Aileen Cooney
PhD Student , Tokyo Tech / Imperial College London
Aileen Cooney (she/her) is a PhD researcher primarily based in the UK, currently undertaking a 1-year JSPS Fellowship at the Earth-Life Science Institute in Tokyo. Her research focuses on engineering artificial cells with novel functionalities. She is currently working on designing artificial cells with tunable mechanochemical properties. She believes creativity is important in research, and that science communication can play a key role in discussing science with non-scientists and generating new ideas from atypical sources. Her PIs are Tomoaki Matsuura (ELSI, Tokyo), Yuval Elani (Imperial College London) and Lorenzo di Michele (Cambridge University).
Sessions
SciCom and Society: The Role of Creative Writing
I hope to take everyone on a brief tour through the use of creative writing in SciCom, and historical examples of effective stories in the popularisation of scientific concepts. I will also explore how scientists and non-scientists alike can take advantage of creative writing as a driver for scientific progress.