Spotlight on... Helen Czerski

Helen Czerski This week we meet Helen Czerski, Associate Professor in UCL's Department of Mechanical Engineering. Helen chats to us about the difficulties that come with studying the ocean and her involvement in co-hosting the new BBC radio series 'Rare Earth'. What is your role and what does it involve?. I'm an Associate Professor in UCL's Department of Mechanical Engineering. I'm trained as a physicist and I study the ocean so perhaps it's not an obvious home from an external perspective, but it does make sense - there are lots of overlaps in the fluid dynamics at the heart of my studies, and I use a lot of engineering in order to make difficult measurements in the ocean. I'm also a writer and broadcaster, with a focus on sharing science with the public. How long have you been at UCL and what was your previous role?.