Aileen Cooney

Proteam UP! Challenge Team Member

... address the divide between what we consider to be living and non-living.

... my master’s supervisor Prof Sophia Yaliraki, she is exceptionally smart, encouraging and kind

... boxing, football, cooking, volunteering and reading

... everything is Chemistry – from how our food tastes to the fuel in our buses to the nature of our emotions…

... being creative in the lab with different chemicals. It is like cooking (without the eating!)

... travel overseas and work in research labs around the world

... take your time. Explore anything and everything that interests you

The Proteam Up! Challenge was created by a team from the Department of Chemistry at Imperial College London.