ALIENERGY - Key Persons

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Office Manager

David MacArthur

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Co - Owner / Director ( MacArthur Green )

What is it you do? Describe your job and the ways it links to STEM. I am the co-owner and Director of an Environmental Consultancy called MacArthur Green. MacArthur Green employs around a team of 30 and is a carbon negative business which provides environmental consultancy services to primarily renewable energy and grid-connection projects. Our areas of specialism cover ecology, ornithology and hydrology. We work with both government agencies (e.g. Scottish Government, UK Government, NatureScot) and with renewable energy developers (e.g. ScottishPower Renewables, Scottish and Southern Energy, Baywa re. EDF Renewables). We work on projects UK wide - and some further afield such as California! Our work takes us to some of the most beautiful parts of Scotland and the UK where we undertake survey work for a range of wildlife such as - otters, water vole pine marten, badgers, bats, great crested newts, fisheries, birds and habitats. My job as Director is to ensure the company runs well. This involves ensuring our service is high quality and developing and implementing the company's strategy to ensure we work focus on the right sectors, clients and jobs - and maintain a profitable business.

Donnie MacKay

do..@alienergy.org.uk

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Associate Affordable Warmth Advisor )

Dorothy Aidulis

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Director ( STEM Scotland Ltd. )

What is it you do? Describe your job and the ways it links to STEM I run my own business developing and providing science and STEM education services, to help a wide variety of people meet their STEM goals, one step at a time! I run After-School Science Clubs (Dr Dot's Science Club), deliver Workshops for Brownies and Guides, and tutor school and University students. I am now developing online courses for students and others interested in improving their science and STEM skills and confidence. I am an invited speaker at various events, present regularly at conferences and exhibitions, and give advice to schools and other organisations on the content and format of science and STEM resources. I've recently advised on a STEM Engineering challenge for the charity We Are Futures, and am the Science and Educational Advisor for a Virtual Reality game to teach students about cell physiology. I am also organising a STEM conference for schools with one of the teachers I work with. How did you get to this job? Talk us through your route to this role, in terms of education and career  I studied science subjects at school, then a Pharmacology degree and PhD at University. I then worked on various science research projects in Scotland and England both as post-doctoral researcher and Research Technician. A lot of this involved temporary contracts and moving around, so then I trained as a teacher and taught High School science in England for a couple of years.