Gemma Attrill grew up with both her parents being physicists and a picture from the Hubble Space telescope on her bedroom wall. But she was inspired to pursue her pioneering career by a 'Women into Physics' event at the University of Sussex while she was studying for her GCSEs. The event discussed the wide range of careers available to a physics graduate. Gemma was also able to see microscopes powerful enough to measure the width of an electron shell. She said: "When you are a school student about to go into sixth form and choose your A-Levels that's really mind-blowing.

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