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Whitehead congratulates Southampton’s research scientists

Labour MP for Southampton Test, Dr Alan Whitehead today congratulated 6 early-career research scientists who have been selected to present their work at the House of Commons as part of the Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) Student Awards. SET for Britain aims to encourage, support and promote the careers of Britain’s early-stage research scientists, engineers and technologists to help them become world-leaders in their fields.

Dorota Bartczak, Dr Kimberly Bruce, Charmain Demanuele and Dr Sergey Krysov from the University of Southampton have all been selected to present posters on their Biological or Biomedical research and Thao Nguyen and Richard Parker have been selected for the Physical Sciences (Chemistry) category. The exhibition of this work, which Dr Whitehead has been invited to attend, will take place on 8th March on the Terrace Marquee of the House of Commons.

Speaking from Westminster Dr Whitehead, himself a former Professor of Public Policy at the Southampton Institute, said:

“I am delighted that so many Southampton students have been selected for this highly prestigious and competitive honour. To have six students chosen from our city is a serious achievement considering the high demand for places at this exhibition. It shows that Southampton University is able to attract some of the top UK minds in the fields of Science and Technology and I believe it is important to do all we can to support and encourage these promising academics in their future careers. I will certainly be attending the exhibition next month and I congratulate all six Southampton students on this remarkable accomplishment.”

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