• Question: What Do You Work As ?

    Asked by rhiirhii to Laura, Lily, Mark, Paul, Sarah on 21 Jun 2010 in Categories: . This question was also asked by lorry, lilmini, sejaa, sanay, naomijeffs1, yasminaa, sciencegeekjade, dianna, amytucker, exorcist, pink, monzanrod, amberrbabee1234, hlh606.
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      Mark Roberts answered on 15 Jun 2010:

      So I work as a research scientist.

      My job involves trying to find out how bacteria sense the outside world

      I’m also a college tutor at Lincoln College, and for that job I do tutorial teaching and some lecturing.

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      Laura Maliszewski answered on 15 Jun 2010:

      My title is “Officer, Science and Innovation, Life Sciences Specialist” but that doesn’t really help does it?

      I’m one of many scientists who work for the UK government in foreign country to encourage scientists to work with UK scientists.

      I live and work in Cambridge, Massachusetts which is a big city for research, much like Cambridge UK. I report information on what happens in Massachusetts and seven other states in the US. I organize meetings and visits for scientists to meet other scientists or policy makers.

      The work we do is to ensure that the UK is a powerhouse of science and is always informed about what is new and cool.

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      Lily Asquith answered on 15 Jun 2010:

      I am a high energy particle physicist. That means that I work with the very smallest particles that are inside atoms.

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      Sarah Bardsley answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      I am a scientist employed by the Environment Agency. I analyse new scientific breakthroughs and think about how they could affect the environment. I then write about my findings to both educate others in my organisation and bring about some kind of change so that the organisation can better protect the environment. So if I find out about a new pollutant that may be affecting fish, I warn others who need to know. Or if I find out about a new sensor that can better monitor our coastal waters or air I can raise it with people and further research it’s potential.

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      Paul Roche answered on 21 Jun 2010:

      I’m an astronomer, so I teach at a university and I do research (weighing stars and black holes usually), but I also run a big educational programme, so I spend a lot of time working with schools to try and get people more interested in science subjects. I use astronomy as a way to show people what science is like, and the sorts of amazing things we have discovered (and all the things we still don’t know!).

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