Bonus episode: fourth in a series of short interviews recorded with Cavendish Inspiring Women, a group promoting the visibility of women working in physics. For more profiles visit:

Bonus episode: third in a series of short interviews recorded with Cavendish Inspiring Women, a group promoting the visibility of women working in physics. For more profiles visit:

Bonus episode: second in a series of short interviews recorded with Cavendish Inspiring Women, a group promoting the visibility of women working in physics. For more profiles visit:

Bonus episode: first in a series of short interviews recorded with Cavendish Inspiring Women, a group promoting the visibility of women working in physics. For more profiles visit: http://cavinspiringwomen.squarespace.com/

Dr Silvia Vignolini is a lecturer in the chemistry of materials at the University of Cambridge. She shares her experience of lecturing undergraduates, leading researchers, and sharing her research through the media.

James Threadgill plays with supersonic wind and left his industry job to further his love of learning and understanding. He shares his drive for research, and reflections on choosing and pursuing a PhD.

Hannah Stern works with lasers. Really fast lasers. She was inspired to apply for a PhD at the University of Cambridge, thanks to a chance encounter with an academic, high in the mountains on New Zealand.

Francesca Boughey is a PhD student at the Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy at the University of Cambridge. She talks about what it was like moving from ballet to science, and about witnessing the announcement of a fundamental breakthrough.

Professor Chris Hunter is the Herschel Smith Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Cambridge. I ask him what being a professor actually means, and he shares his wisdom and insight from a highly successful career in science.

Dr Daniel Sutton is a tribologist at the University of Southampton. He doesn't study tribes. I find out what it’s like being a post-doctoral researcher working at the cutting edge of science, and also what drives his passion for research.