 Hello, I'm Jessie. I'm currently an undergraduate bachelor's of science student at the University of Brighton. Yeah, not being able to go into uni has been quite difficult. I find at the University of Brighton there's quite a community feel, and as an undergraduate being able to go into the library and sit with other students or just pop into a lecturer's office if you need any help, it was so useful. The lecturers have been great with replying to emails and Zoom messages, but it's just not the same as being able to meet a friend for coffee if you're stressed about work or confused. Having a senior scientist to be able to contact when you're doing research is always really helpful because they always have so much experience and knowledge that is so useful to harness. Sometimes, I've found with my dissertation project, I come up with things that I think are great new ideas, and I get in touch with my senior researcher and he kind of pulls me back in. And it's always good to have the support of a senior researcher when you're doing your own research. I think perhaps the biggest thing at the moment is how we can improve air quality and reduced pollution. The World Health Organisation statistics at the moment I think are quite horrific. I mean, I don't have the numbers to hand, but the amount of people around the world that are living in air quality that is so detrimental to their health, and I just think he's shocking. And especially in the UK, I just don't think that that's reflected in government policy or in public perception. So I think one of the biggest questions for me at the moment is how we can improve that. My head, of course, sent out an email just to say that it's not usually open to undergraduates and it would be a great experience for all of us to go seeing as it is online. So I went ahead and got in touch with my personal tutor who is presenting at the conference and she helped me sign up and get planned for it. I'm just really looking forward to seeing how it will be. I know that there is a few talks on paleo climates which ties into my dissertation. So I'm quite looking forward to seeing if there's anything going to be presented at the conference that I can use to my advantage and my dissertation. I'm just really hoping to kind of be inspired. I'm at quite an important time in my life at the moment. I've got six weeks left of my undergrad and I'm facing the decision of whether to continue with my academic career or go into a profession. And I'm hoping to take home maybe a little bit more of an outlook on what I would like my life to be after uni and what it means to be an academic and a researcher.