• Question: What made you decide to go into Nuclear Physics?

    Asked by anon-201906 to Sophia, Sarah on 5 Mar 2019. This question was also asked by anon-202042, anon-202030.
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      Sarah O'Sullivan answered on 5 Mar 2019:

      After I finished my degree in physics I wasn’t too sure what I wanted to do so I applied for graduate schemes and jobs as well as a few PhDs. I was actually interviewing for another PhD project when I was told about what I’m doing now and the idea of doing such traditional, fundamental science – making brand new compounds- was really appealing and as I was already interested in radiation protection, it made sense to follow it

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      Sophia Pells answered on 6 Mar 2019:

      I found the nuclear physics lectures really interesting during my degree so I decided to look into it more. I didn’t know that the nuclear physics/medicine area of science was a thing until my final year, when I did a research project with a hospital. I found that research project really interesting so decided to stay in the area 🙂

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