• Question: What interested you in this particular field?

    Asked by anon-281057 on 11 Feb 2021. This question was also asked by anon-281026.
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      Kate Dobson answered on 11 Feb 2021:

      I went to university to study Physics (because I liked it at school) and Geology (because it looked interesting) and then still didn’t really know what I wanted to do, so I went to Hawaii to work as a volunteer at the volcano observatory and that was it, I was hooked on science research.

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      Amelia Gilio answered on 12 Feb 2021:

      When doing the final year of my integrated masters in chemistry, I was placed in the structural biology labs at my uni. I really enjoyed working with proteins to grow crystals and solve their structures, I think it is so cool that we can see what is going on at such a small scale!

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      Moya Macdonald answered on 15 Feb 2021:

      I originally went to uni to study chemistry because I was interested in working in environmental protection so thought maybe chemistry could be useful for studying things like pollution in the environment or similar. I also took a course on Geology in my first year, and then switched my degree to that instead, because I really enjoyed learning about how the landscape (mountains, rivers, continents…) you could see around you was made!

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      Philip Ratcliffe answered on 15 Feb 2021:

      I think it was probably that, as a theorist, I would be trying to understand things that other scientists were experimenting. Sometimes they discover something new and sometimes they ask us what experiments they should do to test the theories. So you then sort of have a test of what you thought and when you get it right you feel really proud and gratified.

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      Viviene Dela Cruz answered on 15 Feb 2021:

      Learning about electrons which are subatomic particles around the atom. I was very fascinated that I studied more about them in uni (I am taking Electrical and Electronic Engineering) and this curiosity is linked to my current job right now 🙂

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      Katie West answered on 15 Feb 2021:

      Hi Evica,

      At school I was really lucky to have some great science teachers. I love learning about the immune system as its so amazing so many cells work together to fight off infections but don’t attack our body. Pretty cool stuff.

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      Amal Lavender answered on 22 Feb 2021:

      I have always been obsessed with planes, how they work and travelling in them so when I couldn’t be a pilot I went towards engineering. I now want to make a difference to the world and my children’s future so moved into Research and Development.

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