Profile – Laser Zone

Education:

I studied Physics at Bath, then Medical Physics at Surrey. I’m now doing my PhD with Southampton Uni.
Qualifications:

3 A’s, 5 B’s and 3 C’s at GCSE, AS level Psychology (B), A level Physics (A), PE (B) and Maths (C), BSc Physics (2:1) and MSc Medical Physics (Distinction)
Work History:

I’ve worked as a Medical Physicist for two years at Bristol Hospital and 3.5 years here in Salisbury. I also did some summer work in a theme park and in some shops before this.
Current Job:

Medical Physicist

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..for their benefit, of course. I try to understand how light travels through skin so that I can improve the way that skin laser treatments are done. I also need to help make sure that treatments are done safely.

Our lasers are used to zap the blood vessels in disfiguring red birth marks or large burn scars, pigments in brown birth marks or tattoos, and we even have one that cuts through skin.
My Typical Day:

I work in a hospital, researching stuff online, writing my PhD thesis and seeing patients.
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Mostly sitting at a desk in a hospital reading about how other scientists have looked at the way light travels through skin and then trying to do it a bit better. During clinics, I check the lasers are working properly, make sure people are working safely and help to choose which laser and what settings to use for each patient.
What I'd do with the prize money:

Buy a telescope for a local school

Tom Lister