I am Ingrid Loncq de Jong and I graduated in 1981 from University of Leiden in the Netherlands. I am a teacher since 1981 and now I teach physics at ‘het Vlietland College’ in Leiden. My pupils are between 14 and 18 years old.

     I also work at the University of Leiden at the Junior Science Lab. We develop experiments in order to bridge the gap between secondary school and university.

     It is for me a great opportunity to come to CERN and learn more about particle physics. I hope I will get a lot of new ideas in how to explain such a difficult subject to my pupils or even to my non-scientific colleagues. I am looking forward to get to know my colleages from other countries and hearing how the teaching system is organised in their country.