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\section{A Day in the Life of Dr. Doddato}  Dr. Frankie Doddato is a former PhD student at Lancaster University, and our supervisor for this project. She is an expert in dark matter cosmology, and wrote her PhD thesis on FGravitino Dark Matter and Affleck-Dine Baryogenesis in Gauge-Mediated Supersymmetry Breaking, and is currently the world leading expert in her field.  \\\\  A normal day for Dr Doddato consists of her own work at Lancaster University. This may be based in her office, but she is not tied to a specific area - the flexibility of her research often requires only a laptop and a pen and paper; at most, a powerful PC is required for simulations. Her job at the university also involves some teaching, such as the 'Universe as an art' - a course aimed at non-science students, culminating in a piece of artwork and a written report. Dr Doddato thoroughly enjoys her research, as well as her teaching role.  \\\\  Conferences are also an important part of her schedule. Recent ones include those by UK Cosmo, and others in Barcelona, Italy, Bonne, and the important SUZY '10. These conferences are an international gathering of leading experts, and are important to the progress of cosmology.  \\\\  Dr Doddato finds the atmosphere at Lancaster to be very constructive and enjoyable, and contrasts it very favourably to other universities. She is extremely glad that she chose to do her PhD here, and is looking forward to continuing her work.  \\\\  Currrently, Dr Doddato is working on particle cosmology, with a distinct focus on dark matter. She has written leading research papers, and was the first to produce a model of the gravitino with a mass lower than 1GeV, agreeing with observational constraints.