Question: Hi Stewart, my name is Eboni! What is your favourite part about your job?

Stewart Martin-Haugh answered on 12 Nov 2018:

Nice to meet you Eboni!

I think a lot of doing science is problem-solving, so I always enjoy that – you start off not knowing how to solve a problem, try some things out, and then you solve it. Do that enough times and you can advance science. This is the approach I took during my PhD (research degree).

My favourite part is definitely working with other people. I particularly like teaching students the things that I can do well: advanced coding, analysing data and problem solving. I can only do so much myself so it’s good to pass on the skills.