Episode 26: Dr. Monifa Phillips- Materials Physics and Scientific Patents

Dr. Monifa Phillips and I talk about her recent PhD research, and her current career as an electronics and engineering trainee patent attorney.

You can find her on twitter at @monifa_monifa

And her linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monifa-physicist/

Here is the article about the Anywayup Cup:

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2012/jun/08/a-working-life-the-inventor

The Avatar of Monifa (used as the thumbnail for this episode) was created by @kokab.zd (Instagram), who is a Jamaican artist that illustrates loads of fantastical beings.

Our next book will actually be two: a comparative study between Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus and her penultimate book, Lodore.

Frankenstein can be found online through the Project Gutenberg website:

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/84/84-h/84-h.htm

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