Laurie Winkless Explained

Laurie Winkless
Birth Place:Dundalk, Ireland
Occupation:Physicist
Science writer
Alma Mater:Trinity College
University College, London

Laurie Winkless is a physicist and science writer. A contributor to Forbes Magazine, she has worked with schools and universities, the Royal Society, and The Naked Scientists.[1] [2] [3]

Winkless was born in Dundalk, Ireland, to engineer father Jackie and theatre director mother Rosemary. She received her B.A. (mod) in Physics with Astrophysics from Trinity College Dublin,[4] worked at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, then returned to school for her M.Sc. in Space Science from University College London. After completing her studies she worked in the Materials Team at the National Physical Laboratory for seven years, with a focus on thermoelectric energy harvesting. She researched the use of nanomaterials in the space industry for the European Space Agency.[5] [6] [7]

While working on her PhD (which she did not complete) Winkless was physics news reporter for the BBC radio show and podcast The Naked Scientists.[8] She then worked for the Nobel Foundation writing press releases and background material on Nobel laureates.

In 2016 she moved to New Zealand with her husband Richard Jackett, a New Zealander. She works in science communications, media training and other science journalism work.

Winkless' first book, Science and the City: The Mechanics Behind the Metropolis (2016),[9] explains the science behind aspects of urban living, including skyscrapers and subways.[10] [11] [12] [13] The book came about after a publisher saw her Twitter account and approached Winkless for book ideas. Winkless refers to Science and the City as her "scientific love-letter to the great cities of the world."[14]

Her second book, Sticky: The Secret Science of Surfaces (2021)[15] is "about materials and the forces at play on their surfaces".

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Leading Lights. National Physical Laboratory. 13 March 2017.
  2. Web site: Laurie Winkless. Forbes. Forbes News Media LLA. 13 March 2017.
  3. Web site: Appliance of science is key for Laurie. Irish Independent. 19 August 2016 . Independent News & Media. 13 March 2017.
  4. Web site: Wild Geese Seminars . www.tcd.ie. Trinity College Dublin . 3 June 2023.
  5. Web site: Laurie Winkless – Research Councils UK. www.rcuk.ac.uk. en. 2017-03-16.
  6. Web site: Stage One New Musical Group. Artist Trove. 22 May 2017.
  7. News: Henderson. Mark. The science geeks fight back. 30 May 2017. The Times. 18 April 2009.
  8. Web site: Harvie . Will . 2022-03-04 . Meet Laurie Winkless, Irish physicist turned Kiwi author . 2022-03-05 . Stuff . en.
  9. Book: Winkless, Laurie . Science and the city: the mechanics behind the metropolis . 2016 . Bloomsbury Sigma . 978-1-4729-1321-0 . London . English . 958124292.
  10. Web site: Science and the City: The Mechanics Behind the Metropolis. Publishers Weekly. 13 March 2017.
  11. Web site: Science and the city: the mechanics behind the metropolis. Stewart. Ross. 21 September 2016. Chemistry World. The Royal Society of Chemistry [GB]. 16 March 2017.
  12. News: Books in brief. Kiser. Barbara. 11 August 2016. Nature Magazine. 16 March 2017.
  13. News: What to Read in November. Tarlach. Gemma. 6 October 2016. Discover Magazine. 16 March 2017.
  14. Web site: Trinastic. Jonathan. Book Review: Science and the City. Got Science. Science Connected. 13 March 2017.
  15. Book: Winkless, Laurie . Sticky: the secret science of surfaces. . 2021 . Bloomsbury Sigma . 978-1-4729-5084-0 . London . English . 1258651346.