• Question: how long have you been a scientist for?

    Asked by lolly1998 to Jamie, Jodie, Kat, Mark, Niamh on 17 Mar 2011 in Categories: . This question was also asked by andrew466, tomtom, as123, cottrell, targetpost, saimah, jammb.
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      Jamie Pringle answered on 15 Mar 2011:

      Hello lolly1998 and andrew466,

      I did a 4 year BSc Degree after school, worked as a researcher for a few years, did a PhD for 4 years, worked for a couple of years, researched for a year and have been doing research as a Lecturer for 5 years, so… 18 years perhaps?

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      Mark Hill answered on 15 Mar 2011:

      Hi Lolly,

      I don’t really regard myself as a scientist, so much as a collision investigator who operates in a scientific world, with scientific disciplines. I have been a collision investigator for the last seven years, however, I was a crime scene examiner, in vehicle volume crime since 1991, so some 19 years. Thank you for your question.

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      Niamh Nic Daeid answered on 16 Mar 2011:

      Hi Lolly and Andrew

      I did my undergraduate for 4 years, then my PhD for 3 and have worked in forensic science for about 16 years since then. 🙂

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      Katherine Davies answered on 17 Mar 2011:

      Hi

      I am still a PhD student, in my third year. Previously I spent three years doing a degree. But I believe everyone is a scientist. Just doing the washing up is doing science – creating bubbles from water and soap is chemistry! Looking at animals in a zoo and identifying them, thats science! Its all about looking at life and how it works, everything revolves around science.

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