Leon Vanstone
Academic Qualifications: • MEng in Aeronautical Engineering from Imperial College London • PhD in Shock Induced Separation of Transitional Hypersonic Boundary Layers from Imperial College London • Currently a Post-Doctoral Researcher investigating SCRAM jet phenomena at the supersonic wind tunnel facility at the University of Texas at Austin Science Communication: • Two TEDx talks (TEDxLBS 2014 and TEDxHull 2015) • Presented work at the Houses of Parliament. • Winning the UK’s largest science communication competition, FameLab-- run by Cheltenham Science festival with NASA and the British Council. • Presenting for the Cheltenham Science Festival, one of the UK largest science festivals. • Presenting for Head Squeeze-- a YouTube science channel. • Numerous talks on behalf of the Natural History Museum, the Royal College of Art, the Festival of Ideas, and Imperial Festival.
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