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Dr Clara Barker

Manager, Centre for Applied Superconductivity, in the Department of Materials at Oxford University

Clara is the vice-chair of the LGBT+ Advisory Group at Oxford University and runs the local LGBT+ youth group TOPAZ (and TOPAZ Parents) in Oxford as well as being a member of an Oxford County Council anti-LGBT+ bullying group and the Oxford Pride Committee. Clara also writes blogs about diversity in STEM, and the world in general, and talks about these subjects to anyone who will listen, including various local schools. She was also a volunteer on the Out in Oxford project. She recently received a Points of Light award from the Prime Minister for her work with LGBT+ youth. In her spare time Clara climbs, writes music reviews for an online punk magazine and plays D&D.

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