Sally Le Page

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Sally Le Page is a British graduate evolutionary biologist and science communicator , best known for her YouTube account of the same name .

education

Le Page attended King's High, Warwick and studied biology at the University of Oxford from 2010 , receiving her First Class Bachelor of Science in 2013. In 2019 she completed her PhD at the University of Oxford. In her research she dealt among other things with the fruit fly and how their degree of relationship influences their behavior.

YouTube

In her freshman year, Le Page started a YouTube channel to fulfill her dream of running her own science show. Created in 2012, her YouTube account of the same name has 1.5 million views and 70,000 subscribers (as of December 2019).

public relation

Le Page won the 2013 The Guardian and Oxford University Press Very Short Film Competition for £ 9,000 . Sally also won the Oxford Science Slam in 2013 and gave a one-hour presentation at the 2014 Winchester Science Festival. She is a science correspondent for Rooster Teeth, an American entertainment company. In 2014 she gave a presentation for the Royal Institution . A year later she became General Electric Creator in Residence. At the invitation of the BNP Paribas Foundation , she traveled to Polynesia and produced a video in which she spoke about the state of the coral reefs there . In the same year she criticized UK water companies for using dowsing rods to find water sources. She is open about her sexuality and is committed to LGBTQ + in STEM .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Humanists UK welcomes new patrons Sally Le Page, Hannah Peel, and Catie Wilkins. In: Humanists UK. Retrieved December 16, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b DTC - Sally Le Page. Retrieved December 16, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Sally Le Page. Retrieved December 16, 2019 (UK English).
  4. ↑ Sally Le Page, Irem Sepil, Ewan Flintham, Tommaso Pizzari, Pau Carazo: Male relatedness and familiarity are required to modulate male-induced harm to females in Drosophila . In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences . tape 284 , no. 1860 , August 16, 2017, p. 20170441 , doi : 10.1098 / rspb.2017.0441 , PMID 28794215 , PMC 5563793 (free full text) - ( Online [accessed December 16, 2019]).
  5. ^ Carolyn Cox, The Mary Sue Interview: Biologist, Science Vlogger, and GE Creator-in-Residence Sally Le Page. March 17, 2015, accessed December 16, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Student's short film wins £ 9,000. Retrieved December 16, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Guardian Students: Student filmmaker bags £ 9,000 prize for video on evolution . In: The Guardian . March 21, 2013, ISSN  0261-3077 ( online [accessed December 16, 2019]).
  8. ↑ Let Me Clarify # 0.01 - Why Ice Floats on Water | Rooster Teeth. Accessed December 16, 2019 (German).
  9. ^ Science Questions Answered by a Scientist - Rooster Teeth Podcast. Accessed December 16, 2019 (German).
  10. ^ The Science of Sex - with Sally Le Page. Accessed December 16, 2019 (German).
  11. ↑ Why GE is sponsoring a 22-year-old British YouTube star. Retrieved December 16, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Coral reefs are not as endangered as one might think | Shed Science (science out of the hut). Accessed December 16, 2019 (German).
  13. ↑ Coral reefs at risk: an unprecedented study explained by Youtubers Dr. Nozman and Sally Le Page - BNP Paribas . In: BNP Paribas . ( Online [accessed December 16, 2019]).
  14. ↑ Water companies use 'magic' to find leaks . November 21, 2017 ( online [accessed December 16, 2019]).
  15. ↑ Josh Lowe On 11/22/17 at 7:13 AM EST: Water companies are using 'magic' medieval techniques to find underground pipes. November 22, 2017, accessed December 16, 2019 .
  16. ↑ Dr Sally Le Page: Here goes: Coming out and why visibility is important in science YouTube. #OutInSTEM #LGBTSTEM #QueerInSTEM. In: @sallylepage. February 9, 2016, accessed December 16, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Le Page, Sally
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British evolutionary biologist and science communicator
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century