ALEX JENKIN

Project Manager (Schools), Gatsby Plant Science Education Programme, University of Cambridge
United Kingdom, British
Alex specialised in plant sciences at undergraduate level and then studied for an MSc in Science Communication. She currently manages the Science and Plants for Schools project, aiming to inspire teacher trainers, school science teachers, technicians and the students they work with about plant science. Before this, Alex spent four years presenting and writing science shows and workshops at Centre of the Cell, a science education centre in London. She cares deeply about supporting school-based educators and considers school science education to be one of the most important routes to engaging young people in contemporary science issues.
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