Profile
Dan Thompson
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About Me:
I am a PhD student living in Cheltenham and I travel to the University of Birmingham for my research! I live with my partner and we enjoy paddleboarding and hiking in the summer plus computer games and movies when it is colder!
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My pronouns are:
he/him
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I'm a member of team LHCb
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My work before CERN:
Before I began my project working with CERN I went to the University of Manchester studying for a Masters physics degree! In the summers outside of term-time I worked in a factory as well as on a different particle physics experiment, ATLAS.
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What I would like to do next?:
I would like to work on something related to healthcare in future. A lot of technology from old particle physics experiments is now used to develop better systems that help prevent and detect health problems in patients! I would like to be involved in this process or become a software developer for the NHS!
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Job title:
PhD Student
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Employer:
University of Birmingham
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My Interview
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If you weren't doing this job, what would you choose instead?
Making computer models to help understand and treat cancer
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