We are excited to welcome you to our new series of video chats with our alumni - Alumni Matters!
In the series we’ll be chatting to several alumni and learning more about their careers, hearing their thoughts on some of the key challenges our world is facing, and discovering how they are helping to shape it into a healthier, fairer, greener place.
A previous series of video interviews with University of Exeter academics and alumni was started during the first coronavirus lockdown in 2020 and you can listen to the audio from some of these within our archive.
In this episode we catch up with alumnus Billy Heaney (BSc Zoology, 2015 and MRes Zoology, 2018) who works as a Zoologist, Digital Communicator Tour Guide, Broadcaster, Travel Writer and Communications Officer for WWT (The Wetlands Charity).
We discuss Billy’s Penryn Campus experience, his career highlights from the last decade working with nature, and how folks can create their own wildlife curiosity.
Follow Billy on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/billy_heaney/)
Connect with Billy on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/billy-heaney-a98b34180/)
Keep up to date with future Alumni Matters (https://www.exeter.ac.uk/alumnisupporters/benefits/videointerviews/ ) content
Watch on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULBAZKiKBn8&list=PLe8vyktlR0b3jWSmneWINOAOn4snqf2YL&index=11)
27 Mar 2026
Alumni Matters with Dr Daniel Olaiya
What exactly is aerospace medicine?
This is just one of the questions that our chat with alumnus Dr Daniel Olaiya (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery - BMBS, 2015) covers.
Daniel’s background is as an Anaesthetic and Intensive care doctor and he works as a flying doctor In aeromedical retrieval and transfer medicine and Extreme and remote Occupational medicine, as well as a presenter on CBBC’s BAFTA award winning television show, Operation Ouch.
We discuss his varied career in medicine, his Exeter experience, and how to pursue adventure.
Follow Daniel on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/the.fly.doctor/)
Connect with Daniel on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-daniel-olaiya-8506a44b/)
Keep up to date with future Alumni Matters (https://www.exeter.ac.uk/alumnisupporters/benefits/videointerviews/) content
Watch on YouTube (https://youtu.be/qxEnj3o52cU)
10 Feb 2026
Alumni Matters with Dr Yasmin Meeda
In this episode, to mark International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2026, we speak to alumna Dr Yasmin Meeda (PhD in Biological Sciences, 2025) who works as a Research Fellow in Metabolic Engineering and Synthetic Biology at Cranfield University, and science communicator.
We discuss how she turns complex science topics into bite-sized social media moments, what her job actually involves, and some of the ways we can encourage and assist women and girls to work in this sphere.
Follow Yaz's journey on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/marinebiologywithyaz/)
Connect with Yaz on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/yasminmeeda/)
Keep up to date with future Alumni Matters (https://www.exeter.ac.uk/alumnisupporters/benefits/videointerviews/) content
Watch this episode on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe8vyktlR0b3jWSmneWINOAOn4snqf2YL)
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