Name: David Wilson Current Job: Software Engineer at Loughborough University Scientific Discipline/Field: Computing/Software Engineering Country: UK Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q etc.): B,T, Q What does your job involve? I’m involved with business process improvement, systems administration, management information reporting, project management and coding. Interpersonal skills are as important as technical ones in my area of... Continue Reading →
An interview with Phil Marsden
Name: Phil Marsden Current Job: Director and Consulting Physicist at Unitive Design and Analysis Ltd Scientific Discipline/Field: Imaging and sensing in medicine and biotechnology Country: UK Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q etc.): B Website: www.unitivedesign.co.uk What does your job involve? Running a small business in tech consulting and product development requires a wide range of skills, of... Continue Reading →
An interview with Amita K
Name: Amita K Current Job: IT Intern Scientific Discipline/Field: Computer Science Country: USA Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q etc.): B T Website: Available on request. What does your job involve? Development of VR applications and other demos using emerging technologies. How did you get to this job (education etc.)? B.S. from Georgia Tech Do you feel... Continue Reading →
An Interview with Jenny Dunn
Current Job: Lecturer Scientific Discipline/Field: Biology/Ecology/Conservation Country: UK Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q etc.): Technically L or B, but I prefer G or Q Website: jennycdunn.wordpress.com (work in progress!) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jenny_Dunn What does your job involve? I'm still finding that out at the moment – I started this post a month ago, so am still finding my feet.... Continue Reading →
An Interview with Joe Nunez-Mino
Current Job: Director of Communications and Fundraising at the Bat Conservation Trust Scientific Discipline/Field: Ecology and Conservation Biology Country: UK Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q etc.): G Website: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jose-nuñez-miño-9838a717 What does your job involve? I am part of the Senior Management Team for a small charity. I direct and manage Bat Conservation Trust's (BCT's) communications, fundraising, outreach... Continue Reading →
An Interview with Elsa Call
Current Job: PhD student Scientific Discipline/Field: Biology, evolution, genomics, entomolgy. Country: Sweden (but I am French) Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q etc.): L Website: http://www.biology.lu.se/elsa-call http://big4-project.eu/projects/11407_elsa-call/ What does your job involve? I am working as a doctoral student at Lund University, Sweden on Lepidoptera (butterflies) molecular phylogenomics. How did you get to this job (education etc.)? I have... Continue Reading →
An Interview with Ashley Spindler
Current Job: PhD Researcher at The Open University Scientific Discipline/Field: Astronomy/Cosmology Country: UK Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q etc.): T & B Website: ashleynovablog.wordpress.com Twitter: @Ashley_Nova_ What does your job involve? I’m a PhD student studying Galaxy Evolution, in particular the role of galaxy environments on how they effect the formation of new stars. I use data from... Continue Reading →
An Interview with Martin Stervander
Current Job: Postdoc, Linnaeus University Scientific Discipline/Field: Evolutionary biology Country: Sweden Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q etc.): G (but I also fancy the combination D, N, and A) Website: www.stervander.com Twitter: @nesospiza What does your job involve? I recently finished my PhD studies on speciation in birds, in which I tried to shed some light on the speciation process, especially in... Continue Reading →
An Interview with Gary McDowell
Current Job: Executive Director, Future of Research nonprofit Scientific Discipline/Field: Science Policy Country: US Resident, UK and Irish Citizen Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q etc.): G Website: http://futureofresearch.org/ What does your job involve? Running the day-to-day, medium and long-term duties of the nonprofit. We are trying to help junior scientists to advocate for changes to the problems they... Continue Reading →
An Interview with Ashley Otter
Current Job: PhD Student in Molecular Microbiology Scientific Discipline/Field: Microbiology, specifically the genomics of M. tuberculosis Country: UK Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q etc.): G Twitter: www.twitter.com/asherichia What does your job involve? Currently, I’m pursuing a PhD in molecular microbiology at the Royal Veterinary College in London. My work focuses on a group of transcriptional regulators in Mycobacterium... Continue Reading →
