Prof Cath Noakes

@cathnoakes.bsky.social

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Pro Dean Research and Innovation in Engineering and Physical Sciences at Leeds University. Indoor air, ventilation, infection risks, fluid dynamics, academia, EDI in science and a few cats. Views my own. #academicsky

Siamese cat stretched out on a black lidded box with his eye closed against the sun
Siamese cat on top of a door, hanging on with his claws
Siamese cat licking out a jug with custard all over his face
Graph showing small particles always removed by higher ventilation, mid range with higher ventilation increasing exposure over short time but decreasing at >30 min, large particles having no effect from ventilation
Page from a ladybird book with calculation on the horsepower needed to maintain hovercraft lift.
Old Toshiba laptop running windows 98
Country lane in the dark with a large tree branch blocking the road
A bunch of small black grapes
Photo of Air-Bourne by Carl Zimmer
Photo of me at Media City in Salford
Email offering a role as a teaching assistant
Paper wasp eating a wooden table
Siamese cat contemplating how to get three gold fish out of a pond
Photo of two Cadbury hot chocolate tins, one 450g “value pack” and the other 500g
Red tulips with black centres
Positive Covid test
Siamese cat with blue eyes lying on a blanket
Hovercraft coming into the beach in south sea
Sink with one tap removed
Instructions for using a toilet with three pictures - seated forward, squatting , seated backwards
Recipe for making fudge
Bubbles in a fish tank spitting out little droplets
Metal s shaped hook on the floor
Big slide of emmental cheese with a knife alongside for size
Sleeping Siamese cat twitching his paws
Siamese cat sat on a PC
tamar bridge in Saltash
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Siamese cat sat on top of the door. I’ve no idea why he climbs up there and he can’t get down again!
Angora goat with his head through a wire fence
Siamese cat sleeping upside down on cushions with his fangs sticking out
Siamese cat with blue eyes on the arm of a chair
Pile of leaves on the door mat
Siamese cat asleep on a lap
Air quality monitor showing CO2 at 482ppm, temperature at 14.4 C and humidity 49%
Slide showing stats on lung disease
Photo of a slide on WorldVenil8Day save the date, 8th Nov, we care about healthy air
Siamese cat with his head in a cheese grater
Otter in the river Skell, Ripon
Lego model of a dragon with a rotor on its tail and a person holding a stick, surrounded by blocks
Picture of blue and green perception
Apples on a kitchen counter
Siamese cat with blue eyes
Green beans and raspberries
Waseem Hiwar presenting on Far UVC
Siamese cat snoozing on a lap