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MSci Physics with a Year in Europe, Imperial College London
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Sarah graduated from Imperial College London in 2015 with a Master’s Degree in Physics with a Year in Europe. Her studies included a wide range of Physics topics which included quantum mechanics, plasma physics, quantum computing, general relativity, cosmology and electromagnetism.
During her degree, Sarah spent a year studying at Phelma, Grenoble INP in France, where she completed her Master’s project studying the generation of a plasmonic response in metallic nanoparticles.
Sarah joined Keltie in 2017, and is training to become a qualified UK and European patent attorney.

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