Claire is the STEM Manager, responsible for managing the STEMPOINT brokerage and SEAs (Science and Engineering Ambassadors) contracts for the West of England. Claire has worked with Graphic Science Ltd since these contracts were awarded in September 2008. However, before she became an official employee, Claire worked with Graphic Science on numerous occasions as a freelance science communicator.

Before taking on her current position Claire worked for Cheltenham Festivals Ltd where she was responsible for helping to produce the first Cheltenham International Science Festival which took place in St Louis, Missouri in the USA.

Before this time she worked as the Science Enterprise Communications Officer at The Oxford Trust where she was responsible for coordinating a variety of projects that aimed to promote and engage different audiences in science and enterprise. Claire spent much of her time designing and managing events and activities to bring together businesses and schools. As part of this role she was also the regional coordinator for the Nuffield Bursary Scheme for Schools.

Claire is also a trained facilitator, with experience of facilitating discussions on a wide variety of subjects to audiences as diverse as the Women's Institute and school students.

In 2004, Claire completed her MSc in Science, Culture and Communications at the University of Bath. Her undergraduate degree was a BSc in Biochemistry, taken at the University of East Anglia.

Contact Claire

e: claire@graphicscience.co.uk

t: +44 (0)1275 474 948

m: +44 (0)7795 270 205