Profile – Praseodymium Zone

Education:

2000 – 2005: Endon High School, 2005 – 2007: Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College, 2007 – 2010: Keele University, 2010 – 2011: Durham University
Qualifications:

MSc in Particles, Strings and Cosmology. BSc in Astrophysics with Mathematics. A-levels in Physics, Maths, Computing and Electronics. GCSEs in Double Science, Maths, English Lit. and Lang., French, Geography, History, I.C.T., Resistant Materials and R.E.
Work History:

Staffordshire Tuition, Genting Casinos, Next Ltd., Perfect Pizza, Pizza Line, Pizza Hut, Sneyd Arms Hotel, Complete Carpet Services
Current Job:

PhD in Astrophysics

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I tell the computer to make pretty graphs that tell me all about the insides of stars.

I can then give these star ‘models’ to someone else and they can make them go kaplooey!
My Typical Day:

Write a computer code to make some pretty graphs, teach some students and read about other people’s interesting work.
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Write some computer code to model what we think happens inside a star. Then look at how that would affect the rest of the star’s life.

I help teach 1st and 2nd year physics and astrophysics university students.
What I'd do with the prize money:

Create a physics or astrophysics themed pc/android/ios game

Andrea Cristini