In front of the lens

Front and centre

I used to be very shy about public speaking. However, during my PhD, my supervisor's "exposure therapy" required everyone to get up and talk about their research to the group every week. This eventually allowed me to speak in public quite confidently. I love presenting my work to an audience and feel great afterwards, especially when everyone is so engaged.

Now, I jump at any opportunity to be in front of the camera. For example, I was asked to participate in my university's introductory language videos and contribute to some "stock" images requested on Wikipedia (cycling-related, of course). I also don't mind making some silly videos, especially if there's prize money involved.

Scientific presentation

During the pandemic, everything went online. Here's a conference presentation I did for ISMIT in 2021.

Explain your research competitions

The ultimate cringe fest to win a prize. There was an iPad up for grabs and the other had some prize money. I won neither, but came fifth (university level) and tenth (global) respectively.