• Question: why did you decide to study science, further in life?

    Asked by chloconibear to Tomasz, Matt, Dave, Anzy on 12 Nov 2013. This question was also asked by faythe123.
    • Photo: David Christensen

      David Christensen answered on 12 Nov 2013:

      I enjoyed science lessons at school and took mostly science subjects at A-Level because I enjoyed those lessons. Then I applied to do a science course at university (Biochemistry) because I wanted to go to uni and I wanted to carry on learning about science. When I was finishing at uni, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do, but I had enjoyed the time I had worked in a lab, so decided to apply for PhDs so that I could carry on working in the lab. I’m near the end of my PhD, but time goes really fast and it doesn’t feel like that long ago that I was finishing school and trying to work out what I wanted to do with my life – I still don’t know what I want to do with my life, but I’m still enjoying science so I guess I’ll carry on.

      Basically, it’s just a growing/continuing enjoyment of science that has kept me going at the studying.

    • Photo: Matthew Tomlinson

      Matthew Tomlinson answered on 13 Nov 2013:

      I really enjoyed science at school and college so I went on to study it further at university. After my degree I worked in an office and it was pretty dull, so I decided to study for PhD so I could get a job working in science in some way. Following my PhD I was offered the chance to become a postdoctoral researcher and my career has gone from there. It was never really a conscious decision, I’ve just carried on doing what interests me, and there is so much in science that is interesting that I hope to do this for a long time to come!

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