Name: Phil Marsden Current Job: Director and Consulting Physicist at Unitive Design and Analysis Ltd Scientific Discipline/Field: Imaging and sensing in medicine and biotechnology Country: UK Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q etc.): B Website: www.unitivedesign.co.uk What does your job involve? Running a small business in tech consulting and product development requires a wide range of skills, of... Continue Reading →

Name: Amita K Current Job: IT Intern Scientific Discipline/Field: Computer Science Country: USA Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q etc.): B T Website: Available on request. What does your job involve? Development of VR applications and other demos using emerging technologies. How did you get to this job (education etc.)? B.S. from Georgia Tech Do you feel... Continue Reading →

Current Job:  Lecturer Scientific Discipline/Field: Biology/Ecology/Conservation Country: UK Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q etc.): Technically L or B, but I prefer G or Q Website:   jennycdunn.wordpress.com (work in progress!) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jenny_Dunn What does your job involve?  I'm still finding that out at the moment – I started this post a month ago, so am still finding my feet.... Continue Reading →

Current Job:  Director of Communications and Fundraising at the Bat Conservation Trust Scientific Discipline/Field: Ecology and Conservation Biology Country: UK Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q etc.): G Website:  https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jose-nuñez-miño-9838a717 What does your job involve?  I am part of the Senior Management Team for a small charity. I direct and manage Bat Conservation Trust's (BCT's) communications, fundraising, outreach... Continue Reading →

Current Job:  PhD student Scientific Discipline/Field: Biology, evolution, genomics, entomolgy. Country: Sweden (but I am French) Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q etc.): L Website:  http://www.biology.lu.se/elsa-call http://big4-project.eu/projects/11407_elsa-call/ What does your job involve?  I am working as a doctoral student at Lund University, Sweden on Lepidoptera (butterflies) molecular phylogenomics. How did you get to this job (education etc.)?  I have... Continue Reading →

Current Job:  PhD Researcher at The Open University Scientific Discipline/Field: Astronomy/Cosmology Country: UK Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q etc.): T & B Website: ashleynovablog.wordpress.com Twitter: @Ashley_Nova_ What does your job involve?  I’m a PhD student studying Galaxy Evolution, in particular the role of galaxy environments on how they effect the formation of new stars. I use data from... Continue Reading →

Current Job:  Postdoc, Linnaeus University Scientific Discipline/Field: Evolutionary biology Country: Sweden Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q etc.): G (but I also fancy the combination D, N, and A) Website: www.stervander.com Twitter: @nesospiza What does your job involve?  I recently finished my PhD studies on speciation in birds, in which I tried to shed some light on the speciation process, especially in... Continue Reading →

Current Job:  Executive Director, Future of Research nonprofit Scientific Discipline/Field: Science Policy Country: US Resident, UK and Irish Citizen Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q etc.): G Website: http://futureofresearch.org/ What does your job involve?  Running the day-to-day, medium and long-term duties of the nonprofit. We are trying to help junior scientists to advocate for changes to the problems they... Continue Reading →

Current Job:  Lecturer in Endocrine Biochemistry Scientific Discipline/Field: Biochemistry and Endocrinology Country: UK Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q etc.): G Website: www.birmingham.ac.uk/jonathan-mueller Twitter: https://twitter.com/JonWolfMueller What does your job involve?  I see it as great privilege as a scientist to be allowed to follow your curiosity; however, there are limits to this, one is funding and capacity to do your research, the... Continue Reading →

Current Job:  Postdoc Scientific Discipline/Field: Marine ecology, fisheries Country: USA Pick some letters (L,G,B,T,Q etc.): B What does your job involve?  I use ecosystem models to understand ecological interactions, and trade-offs with fisheries. I also look at long-term change in ecosystem dynamics and structure. How did you get to this job (education etc.)?  My network. Do you... Continue Reading →