It’s been a very intense two weeks of animated live chats and thought-provoking questions, with lots of topical issues up for debate.
Students and scientists have had over 120 live chats and scientists have answered over 3,350 student questions.
The eight winning scientists have made it through four nail biting rounds of evictions. Each student vote counted and in some zones the evictions came down to just a few votes.
It’s time to reveal the winner in each zone. Congratulations to:
| Zone | Winner | Where they work |
| Electromagnetic Zone | Sam Vinko | University of Oxford |
| Energy Zone | Jack Snape | University of York |
| Gallium Zone | Sean Murphy | Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine |
| Germanium Zone | Katherine Haxton | Keele University |
| Quantum Zone | Martin Austwick | University College London |
| Selenium Zone | Vicky Young | Edinburgh University |
| Space Zone | Adam Stevens | The Open University |
| Sports Zone | Fiona Hatch | University of Hull |
The winning scientists all receive £500 to spend on science communication, and we can’t wait to see their wonderful ideas put into practice!
Thank you to all the scientists who have taken part. You’ve been great contenders; each and every one of you has contributed to making this event a success.
We’d also like to thank teachers for your enthusiasm and involvement. And students for your questions and live chats, which have been a mixture of challenging, funny, thought-provoking and sometimes quite bizarre. We hope you’ve enjoyed taking part! Teachers and students, please remember to fill in our feedback surveys, so we can make future I’m a Scientist events even better!
Scientists and schools can sign up now for the June I’m a Scientist and a special event we’re running: I’m a Scientist, In the Zone.
And finally, a BIG thank you to our funders, the Wellcome Trust. Wellcome support the brightest minds in biomedical research and the medical humanities, and are dedicated to achieving extraordinary improvements in human and animal health.
Thank you also to the Science & Technology Facilities Council for sponsoring the Electromagnetic Zone, the RCUK Energy Programme for sponsoring the Energy Zone, the Institute of Physics for sponsoring the Quantum Zone and Space Zone, and The Physiological Society for sponsoring the Sports Zone.
Here are some highlights from what people have been saying about the event:
In live chats students said: “Wow thanks for that, I just learnt somthing really amazing”
“i REALLY ENJOYED THIS WAS VERY INTERESTING!!!” and “thank you for the really good answers“.
Scientists have been very positive too:
Audra in Sports Zone said: “I’ve had a blast, Leila in Space tweeted: “… my typing fingers are sore.Exhilarating! #IAS2012”
and Ezzy in Electromangetic Zone said: “I wish I did this all day but I am off to a dull meeting now!“
congrats