• Question: your job sounds ver interesting. How did you get into it

    Asked by monstermuncher to Ed, Katie, Sam, Steve, Vera on 21 Jun 2011. This question was also asked by mads0019, nashedpotatoes, emzie1998, shazzar, rrooo12, sanger.
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      Ed Morrison answered on 13 Jun 2011:

      Thank you, it is interesting!

      After school I was interested in science so I did a science degree at university, focusing on zoology, especially animal behaviour. After my degree I did a Masters degree in the particular area of evolutionary psychology, then I decided I enjoyed it so much I wanted to be a scientist in this area as a job. So a few years later I did a third degree, a PhD which takes 3 years. After that I got a job as a lecturer at a university. So basically I followed my interests as far as I could until I could do it for a living, which I think makes me very lucky.

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      Vera Weisbecker answered on 21 Jun 2011:

      I always wanted to be a biologist. So I went to Uni to study biology. I soon found out that I particularly liked looking at the different sorts of animals there are – I have always been fascinated with animal diversity and the different ways that their body plans have evolved. I was very luckyto meet a great researcher who helped me get a good idea for a PhD project, and even more lucky to find supportive PhD supervisor in Australia. After finishing my PhD, I just wanted to keep researching so I kept going by becoming the Post-doctoral researcher I am now.

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      Steven Daly answered on 21 Jun 2011:

      I am glad you think so!

      I got into this job actually by meeting the proffesor who is my current supervisor when interviewing for another PhD in the same department. He told me what his work was and I found it fascinating, so I asked if I could work with him instead. I am very glad I did in the end!

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      Katie Marriott answered on 21 Jun 2011:

      I think my job is extremely interesting!

      I loved chemistry at school because my teachers were fantastic. This encouraged me to study chemistry at university as well. Once I had finished my degree I wanted to carry on research. I have always loved learning about astronomy as well, looking at how stars form, looking for life eslewhere, and when I found out I could combine this with chemistry. I now use chemistry to look at how life started on Earth. I love it!

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      Sam Tazzyman answered on 21 Jun 2011:

      I did mathematics at university. After I finished I didn’t know what I wanted to do – many people who did maths with me went on to be bankers, stockbrokers, or accountants, and I knew I didn’t want to do that. I went travelling for a year and then did odd jobs, and then I looked on the internet for what sort of PhDs I could do, and thought that combining biology and mathematics sounded really interesting. I enjoyed learning about evolution so much that I stayed doing it when I finished my PhD, and now do it for a job.

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