I'm both the social secretary and webmaster this year. So I'm apparently in charge of making sure that everyone has fun when they aren't fencing. I'm also the person to shout at if there are problems with the website or emails.

Beyond that, I've been fencing for about seven years, mostly doing foil, although sabre is becoming an ever more common side entertainment for me. I've been known to turn my hand to épée occasionally as well, although it's not my favoured choice of weapon. My home club was Chilwell Blades in Nottingham, although I haven't been back for a few years now.

Outside of fencing, I'm a PhD student (a full-time research student) in the School of Process, Environmental and Materials Engineering, following completeing my BSc in Nanotechnology at Leeds, so I'm fairly familiar with the city by now. I also do quite a bit of mountain biking and occasionally visit the university climbing wall.

You can contact me by email at sms4al at leeds dot ac dot uk, on facebook or even by stopping by my office in uni during the daytime.