We’ve now selected most of the scientists for the rest of In the Zone.  Have a look at what they do and why not book a live chat in the week with the scientists that get your heart pumping.

There are still spaces in some weeks, but 11th – 29th June are now fully booked. BOOK NOW to make sure your students get to talk to the In the Zone scientists.

Week 21st – 25th May: BOOK LIVE CHATS!

• Adam Bibbey, PhD, University of Birmingham: “I look at how the body responds to stress, e.g. school tests or a sports game- changes in how fast the heart beats and the amount of blood gushing around the body.“
• Faye Didymus, PhD, Loughborough University: “I do Sport Psychology so I look at how the brain works when we’re really stressed out! I work with some of the World’s most amazing athletes to help them stay cool when they’re under pressure.”
• Martin Lindley, Lecturer, Loughborough University: “Exercise and dietary impact on sports performace, health and disease.“
• Samantha Wright, PhD, Bath University: “Investigating the tibial component of a revision knee replacement with the aim improving its design.“

 Week 28th – 1st June: BOOK LIVE CHATS!

• Jemma Ransom, PhD, University of Aberdeen: “Exercise is great for your body, but is it also good for your brain?”
• John Perry, Lecturer, Leeds Trinity University College: “I’m interested in morality in sports and why some people do bad things, don’t do bad things or (best of all) do good things.“
• Lisa Fitzgerald, PhD, University of Bath: “I investigate the effect of design and placement of knee replacement components on the movement and force in the patella following knee replacement.“
• Sam Carr, Lecturer, University of Bath: “My work helps us to understand how the psychology of human relationships is enormously important at participation and elite levels of sport.“

Week 11th – 15th June: BOOK LIVE CHATS!

• Amy Evans, PhD, University of Sheffield: “I look at the bones of different types of people using bone scanners to try to undertand why some people break their bones more easily than other people”
• Mark Lewis, Professor, Loughborough University: “Growing muscles in the lab!”
• Samantha Wright, PhD, Bath University: “Investigating the tibial component of a revision knee replacement with the aim improving its design.“
• Adam Bibbey, PhD, University of Birmingham: “I look at how the body responds to stress, e.g. school tests or a sports game- changes in how fast the heart beats and the amount of blood gushing around the body.“

Week 18th – 22nd June: BOOK LIVE CHATS!

• Amy Evans, PhD, University of Sheffield: “I look at the bones of different types of people using bone scanners to try to undertand why some people break their bones more easily than other people”
• Maria Konstantaki, Lecturer, Buckinghamshire New University: “Pasta or cake? What’s the best food to eat before, during and after exercise and why? What happens if we eat too much of a ‘good food’?”
• Mark Uphill,  Lecturer, Canterbury Christ Church University: “Butterflies, knots and fire in the belly: my research explores athletes’ emotions during competition and the extent to which their emotions may help or hinder sport performance.“
• Mark Lewis, Professor, Loughborough University: “Growing muscles in the lab!”

Week 25th – 29th June: BOOK LIVE CHATS!

• Jemma Ransom, PhD, University of Aberdeen: “Exercise is great for your body, but is it also good for your brain?”
• John Perry, Lecturer, Leeds Trinity University College: “I’m interested in morality in sports and why some people do bad things, don’t do bad things or (best of all) do good things.“
• Katie Skeffington, PhD, Cambridge University: “I investigate how a person’s health depends on … what their mother ate or how much exercise she did when she was pregnant seems to have very big consequences!“
• Lisa Fitzgerald, PhD, University of Bath: “I investigate the effect of design and placement of knee replacement components on the movement and force in the patella following knee replacement.“

Week 2nd – 6th July: BOOK LIVE CHATS!

• David Muggeridge, Researcher, Kingston University: “The effects of Dietary Nitrate supplementation (beetroot juice) on parameters of performance in athletes at sea level and at altitude”
• Jonathan Robinson, Applied Exercise Physiologist, University of Bath: “I am an applied exercise physiologist, I work with athletes to improve their sporting performance.”
• Ou Ou, PhD, University of Aberdeen: “How dietary zinc regulates smooth muscle cells“
• Peter Etchells, Postdoctoral, University of Bristol: “I use motion capture equipment (like they used in Avatar!) to look for evolutionary reasons as to why people find certain types of walk attractive.
• Sam Carr, Lecturer, University of Bath: “My work helps us to understand how the psychology of human relationships is enormously important at participation and elite levels of sport.“”

Please note these scientists may change but if they do, we’ll let teachers know if they’ve booked a live chat in that week.

Once you’ve booked a chat, we’ll then send you a teacher pack and access cards for your students and as soon as they arrive in the post, your students can start asking the scientists questions!

A big thank you to scientists Jonathan Robinson, Mustafa Sarkar, Tess Newman and Yue Zheng who have now completed their In the Zone weeks. Maybe we’ll see them again in the final!