• Question: how long have you done your job for?

    Asked by anon-209481 to Verity, Sergio, Nick, Maria, David, Annette on 8 Mar 2019.
    • Photo: David Whitworth

      David Whitworth answered on 8 Mar 2019:

      I only started my PhD in September so I am still very new to this. But last year I did do an MSc in research, so I had about a years experience in the field before starting my PhD.

    • Photo: Maria Walach

      Maria Walach answered on 8 Mar 2019:

      I started my PhD studies in the summer of 2013 and I have been doing my job as a researcher for 2 years since then!

    • Photo: Annette Raffan

      Annette Raffan answered on 8 Mar 2019:

      I started as a research technician back in 2010. I was a graduate trainee back then and worked in analytical chemistry – running equipment to measure environmental samples for things like nitrogen and carbon. I then transferred to the group I work in now – soil biophysics in 2012. I’ve done a part time MSc alongside my job which took two years too.

    • Photo: Nick Werren

      Nick Werren answered on 10 Mar 2019:

      I’ve being doing my PhD for just over 2 years now. BUT I’ve been a scientist for a while, I began my undergraduate degree in physics nearly 7 years ago, so I’ve being doing science for aaages.

      Really everyone can be a scientist, and if you want to do experiments at home (ask an expert and make sure your parents are okay with you doing the experiments) then try it out! When I go for walks and things I like to catalogue the plants I find and try to find out more about them, so I’m also an amateur botanist – you could be an amateur anything in your spare time 🙂

    • Photo: Sergio Adan Bermudez

      Sergio Adan Bermudez answered on 11 Mar 2019:

      I have started my PhD a year and a half ago and still learning a lot every day. I started to research more than 5 years ago though when I was doing my undergraduate ^^

    • Photo: Verity Woodhall

      Verity Woodhall answered on 12 Mar 2019:

      I’ve been doing my current job only since September, before that I spent 3 years training in my department to become qualified. And before that I spent 7 years working in forensic science (using science to help solve crimes) in a laboratory that tested DNA samples from crime scenes.

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