“Güneş’ dedication to bringing her area of work, and science at work more generally, to the children on our programme has been hugely impressive. Many of the pupils who participate in the I Can Be visits would not otherwise have the opportunity to meet a scientist, and certainly would not be able to explore scientific concepts in a working environment. Meeting Güneş, learning about her specialist area, and then working with her on her well-designed and age-appropriate activity, will have done more to engage many of our girls in the subject of science than any other experience they are likely to have. 

Güneş demonstrated a particular level of skill in managing to communicate complex scientific ideas in a way that the children were able to understand, as well as relate to their own daily lives. She also demonstrated a sophisticated understanding of the socio-economic challenges many of our participant girls face, which added to the successful tailoring of her approach to working on the programme. As a result, as well as serving our cohort of children over the last six months, Güneş has performed a significant service to disseminating the work within her field, and the wider work of the Crick Institute, to the public. I very much hope that she is able to continue to use her considerable talents in communicating her work to do further outreach work, in other capacities.”