic research - making real molecules in the lab.

Tess co-ordinates the Molecules Network - our network of schools involved in make-it-molecular activities. She also enjoys creating molecules trails - including one through her home town for the 2009 Bollington festival.

Scott Sneddon is an undergraduate student at Keele University and is currently studying chemistry with biochemistry. He is a part of Keelelink - the Widening Participations and Life Long Learning department at Keele and he won the KeeleLink 2010 award for outstanding contribution to the placements projects.

Scott created a Molecular Garden at the Green Man Festival (2010) with make-it-molecular, a molecules quiz and the MEGA-MOLS.

Pat Bailey is the Dean of Natural Sciences at Keele University, and a Professor of Chemistry. His research group is concerned with synthetic / medicinal chemistry, focusing on the study of protein mechanisms and the synthesis of alkaloids and unusual macrocycles.

Pat has been extensively involved in outreach activities and has given over 100 popular demo lectures, including talks at the Royal Institution. Pat has been awarded the Royal Society of Edinburgh Commendation (2000) and the Lord Kelvin Lectureship (1999) for his outreach work.