• Question: when did you realise you wanted to become a scientist

    Asked by anon-186403 to Verity, Trystan, Raquel, Danny, Catherine, Andy on 7 Nov 2018.
    • Photo: Trystan Leng

      Trystan Leng answered on 7 Nov 2018:

      I didn’t know I wanted to become a scientist until after my undergraduate degree. I actually thought about trying to become a philosopher! I realised after spending some time as a research assistant at a neuroscience lab after my degree – here I learnt how maths can be used to model aspects of the real-world, how it can help us understand features of the real-world, and how many questions there are still left to answer!

    • Photo: Danny Ward

      Danny Ward answered on 7 Nov 2018:

      During school I initially wanted to be a medical doctor as I wanted to help people. I was during A-levels I found other topics that were more interesting to me and would be better suited towards a research scientist. It was during university that I knew this path was for me. I found the content interesting, the career prospects were good for the areas I liked and I liked performing experiments to help contribute to solving global problems and challenges, and to improve peoples lives.

    • Photo: Raquel Medialdea Carrera

      Raquel Medialdea Carrera answered on 7 Nov 2018:

      I think I only realised that I wanted to become a scientist when I was an undergraduate University student in Spain. 🙂 I discovered what being a scientist meant during my laboratory sessions and I was fascinated!

    • Photo: Verity Hill

      Verity Hill answered on 8 Nov 2018:

      During my undergraduate! I got to the end and realised that I wasn’t done with science research yet!

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