Yael Annemiek Engbers is a PhD candidate at the University of Liverpool in the U.K., researching paleomagnetism with a focus on the magnetic field in the South Atlantic region between 8-12 million years ago and how this region differs from the rest of Earth's magnetic field. In 2010, Yael completed an undergraduate degree in Earth Sciences at Utrecht University in the Netherlands, and afterwards completed a master’s degree at the University of Liverpool in Earth Structure and Dynamics, or geophysics.