• Question: what is your greatest scientist accomplishment

    Asked by 766anmh24 to Cedric, Carrie, Ellen, Ines, Rupert on 6 Mar 2017. This question was also asked by Martina.
    • Photo: Cedric Tan

      Cedric Tan answered on 6 Mar 2017:

      Definitely developing the skills of communicating my research, does this answer count? haha, its not really a ‘scientist’ accomplishment.

      Nevertheless, I love sharing my research using videos and games. Have a look at them:

      Video on understanding the clouded leopard habitat use in Peninsular Malaysia:

      Video on how the immune system can evade inhibition:

      Printable RoundTable for Sustainable Palm Oil game:
      http://www.rspo.org/smallholders/rspo-smallholders-boardgame
      Printable Eco-divo game:
      http://www.asab.org/educationsecondary/
      A two-part video on same-sex behaviour in animals and humans

      Winner of Dance you PhD 2013 by Science:
      http://news.sciencemag.org/scientific-community/2013/11/dance-your-ph.d.-and-winner-%E2%80%A6
      Winner of Evolution 2012 Video Contest by NESCent (National Evolution Synthesis Center): https://vimeo.com/44808911
      Winner of Dance your PhD 2012 (Biology category) by Science: http://vimeo.com/30211782

    • Photo: Rupert Marshall

      Rupert Marshall answered on 8 Mar 2017:

      Teaching so many amazing students at Aberystwyth University and having two reach the finals of the European Biology Student of the Year competition, one winning it.

    • Photo: Ellen Williams

      Ellen Williams answered on 9 Mar 2017:

      Getting a competitive scholarship to study for my PhD at Nottingham Trent University. Some days I am not sure how I got it when I was up against so many amazing candidates but without it I wouldn’t be in this competition and I wouldn’t be doing my study.

    • Photo: Carrie Ijichi

      Carrie Ijichi answered on 13 Mar 2017:

      Getting my PhD because I don’t have a scientific background from school or my undergraduate degree so I had to catch up with everyone else and learn a lot. I loved every minute of it though and learnt more than I ever thought possible. I also submitted it on time which is actually really hard to do, so I was proud of that too.

    • Photo: Ines Goncalves

      Ines Goncalves answered on 13 Mar 2017:

      I like to think my greatest accomplishment in science has been to inspire my students to seek a career in academia. <more important that discovering exciting things is to teach others the scientific method, how to "do" science and to instigate in them the curiosity and the desire to become scientists themselves. I've also discovered a few very cool things, but the greatest please is in sharing my love for science. 🙂

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