• Question: what interested you into taking this career path?

    Asked by anon-207884 to Silvia, William, Scott, Oliver, Natalie, Michelle, Lowri on 5 Mar 2019. This question was also asked by anon-207873.
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      Natalie Lamb answered on 5 Mar 2019:

      I didn’t mean to start this career. I just thought biology was interesting so did a BSc Biology at university to learn more about biology. Then I thought microorganisms were interesting so I did an MSc (a one year qualification) so i could spend a year doing research into it and learning more. I enjoyed my MSc so now I am doing my PhD to spend 3-4 years, even more time, learning about the same thing. I have just followed what I enjoyed, really

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      Lowri Evans answered on 5 Mar 2019:

      I’ve never been interested in ‘having a career’ or taking a certain path to be honest. I just followed my curiosity. I have no idea where I will be 5 years from now, I don’t tend to plan ahead. I just figure out what I want to do for my next step in life.

      So don’t worry if you don’t know what you want to do now!

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      Michelle Valkanas answered on 6 Mar 2019:

      My career combines my love of microbiology with the concerns I have for the environment. I not only enjoy what I am doing but feel passionate and invested in the outcome. We all need clean drinking water!

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      Silvia Imberti answered on 6 Mar 2019:

      I always liked how physics can explain many different phenomena with few key concepts, so for example WAVES concepts can be used to explain some of what we commonly recognise as waves (in water!) as well as sound, music, colours all the way up to signal transmission.
      In a similar way, I liked that with the same BRICKS, say carbon, you can build materials with properties as diverse as the graphite in your pencils and the diamonds in my treasure chest (I wish).

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      Scott Graham answered on 6 Mar 2019:

      I actually left school not sure of what I wanted to do. I had a strong interest in science particularly forensics and I also liked the idea of becoming an architect. I decided to do a course in biological science to see how much I actually enjoyed it. During my course I decided that forensics science was not for me (its not the same as what you see on CSI or NCIS) however I became interested in microbiology and decided to continue doing science doing a HND. I enjoyed microbiology so much I went to university to study my BSc Hons in Microbiology and Biotechnology. I also continued studying full time whilst juggling a full time job to complete my MSc Biomedical Science

    • Photo: Oliver Andrews

      Oliver Andrews answered on 7 Mar 2019:

      I’ve always been interested in the natural world — I was fascinated by wildlife when I was little. And my job now is to try and preserve the wildlife we have!

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