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Asked by Queen Clara to Hephzi, Imogen, Jen, Jennifer, Tom on 9 Mar 2015. This question was also asked by Enakume.
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Thomas Barrett answered on 9 Mar 2015:
Errm My Dad inspired me. He teaches at University and has wonderful stories about it. I love to learn and teach so being able to discover things and then pass it on is perfect for me.
I wouldn’t change a thing about my job…. 🙂 The challenge makes it all the more rewarding when it’s done!
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Jennifer Rudd answered on 9 Mar 2015:
I had a really awesome chemistry teacher when I was doing my GCSEs. She was passionate about getting more girls into science and looked at chemistry and chemical engineering courses for me at university. We also did some fun experiments during my AS and A Levels and that inspired me as well. Also my music teacher he said that if I did music I’d lose my science but if I did science I could always do music (as I was trying to choose between the two). I think conversations with him were what really made me decide for chemistry.
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Jen Machin answered on 10 Mar 2015:
My A Level psychology teacher and my final year project supervisor inspired me to become a scientist. They both helped to make me confident that I could do it! My psychology teacher used to tell us all sorts of funny stories about the research he did, and it made me interested in how I could do research too.
As for my job… I’m not sure I’d change anything! Oh, I’d like my office to be a bit warmer. It’s a bit cold sometimes!
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Hephzi Tagoe answered on 10 Mar 2015:
It was a guy I worked with at cambridge when I was an undergraduate student. He was really passionate and inspiring, he contaminated me with his love for science and research.
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Imogen Napper answered on 12 Mar 2015:
My Mum! She used to be a microbiologist for a big ice cream company.
She made sure whenever you ate ice cream you don’t become ill!
She used to take me into the lab and show me bacteria under the microscope.
Since then I always thought science was amazing and incredibly important 🙂
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