 Hi, I'm Charlotte and I'm a postdoctoral research fellow, which is a fancy way of saying a research scientist at UCL Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering. My research focuses on clinical applications of X-ray phase contrast imaging. My current focus is on imaging of the musculoskeletal system and specifically tendon tissue, which are the tissues that connect muscle to bone and help us all to move. I originally trained as a veterinary surgeon and I spent almost four years working as an equine vet and during this time I really was able to see the transformative impact that new medical technologies had on my own personal clinical practice and that was from the wider availability of digital X-ray systems, all the way to using portable ultrasoundography out on farms and stables and even the development of amazing unique technologies such as standing CT and MRI imaging. And to be honest, I just wanted to be a part of that community that brings these really exciting new technologies to clinicians around the world. The most exciting thing about working in the field of medical physics for me is how massively multidisciplinary it is. You work with such a massive plethora of people from a multitude of different academic backgrounds and there is really room for everyone. So in my research group alone we have or have had in the past engineers, physicists, material scientists, medical doctors, mathematicians and then me, a veterinary surgeon. It really, really is an incredibly unique career and unique department to work in.