• Question: what made you want to become a scientist?

    Asked by anon-199432 to Sylvia, Sumit, Martin, Kate, Bryony, Aryanne on 4 Mar 2019. This question was also asked by anon-199420, anon-199422, anon-199428, anon-199423, anon-199699, anon-199462.
    • Photo: Sylvia Soldatou

      Sylvia Soldatou answered on 4 Mar 2019:


      I always enjoyed science at school and then I just followed my gut to study chemistry and it all fell into place !

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      Sumit Konar answered on 4 Mar 2019:


      I am very much inspired by the life of scientists, and the sacrifice they make to make a change in the society. To me scientists are real social worker. Another part: we always explore new experiments all the time, and we learn everyday, and our job never gets boring.

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      Kate McGonagle answered on 4 Mar 2019:


      Firstly when I was at high school my chemistry teacher was so enthusiastic about the subject he really made me interested. Then, when I realised you could study chemistry to become a medicinal chemist and look for new medicines to treat diseases, I knew it was for me!

    • Photo: Martin McCoustra

      Martin McCoustra answered on 4 Mar 2019:


      I found out a primary school that I want to know how things (the world around me) worked and becoming a scientist was the pathway to answering that question. Teachers in primary and secondary school encouraged me to pursue that direction.

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