Professor of Physical Chemistry, University of Glasglow What is your background? What made you decide to become a scientist? After leaving School at 16, I trained to be a laboratory technician in a paint factory before taking up a position as an Experimental Assistant in the Polythene Research Section of…
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Head of Year 1 Chemistry, Queen’s University Belfast. What is your background? What made you decide to become a scientist? I grew up in Edinburgh with my elder brother. We both ended up doing PhDs in chemistry in St Andrews in catalysis. I think…
Senior Lecturer and Director of Student Recruitment, University of Sheffield, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering I’m currently a senior lecturer in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Sheffield and one of the co-investigators on the UK Catalysis Hub grant. My route into science and…
School of Chemistry, Cardiff University What is your background? What made you decide to become a scientist? I was always much better with numbers than words, and the core of my education was a combination of maths, computer science and chemistry. At school, I was really inspired by the capabilities of…
