Naziyah Mahmood
2016
Naziyah Mahmood
Age: 20s
Location: Glasgow

With a background in Aerospace Engineering and Astrophysics, Naziyah’s CV reads like that of a science fiction heroine: she’s worked as a mission analyst on European Space Agency missions, including ESMO and Moonbase-X, contributed to the Particle Physics Experimental Project on ATLAS Detector data at CERN, and she’s a martial artist who specialises in weapons arts and Korean sword arts.
She’s also a model, actress, poet and short story writer.
She’s currently working at City of Glasgow College as the STEM Development manager, promoting careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, but that’s not to say that she’s left her scientific career behind: she’s still a researcher with the goal of becoming an astronaut.