• Question: How did u become a sciencetist????

    Asked by jackmack2k10 to Alexandra, Dean, Jess, Luisa, Sian on 22 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
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      Luisa Ostertag answered on 22 Jun 2010:

      I kind of liked science at school but was never 100% sure I wanted to do it all my life. For quite a long time I wanted to become a surgeon actually. At the end of school I decided to study biochemistry and then I kind of got stuck because I enjoyed it quiote a lot (most of the time).

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      Alexandra Kamins answered on 22 Jun 2010:

      Radioactive spider.

      Actually, I am still becoming a scientist–I guess I’ll arrive with my PhD 😉 I got started really by my parents, who encouraged me to ask questions about anything I wanted. Some good science teachers later, and I was hooked! I majored in biology in undergrad, which set me up to come here to Cambridge.

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      Sian Foch-Gatrell answered on 22 Jun 2010:

      I went to Uni for 4 years in Dundee and studied Zoology, but before that I did a National Diploma in Animal Management in Cambridgeshire. Since then I have been working as as research technician on this biofuel project and in Oct I start my PhD on a climate change topic.

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      Dean Whittaker answered on 22 Jun 2010:

      I was good at physics at school, so did A levels in that (and IT, maths). Then I didn’t know what I wanted to do, so I did a degree in Physics at uni. During that I did a placement year, where I decided I wanted to continue doing that sort of work. So I signed up for a PhD which is what I’m doing now. My path has been pretty straight and normal – loads of people I work with got into it through different ways, worked first etc…

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      Jessica Housden answered on 22 Jun 2010:

      well – I liked it at school, so decided to carry on at University. Although; I could have considered other routes like apprenticeships but that is quite hard for pure science – easier for engineering.

      After my 3 year degree I specialised in my favourite area – spacecraft design for a further year and was then offered a job at the end of that.

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