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My work allows me to use lots of cool equipment such as robots, scanners and drones, like this one below.  This is because working with radioactivity can sometimes be dangerous for humans, so it is better to use equipment that doesn’t get tired or scared of radiation!

This is me on one of my fieldtrips to Japan, where we have flown drones over radioactive areas to collect data and understand what materials are there.

Here’s me with one of my good friend Dr Yuki Satou from Japan. We visit each other regularly to work on big scientific problems, share information and find answers together.

Unfortunately, my work doesn’t always involve going to exciting places, but I do get lots of chances to do research in amazing facilities in Bristol. I, along with many other researchers and students, are studying lots of different materials and finding ways to make them last longer, or make them stronger.

Check this out – https://www.arduino.cc/

Does it look fun? Yes?! Well it is!

It’s also the first step to making measurements without humans inside nuclear reactors! These Arduinos are great for taking sensor data and I’d love to teach pupils how to start using them for their own projects.

I’ve used them myself for loads of different things – from measuring the temperature to controlling whole robots!

I’d love to help school-age pupils get using these because I know these kinds of skills will be very useful when they’re scientists like me. I’m talking electronics, programming and problem solving.