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'''Anna Ploszajski''' (born 1991) is a materials scientist, engineer, and writer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.annaploszajski.com/|title=Anna Ploszajski|website=Anna Ploszajski}}</ref> Her book, ''Handmade: A Scientist's Search for Meaning Through Making'', was published by [[Bloomsbury Publishing]] in 2021.

 

Ploszajski attended [[Dame Alice Harpur School]] (now part of [[Bedford Girls' School]]) choosing to study A-Level mathematics, further mathematics, physics and music.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ingenia.org.uk/Ingenia/Articles/d8e786f7-59b0-468e-b216-6fb1aa68808f|title=Articles - HOW I GOT HERE Q & A - Anna Ploszajski |website=www.ingenia.org.uk |publisher=[[Royal Academy of Engineering]]}}</ref> She went on to study at [[Mansfield College, Oxford]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mansfield.ox.ac.uk/news/mansfield-alumna-wins-james-s-walker-award|title=Mansfield alumna wins James S Walker Award |website=www.mansfield.ox.ac.uk |publisher=[[Mansfield College, Oxford]]}}</ref>

 

Ploszajski was a post-doc Research Fellow at the [[Institute of Making]], [[University College London]], specialising in the research of 4D printing and metamaterials. In addition, she presents on stage, radio and TV and writes about science.<ref name="BSA fellow">{{cite web |title=2019 BSA Media Fellows Announced |url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/engineering/news/2019/may/2019-bsa-media-fellows-announced |publisher=[[University College London|UCL]] Engineering |date=10 May 2019}}</ref> Her debut book, ''Handmade: A Scientist's Search for Meaning Through Making'', was published by Bloomsbury Sigma, the popular science imprint of [[Bloomsbury Publishing]], in 2021.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Novitzky|first=Anna|date=11 May 2021|title=From spoons to semiconductors — we are what we make|journal=Nature|language=en|volume=593|issue=7858|pages=186–187|doi=10.1038/d41586-021-01247-w|s2cid=234471429 |doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Comerford |first1=Ruth |title=Bloomsbury Sigma acquires Ploszajski’s handmade debut |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/rights/bloomsbury-sigma-acquires-ploszajski-s-debut-science-exploration-1199896 |access-date=9 January 2024 |work=[[The Bookseller]] |date=17 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Newton |first1=Jennifer |title=Handmade: A Scientist’s Search for Meaning through Making |url=https://www.chemistryworld.com/review/handmade-a-scientists-search-for-meaning-through-making/4013503.article |access-date=9 January 2024 |work=[[Chemistry World]] |date=13 May 2021}}</ref>

 

In 2017, she was named Young Engineer of the Year by the [[Royal Academy of Engineering]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.raeng.org.uk/grants-and-prizes/prizes-and-medals/individual-medals/young-engineer-of-the-year/2017-winners/2017-winners|title=2016-2017 winners |publisher=[[Royal Academy of Engineering]]}}</ref> and in 2018 won the Silver Medal from the [[Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iom3.org/iom3-awards-2018|title=IOM3 Awards 2018|website=www.iom3.org |publisher=[[Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining]]}}</ref>

 

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