• Question: do you work alone or with others?

    Asked by clover16 to Hazel, Elliot on 13 Jun 2016. This question was also asked by rachieb51.
    • Photo: Elliot Jokl

      Elliot Jokl answered on 13 Jun 2016:

      Hello and thanks for the question!

      It is a mixture for me. A PhD is a lot about learning how to work independently and think about how to do experiments by yourself. But I’m still part of a lab group, who all have their own individual experiments they focus on. But we also help each other out, and give each other ideas and sometimes work together on the same experiments. My supervisors are also very good at making suggestions and keeping me on the right track.

      So, I work on my own stuff, but as part of a team who are trying to figure out the wider picture of the problems we are looking at individually, which is pretty cool.

    • Photo: Hazel Garvie-Cook

      Hazel Garvie-Cook answered on 16 Jun 2016:

      I do a bit of both. When I do experiments, I usually do them alone. But I’ll also work with customers, doing some training or a demonstrations, and will also do some work with colleagues. I like working with other people, but it’s also good to think independently. I think my job has the right balance.

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