Information on the chairs and speakers that took part in the 2025 Bioscience Careers Day can be found below.

BCD 2025 Chairs

Lucy Eckersley

Senior events officer, Royal Society of Biology

Lucy Eckersley is a senior events officer at the RSB, and also a science presenter, performing live and on TV and radio around the world. After completing a masters degree in Wild Animal Biology, Lucy has used her passion for wildlife to inspire the public, travelled to remote regions for wildlife photography, and worked alongside academics in biodiversity hotspots. At the RSB Lucy manages a wealth of bioscience events, from large conferences to monthly webinars.

BCD 2025 Speakers

Faye Watson

Public and community engagement consultant

Faye is a public and community engagement consultant leading the consultancy 'collaborACTION'. Before becoming a consultant, she was the Public Engagement with Research Manager in the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine at the University of Edinburgh. She was also awarded a prestigious Churchill Fellowship in 2023 and travelled to Botswana and South Africa researching community engagement with marginalised communities affected by HIV and Hepatitis C. She subsequently joined the Board of Trustees for Waverley Care, Scotland's largest sexual health charity. Faye is also the Chair of the Scottish Public Engagement Network (ScotPEN) and the co-chair of Scotlands Interdisciplinary Research in Sexual Health Network (IReSH). 

Further details TBC