Yuna Barbenel

Name: Yuna Barbenel

Current year of study and degree: 3rd year Bachelor of Science, majoring in Physics with a minor in Geography

Hometown: Braux, France/Dunedin, New Zealand

Passionate about: climbing, skiing and swimming in the ocean - the outdoors in general, sustainability and environmental action, environmental physics, drawing, connecting with people.

What was the 'song of the summer' for you? Pineapple - by Blue Lab Beats, Moses Boyd, Nérija

Fave picnic spot in Ōtepoti? Yellow Head on the Peninsula is super nice, especially at sunset!

Fave paper so far and why? My favourite paper has been PHSI243, Environmental Physics. It covers a wide range of topics from the how the Sun works and star formation to atmospheric systems and climate change. Definitely is the paper that made me realise environmental physics is what I want to get into.