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Katherine Skipper is a science journalist.
Katherine was a features editor at Physics World between 2024 and 2025. She was previously a PhD student contributor to Physics World. Her doctoral work was completed at the University of Bristol, UK, under the supervision of Paddy Royall. Her research focused on the behaviour of dipolar colloids in passive and active systems. Find out more about our student contributor networks
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