• Question: Looking back over your career,what is the highlight of being a scientist?

    Asked by kevinthechicken to David, Luna, Mark, Melanie, Probash on 17 Mar 2011 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Luna Munoz

      Luna Munoz answered on 16 Mar 2011:

      I think when I look back at anything, to me the people I’ve met stands out. I think that I’ve made really good connections with people. Travelling all over the world is also a BIG bonus to being a scientist. Since my family was poor, I never would have been able to come to Europe. However, being a scientist allowed me the possibility to work in Sweden and now the UK!

    • Photo: David Pyle

      David Pyle answered on 16 Mar 2011:

      Great question. Many highlights:

      I have met, worked with and taught some amazing people, and this is a continued source of inspiration and enjoyment.

      My work has taken me to some of the most fabulous places on Earth (from the Indonesian jungle, to the desolation of Mt Pinatubo; from volcanoes at sea level in Greece, to others at over 5 km elevation in the Atacama desert; and from some of the hottest places in Earth (Afar, Ethiopia), to the glaciers of the southern hemisphere. And I have had the pleasure of seeing science projects go from a random idea into a published paper, which other scientists have then started to use.

    • Photo: Melanie Stefan

      Melanie Stefan answered on 16 Mar 2011:

      Discovering new things. Having an exciting new idea and discussing it with co-workers. Watching a fish embryo develop all the way from a single cell to a complete adult fish. Going to conferences all over the world. Baking cookies with a Nobel laureate …

    • Photo: Mark Vesey

      Mark Vesey answered on 17 Mar 2011:

      I’ve not really had much of a career in terms of timeso far but probably the highlight was getting my degree – hopefully lots more to come!

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